Charsadda (Pakistan): Pakistan observed a day of mourning on Thursday after the bloodbath in Bacha Khan University in this northwestern town where militants killed 21 people, mostly students, before being eliminated by the army.
The national flag was flying on half-mast at all official buildings and all national ceremonies were cancelled. Special prayers were held at several places for the victims.
The provincial Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has declared three-day mourning starting today. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif said that his government was determined to wipe out the menace of terrorism from Pakistan.
“The terrorists will see a ruthless response by the state. Cowards and their financiers will see our national resolve to eliminate terror from the country.
The entire nation is united and one against terrorism,” Sharif stressed.
The Prime Minister has directed all security agencies to hunt down the patrons and financiers of Charsada terror attack, a Prime Minister’s Office statement said.
Heavily-armed militants on Wednesday stormed the Bacha Khan University named after iconic leader Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan alias Baacha Khan and opened fire on students and teachers.
There were over 3,000 students inside the university along with an additional 600 guests who had arrived to attend a poetic symposium to mark the death anniversary of Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan who died on January 20, 1988. (PTI)
