KP schools named after victims of APS massacre

Reuters Published March 7, 2015

PESHAWAR: Dozens of government-run schools are being renamed in the country after the the students killed by militants, belonging to the proscribed Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, in a massacre at an army-run academy in the northwestern city of Peshawar in December, an official said Friday.

The school attack by six gunmen killed 153 people, with most of the victims students, is seen as having hardened Pakistan's resolve to fight jihadist militants along its lawless border with Afghanistan.

Read: Road named after slain APS principal

A total of 107 schools in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa region will bear the name of the slain Peshawar students, said the local education minister, Atif Khan.

“We will never ever forget these students and their sacrifices,” Khan said.

Also read: Militant siege of Peshawar school ends, 141 killed

TTP, headed by Maulana Fazlullah, claimed the attack and termed it reaction to the military offensive launched by Pakistani security forces in one of the volatile tribal regions, North Waziristan, against the militants.

Also read: All-out military operation launched in North Waziristan

“I heard some good news today after losing my son,” said Mohammad Tufail Khattak, father of 15-year-old student Sher Shah.

Tufail Khattak said his slain son wanted to become a journalist and influence public opinion through his writing.

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lkhan

Mar 07, 2015 10:35am

This is good news, one should not forget these young children who had their lives destroyed, as their families'. Indeed there ought to be a monument to ALL those killed brutally at the hands of senseless extremism. Carving names, surnames, dates of demises, where families can get some relief from their suffering. We must value human life, show empathy towards those who suffer immense grief over no fault as such. In Spain, after the terrible 5/11 killings in metros and stations, a part of the Retiro Park was converted as a memorial to all those who died. Trees were planted under the name of each, and a beautiful building where one can read all the names.... it was inaugurated with classical live music. The workers killed in the early morning on their way to their jobs were given dignity, empathy by the nation.

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Radhakrishna

Mar 07, 2015 10:40am

Good move by the government .

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srimanta majumdar

Mar 07, 2015 10:51am

Very good gesture by the KP govt to name schools after slain students it will be a reminder to the next generation that how young students gave up their lives for the future of pakistan.

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Sheikh

Mar 07, 2015 11:11am

Well done!

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Zak

Mar 07, 2015 11:11am

The true compassionate spirit of pakistan.

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Mar 07, 2015 12:06pm

Respect from other side of the border. Pls find those who kills children and do the justice. Killing those responsible for this would be mercy.

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Parvez

Mar 07, 2015 01:17pm

Naming schools after them is good...BUT GIVING THEM JUSTICE THAT IS VISIBLE is even better.

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Nizamuddin Ahmad Aali

Mar 07, 2015 07:49pm

The killed children and their parents deserve justice and not a cover up by re- naming the schools. What about the orphaned Baluchi & Hazara children of Quetta.

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