NOWSHERA: Pakistan Army Engineers Centre commandant Brig Mohammad Asif Akhtar has named a newly-constructed road after the slain principal of Army Public School (APS), Peshawar, Tahira Qazi and announced that other roads would be named after great leaders, police and students of the tragedy.

The decision was taken in a meeting here at Risalpur, which was also attended by civil member cantonment retired Col Pir Muslim and cantonment executive officer Mohammad Abdullah.

The commandant reviewed the ongoing development work in Risalpur cantonment and recommended naming other roads after people like police officer Safwat Ghayur, major general Sikander Shami and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan.

He said that the Pakistan Army was determined to root out terrorism. He said that they could not forget the innocent students killed in the APS attack.

Appreciating the courageous stand of late APS principal Tahira Qazi the meeting participants also supported to name the newly-constructed main road after her. Meanwhile, the police arranged training for the watchmen of government and private schools and colleges at Nowshera police lines on Thursday so that they could respond to any emergency situation.

Addressing the gathering, district police officer Rabnawaz Khan said that they were trying to enhance the capacity of watchmen of educational institutions to immediately respond in case of any emergency. He asked the watchmen to remain vigilant during their duty. He said that police would curb crimes with the support of local people.

Published in Dawn, March 6th, 2015

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