Like other parts of the country, glowing tributes were paid to the victims of the Army Public School Peshawar across Azad Jammu and Kashmir. The main function was held in Khurshid Hassan Khurshid Stadium in Muzaffarabad where students from different schools presented tableaus to pay homage to the martyred students. The school children also sung the national anthem and patriotic songs. Besides civil society memebrs and military officials, a large number of citizens were also attended the function. Speakers said that the matchless sacrifices of the APS Peshawar children and their teachers have united the whole nation. AJK Finance Minister Latif Akbar said that all 122 schools in 10 districts of AJK would be named after APS Peshawar martyrs to recognise them as national heroes. In Police Lines Muzffarabad, IGP Malik Khuda Bukash Awan paid a glowing tribute to the APS Peshawar martyrs.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 17th, 2015.
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