Fazlehaq College in Mardan closed due to security reasons

MARDAN: The Fazlehaq College here has been closed for an indefinite period due to inadequate security and following a specific threat of a likely attack, sources said on Saturday.

In fact, the college was shutdown on September 19 only a day after the students returned from home following the Eidul Azha holidays. As it is a residential college, the students and staff were told to vacate the premises as soon as possible.

Though the Fazlehaq College Principal Mohammad Riaz had reportedly told the police that the security arrangements at the institution, spread over 510 kanals of land, were inadequate and was, therefore, being closed, sources said that there was a specific threat to the college from a militant group.

The name of Jamaatul Ahrar, which claimed responsibility for most recent terrorist attacks in Pakistan, was being mentioned as the group most likely behind the threat to the college.