ISLAMABAD – Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Chairman Imran Khan has termed terrorist attack on Bacha khan university, Charsadda as barbaric and expressed solidarity with the bereaved families of martyrs of the attack. He said that attacking innocent students and civilians is extremely inhuman and could not be tolerated at any cost. “Terrorists are seeking to attack soft targets like that of academic institutions as they have to face tough resistance from our armed forces, police and other law enforcement agencies after the emergence of nation’s common resolve of uprooting terrorism from Pakistan,” he said. He said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had been vulnerable to the terrorist attacks due to its geographical location being an immediate neighbour to tribal areas, where a combat operation was being carried out by Pakistan Army these days. He said that the timely response by the police and army personnel prevented nation from a tragedy like APS where more than 100 innocent students had been brutally assassinated. He pointed out that for the first time local population carried arms and came forward to counter an armed assault by the terrorist on their children at the university. Later, talking to media at Bacha Khan University, the PTI chief applauded university guards for confronting terrorists initially and foiling their plan of delivering pain and anarchy. He also visited District Headquarters Hospital Charsadda and inquired about the health of injured. He said that provincial government had beefed up the security of educational institutions through SOPs designed for about 64000 schools of the province. Measures to counter new wave of terrorism were inevitable and provincial government would not leave any stone unturned to ensure security of our children, he said. “Nation stands united against the menace of terrorism which eventually be uprooted completely through coordinated efforts at all levels,” he said.