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Injured APS victim breathes his last at CMH

Shuhada Forum says it will sue the provincial and federal govts for negligence

Riaz Ahmad February 21, 2015

Ishaq’s funeral was held in Peshawar at 10pm on Saturday. PHOTO: EXPRESS

PESHAWAR: Over two months after the grizzly attack on Army Public School, another student lost the fight for his life at Combined Military Hospital (CMH) on Saturday following two unsuccessful operations.

Waqar Amin told The Express Tribune his brothers Ishaq Amin and Amir Amin were injured in the gun and suicide attack on December 16, 2014. “Both were second year FSc students, one majoring in medical and the other in engineering. While Amir is under treatment at Aga Khan Hospital in Karachi, Ishaq was not fortunate enough to survive, taking the total death toll to 151, 133 of them students.

“It is sheer negligence on part of the provincial and federal governments. I will register an FIR against them,” said Waqar, adding the chief minister was not even in the province at the time of the attack as he was busy attending dharnas in Islamabad.

Ishaq had initially fallen into coma, but later regained consciousness after which he was discharged and brought back home. “A medical board inspected him on the sixth of this month, but he collapsed while walking inside our house on the 11th, after which he had to undergo an emergency operation at CMH,” said Waqar. He added the medical board which checked Ishaq was constituted by the Shuhada Ghazi Forum comprising parents and family members whose children were killed or injured in the attack.

“He (Ishaq) underwent an operation at CMH on February 11 and went into coma the following day, proving the operation was unsuccessful. Today, he left us forever.”

Shuhada Ghazi Forum’s coordinator Qaisar Khan told The Express Tribune they have formed a panel of senior lawyers of the city who will file a lawsuit against the chief minister and prime minister for completely ignoring the medical treatment of Ishaq Amin. Ishaq’s injured brother Amir said he and his deceased sibling were in different classes, but were very close to each other. “He was in pre-medical while I was in pre-engineering, so even though we both were in second year we had different classes.”

Ishaq’s funeral was held in Peshawar at 10pm on Saturday.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 22^nd, 2015.

COMMENTS (10)

usman777 | 9 years ago | Reply Rest in peace Young blood. We will avenge you.

Fazal Dad | 9 years ago | Reply @Waqqas: Agree They all were bright stars and future of Pakistan. I feel like that they were my children and no day goes-by when I don't think of them. May they rest in peace and for those in hospitals, I pray for their recovery.