Chehlum of APS victims: K-P to observe public holiday today

All public sector organisations, including educational institutes to remain closed

PESHAWAR:

The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) government has announced a public holiday across the province today (Tuesday) to observe the Chehlum of Army Public School (APS) victims – including 134 children – who were massacred by terrorists on December 16.

“The provincial government has decided to observe Chehlum of the APS martyrs today,” said the K-P Information Minister Mushtaq Ahmad Ghani while talking to Express News. “All the public sector organisations, including educational institutions and other offices across the province will remain closed on the occasion,” he added. He said the main Chehlum ceremony will be held at the K-P Chief Minister House, where parents of all the APS victims will be present. “Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan will also participate in the ceremony,” he said.

Ghani said the Quran recitations and condolence references will also be held district-wise across the province for the departed souls.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 20^th, 2015.