Peshawar: The chief minister of Pakistan's restive northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province was today left red-faced when the family of a professor who was killed fighting with militants in the recent university attack demanded his resignation if he could not stop terror assaults.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Pervez Khattak had visited slain chemistry professor Hamid Hussain's residence in Swabi district to express condolence to his family members over his death.
The family members asked Khattak to quit if he could not provide security.
Hussain, 34, was killed in the Wednesday terror attack on Bacha Khan University in Charsadda while trying to protect students using his licensed pistol against armed Taliban militants who stormed the university, killing at least 21 people. The deceased professor has been hailed as a "martyr" for the valiant stance that he took to during the onset of the attack.
