In the statement, Sharif said, “Those who attacked innocent students and citizens have no religion and the government is committed to eliminate them”. He said that a report having detailed information was being prepared which will be forwarded to the higher authorities for further investigation.
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Gunmen stormed a university in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, killing at least 19 people and triggering a heavy gunbattle with police and army troops that rushed to the scene in a town near the city of Peshawar, officials said.
The 2014 assault in Peshawar was Pakistan s deadliest ever attack, and prompted a crackdown on extremism in the country.
Lt. Gen. Asim Bajwa, a Pakistani army spokesperson, tweeted that the attackers have been contained within two blocks of the university and operations are ongoing.
Shah Farman, Minister for Public Health Engineering of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, where Charsadda district falls under its jurisdiction, confirmed that over 50 others were injured in the attack.
Three security guards, one university lecturer and one student were critically wounded but there were no confirmed deaths, Wazir said. In addition all four militants had been killed, he said.
A group of militants stormed a university in volatile northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, police said, with firing inside the campus still going on and two explosions heard. He says it was in revenge for the scores of militants the Pakistani security forces have killed in recent months.
The 2014 school attack by six gunmen believed linked to the Pakistani Taliban hit a raw nerve in Pakistan and was seen as having hardened Pakistan’s resolve to fight jihadist militants along its lawless border with Afghanistan.
A woman inside the university told Dawn that intense firing could be heard.
An assistant professor at the university believed a poetry gathering honoring the man the school is named after, might have been the target of the attack.
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“Prime Minister Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is deeply grieved over the sad incident of terrorists’ attack on Bacha Khan University, Charsada, which has reportedly resulted into the loss of precious human lives and injured many others”, a statement from the Prime Minister’s office read.
