Peshawar: Imran Khan slammed by parents of APS martyrs
Parents of martyred children started protest as soon as Imran Khan started his speech
PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – The parents of martyred Army Public School (APS) children protested during the address of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan on Wednesday, reported Dunya News.
According to details, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government held a ceremony in memory of APS martyrs in Archive Hall Peshawar. The parents of martyred children started protest as soon as Imran Khan started his speech. The grieved parents complained that Imran Khan was able to continue his sit-in for four and a half month but could not come and console the families of innocent martyrs. Imran Khan stopped his speech and invited the protesting parents on stage. The parents said that they do not need the old library building to be named after their children, if KP government really wants to name something after them then the Peshawar University should be named after their children.
Imran Khan apologized for his conduct in past and said that he will try his best to help heal their wounds. After calming the protesting parents down, Imran Khan announced that KP government will build a technology university in Haripur with collaboration of Austria which will be named after the APS martyrs.
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The first anniversary of deadliest attack on Army Public School Peshawar is being observed today (Wednesday) with the firm resolve to completely root out terrorism.
On December 16, Taliban gunmen martyred 151 people, most of them children, at Army Public School on Warsak Road, Pesahwar.
The main ceremony to mark the day took place at Army Public School in Peshawar where families of the victims, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Army Chief General Raheel Sharif, chief ministers of all four provinces, PTI chief Imran Khan and other high officials were present.
Relatives were accompanied by students bearing images of their loved ones as they spoke one by one of children with bright smiles who worried about their hair and handwriting but had dreams of being artists and engineers.
Today, public holiday has been declared in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan. Various organizations are holding functions including rallies, seminars, and symposia to pay homage to the martyrs.
During the ceremony, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Rashad Mahmood distributed medals to the families of the APS victims, along with rights to plots of land.
CM Sindh Qaim Ali Shah, CM Punjab Shahbaz Sharif, CM Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pervez Khattak, CM Balochistan Abdul Malik Baloch, Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) CM Hafeezur Rehman and KP Governor Mehtab Khan Abbasi also distributed medals among the families of the victims.
