WELLINGTON: The Pakistan and New Zealand cricket teams observed a minute-long silence before their third T20 match on Friday to honours the victims of the brutal terrorist attack on the Bacha Khan University in Charsadda. To pay tribute to the martyrs and express solidarity with the affected families, players from both teams and spectators observed a minute of silence at the Wellington Cricket Stadium here before the match started at 11:00 am (Pakistan Standard Time). At least 21 persons, including security guards, students, a professor, and policemen were killed and dozens injured when the terrorists launched a brazen assault on the varsity in northwestern Pakistan in the early hours of Wednesday. -Agencies
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