Pakistani teachers to get gun licenses post BKU attack

The Pakistani provincial home ministry confirmed free licences would be issued to teachers and government educational institutes’ employees, The Express Tribune reported.

The massacre at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, which left 22 people dead, has once again sowed the idea of arming teachers at schools and the K-P administration has decided to issue free weapons’ licences for government educational institutes’ employees.

A day earlier, Bacha Khan University faculty members met the vice chancellor and demanded they be allowed to carry weapons on the premises of the university.

The home department said government educational institutes would get free licences, while private entities have to pay a fee.

Source: MENA