Prof. Dr. Naushad Khan, Director Security Prof Dr Nisar Mohammad, Admin Officer Irfan Marwat, Security Officer Javed Khan, Principal Islamia Collegiate School Mohammad Tahir, retired professor Qazi Ubaidur Rehman, hostel wardens and senior teacher, first visited two female hostels of the ICU.
The vice-chancellor addressed the girls in the compound of Arbab Behram-Khushal Hostel. He encouraged the girls to be patient and peaceful.
The communication said the vice-chancellor then went to Boys Hostel of Islamia Collegiate School which is a unit of the university. He praised teenagers for their courage who were there as helicopters flew over the campus.
The vice-chancellor praised the hostel warden Mohammad Zeb for carrying gun and guarding the entrance to the boys hostel.
He awarded cash prizes of Rs.1000/- each to five policemen posted at Islamia College Gate No: 1 checkpost.
The vice-chancellor announced to give commendation certificates to these policemen in a ceremony, when one of the policemen informed him that he was first to hear a gunfire sound inside ATI entrance gate, which is visible from ICP police checkpost.
The communication said the police man passed this information on wireless set to Campus Police Control Room. On this information, police staff had rushed to the ATI and took the terrorists in the firing range.
The vice-chancellor inspected all the security points on the Islamia College University campus amid operation going on in the nearby ATI building.
Later, he chaired a security committee meeting in the afternoon. The participants offered fateha for the departed souls of martyrs of ATI terrorist attack. They also paid tributes to the courage, timely and highly professional response to this crisis situation by the KP Police and the security forces.
Certain important security related decisions were also taken in the meeting for maintaining peace and tranquillity on the ICU campus.