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146 APS students fly to Dubai for Pakistan Super League
PESHAWAR: The Peshawar Zalmi Foundation on Thursday flew out 146 students of the Army Public School to the United Arab Emirates for the Pakistan Super League opening ceremony.
The students boarded a special chartered plane of a private airline from the Bacha Khan International Airport as services of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) stand suspended due to a protest by employees against the institution's privatisation.
Pakistan T20 skipper Shahid Afridi had announced on January 26 to fly out APS students to watch the inaugural edition of the PSL.
PSL, Pakistan's franchise-based T20 league, starts on February 4 and will feature five teams: Islamabad United, Karachi Kings, Lahore Qalandars, Peshawar Zalmi and Quetta Gladiators.
Earlier, Javed Afridi, chief executive of Haier Appliances and owner of Peshawar Zalmi, had dedicated his team to the children and teachers of the APS, who lost their lives in a brutal attack by the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan in December 2014.
“Whatever we win will be dedicated to the martyrs of APS. This is our cause, the city’s cause, KPK’s cause,” he said.
“Zalmi, meaning youth, is just not a cricket team. They are ambassadors of our frontiers, exponents of our sportsman spirit that lies in the hearts of every Pakistani.”
The APS students will be rooting for Peshawar Zalmi and will return to Pakistan on February 18.
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Good thing to do
Good to see that our society has not forgotten the children of APS. This is the best way to remember and give consolation to the survivors of the dastardly attack.
Our society should also remember and support the parents of the martyred kids as well. There are so many ways to honor them for example inviting them to ribbon cutting ceremonies of mega projects in the presence of VVIPs, etc. Pakistan Army should send these parents on Hajj or Umra every year till the time they are capable for doing it. There are many other ways these parents and their martyred children can be remembered and given consolation to.
very nice and they will bright the name of our country!
other people from poor background who have suffered terrorism too should be helped
Waste of money. They could have spent this money on thousands of scholarships for poor deserving families in the name of slain APS students
Who gonna finance their trip?
@James_Blonde *cough* Shahid Afridi foundation *cough*. BTW Peshawar team is looking to be the most dynamic ans I'm not from Peshawar, not even KPK
Biggest waste of resources. Kids die in Thar and we send kids on pleasure trips to watch a cricket match in Dubai. What about other poor kids? who would care when twin Sharifs take pleasure trips to USA where they say "he invited himself," or KSA where they say "no mediation occured" to even long drive to Gwadar while PIA is burning!