LAHORE: The students and faculty members of Government College University (GCU) on Thursday held a `solidarity walk` to condemn the Bacha Khan University attack.

Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Hassan Amir Shah led the on-campus walk.

Mr Shah said terrorists were scared of education and that`s why they were targeting educational institutions of the country but we were not scared of them and would continue our mission of progress, prosperity and enlightenment.

`Terrorism cannot be eliminated without fighting extremism. Pakistan needs an education system which has a reach to the last children ofthe countryandthere is a need to promote tolerance and harmony,` he said.

Physics Department chairman Prof Dr Riaz Ahmed said teachers were unanimous in their call for uniting against terrorists and extremists.

`Islamic injunctions stipulate the sanctity of life andprotection of all human beings and those distorting religion to target innocent people are barbaric and inhuman,` he said and called upon the government and armed forces to utilize all resources to eliminate terrorism.

GCU Debating Society adviser Siddique Awan said the attack on a varsity had reminded us of our decades old negligence of our national responsibilities.

`We must provide quality education and employment opportunities to the entire population on the principle of parity. We must put an end to corruption and violation of law,` he added.

PU: The Punjab University students on Thursday offered funeral prayers in absentia for the martyrs of the Bacha Khan University.

Jamaat-i-Islami secretarygeneral Liaquat Baloch led the prayers.

The students under the banner of Islami Jamiat Talaba expressed solidarity with the victims` families and chanted slogans against militants and demanded of the government to take steps to eliminate terrorism.