Varsity opens but poor security draws flak

Safety measures: A security official searching students at the entrance to Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. — AFP

PESHAWAR: Students at the Pakistani university where Taliban militants killed 21 people last week protested over a lack of security as authorities reopened the campus in the country’s volatile northwest.

Four Pakistani Taliban gunmen stormed the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, located about 130km west of the capital Islamabad last Wednesday, firing automatic rifles and throwing grenades as they raided classrooms and hostels.