Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif on Wednesday directed his federal ministers to reach Charsadda, where terrorists attacked the Bacha Khan University killing 21 people.
Prime Minister Sharif, who arrived in Switzerland to lead his country's delegation at the 46th annual meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, directed Pervaiz Rashid, Abdul Qadir Baloch and Baleeghur Rehman among others to rush to reach Charsadda to take stock of the situation emerged out of the terrorist attack, Radio Pakistan reports.
In Pakistan, heavily-armed terrorists today stormed the university in Pakistan's restive northwest Khyber- Pakhtunkhwa province and opened indiscriminate fire on students and teachers.
As per latest reports, the security forces have neutralised the armed terrorists inside the campus. At least 21 people have been killed and over 30 others injured in the attack.
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Over 3,000 students were present inside the university to mark the death anniversary of Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan alias Baacha Khan, who died on January 20, 1988.
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