Awards for school martyrs

Published March 4, 2015

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised the president to approve Sitara-i-Shujaat (Posthumous) and Tamgha-i-Shujaat (Posthumous) awards for martyred teachers, students and staff of the Army Public School, Peshawar.

The step has been taken to pay homage to the 122 students, two teachers and 20 staff members of the school who were killed in a terrorist attack on Dec 16.

Published in Dawn March 4th , 2015

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