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CHARSADDA: A chemistry teacher who tried to protect his students by opening fire on Taliban militants during a deadly attack at the Bacha Khan University has been hailed as a "martyr" and a "gentleman". Lecturer Syed Hamid Hussain, an assistant professor of chemistry at the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda, ordered his students to stay inside as Taliban gunmen stormed the school near the city of Peshawar on Wednesday, leaving at least 21 people dead. Students told of how he opened fire on gunmen as they rampaged across campus, giving the young people time to flee before he was cut...

CHARSADDA: Some unidentified men blew up two music and video shops on Wednesday night at Charsadda, whereas no loss of life was reported. Owners of Amjad and Kashif Video CD Centre while registering a report in Umer Zai Police Station said a bomb went off in the main market of Mirabad after midnight of Wednesday and Thursday. As a result, they said their shops packed with colour TVs, DVDs, cassette and videos worth millions of rupees were completely destroyed. Others shops in the market were partially destroyed but there was no loss of life, according to Police report. Police has...