Pakistan Sunday pledged further action to combat militants, but Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif admitted progress had often been slow, speaking just days after a deadly attack by heavily armed gunmen on a university campus killed 21 people.
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Police said that Bacha Khan University (BKU) was reopened and additional security personnel have been deployed to take care of the university’s security. Improved Security improved in 2015 -but critics have repeatedly warned the government is not taking long-term steps to tackle the underlying causes of extremism. There were to be no classes at the university on Monday, as administrators, students and teachers met to review security needs in the wake of the attack, officials told Reuters.
Teachers’ associations had objected to arming staff, saying it was not their job to fight off militants. Find us on Facebook too!
A peace rally was also taken out from Bacha Khan University Charsadda on Monday.
He said the decision was made during a high-level meeting. He didn’t cite the government alert but said the closures were due to harsh winter weather and heavy fog in the province.
They have asked that a retired military officer be appointed head of campus security and that guards be issued modern weapons.
Besides, the Authorities at the university in Charsadda have also called for police checkpoints both inside and outside the campus and watch towers to protect students and others staffers of the University. God willing, we will confront them (the terrorists).
They said they would continue their studies at the university to frustrate the “nefarious designs of enemies”. “Another one, whom I will call terrorist-A is still at large”.
The violence nevertheless shows that militants retain the ability to launch attacks, despite a country-wide anti-terrorism crackdown and a military campaign against their strongholds along the lawless border with Afghanistan. “We only said that the attacked was planned and handled from Afghan soil”, he said.
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Although classes did not resume formally, some students were seen sitting in classrooms.
