Professor dies fighting militants in deadly Pakistan University

Assistant professor Syed Hamid Hussain, 34, fought back against the terrorists as he warned students not to leave the building of the Bacha Khan university in Charsadda, some 50 kms southwest of Peshawar. Students spoke of the hero teacher, who flashed his pistol but was gunned down by the militants, media reports said.

President Mamnoon Hussain confirmed Hamid was among the deceased and condoled his death. The official Facebook page of the university also said Hamid was among those killed. 

At least 25 people were killed and about 50 others injured on Wednesday after heavily-armed Taliban militants stormed the prestigious Bacha Khan University in Charsadda and opened indiscriminate fire on students and teachers in Pakistan’s restive northwest Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. 

Blasts and heavy gunfire were heard from inside the University campus. Over 3,000 students were present inside the university along with an additional 600 guests who are present for a poetic symposium to mark the death anniversary of Khudai Khidmatgar Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan alias Baacha Khan who died on January 20, 1988. Soon after the attack, a large contingent of security forces rushed to the site and started evacuating students. Pakistan Army troops also rushed to the University from Peshawar and started operation.