PM Nawaz must change his interior minister: Khurshid Shah

ISLAMABAD (Web Desk) – Opposition Leader Khurshid Shah on Friday asked Prime Minister Nawaz Shaif to ‘change’ the Minister of Interior, Dunya News reported.

These remarks were expressed in the wake of Charsadda tragedy.

During an informal talk with media persons in Islamabad, Khurshid Shah said every person condemned the terrorist attack on Bacha Khan University but there were no words from Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar on the tragic incident.

He said raising fingers on Ch Nisar is like someone is raising fingers on the Prime Minister.

LAST VICTIM BURIED

Earlier today, families buried the last of 21 people killed by militant gunmen at the university.

Pakistan also held a day of mourning for those who died at Bacha Khan university on Wednesday, with residents and officials visiting the homes of victims’ relatives to pay their respects in the town of Charsadda and villages nearby.

Around 1,000 people in a nearby village attended the funeral of a university caretaker killed in the assault, claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistani (TTP).

On the other hand, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has vowed a "ruthless" response to the massacre and ordered security forces to hunt those behind the attack.

Authorities arrested 50 suspects from the area surrounding the university, the district police chief told AFP, as the military spokesman said on Twitter the attack had been masterminded by a TTP operative from Afghanistan.

The assault bore a chilling resemblance to the December 2014 Peshawar school assault in which more than 150 people were killed, mostly children.

The strike prompted the military to intensify an ongoing offensive against extremists in the tribal areas, and the government to launch a National Action Plan (NAP) cracking down on extremism.

Security improved in 2015 -- but critics have repeatedly warned the government is not taking long-term steps to tackle the underlying scourge of extremism.