Bacha Khan University to remain closed indefinitely

PESHAWAR: The Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, where militants killed 21 students and teachers last week, reopened briefly on Monday as the administration held a session to review the security situation before resumption of academic activities.
 
During the session, presided over by the varsity's vice chancellor, it was decided that academic activities on campus will not commence until provision of adequate security.

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BKU spokesman Saeed Khan told media that the university administration demanded deployment of Frontier Corps (FC) soldiers in and around the campus, deployment of sharp shooters, provision of licensed weapons to faculty members and other staff, raising of campus's boundary walls and installation of CCTV cameras before regular academic activities begin.

Teachers in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have permission to carry firearms after the TTP massacred at least 144 people, the majority of them children, at Peshawar's Army Public School (APS) in December 2014.

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