Tribute paid to APS martyrs, families on 9th anniversary

'Day of Dec 16, 2014 will always be remembered as a dark day in history of country': PM

QUETTA:

Pakistan Youth Peace Movement (PYPM) Chairman Arbab Nasir Haider Kassi on Saturday paid tribute to the martyrs of the Army Public School, Peshawar, saying that the sacrifices of Shuhada APS would always be remembered.

“The day of Dec 16, 2014 will always be remembered as a dark day in the history of the country,” he said while addressing a ceremony held here in the remembrance of the martyrs of the APS tragedy organised by the PYPM.

Kassi said the heartbreaking incident of Dec 16, the grief and sorrow of the entire nation was indescribable.

He said that even after nine years, the grief of the APS tragedy was still alive in the hearts of the entire nation and they were proud of these bereaved families who had endured this great trauma.

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He said, “The entire nation is an equal participant in the grief of these bereaved families. The sacrifices of the innocent heroes of APS will always be remembered in the history of the country.”

Kassi said that the APS tragedy united the entire nation against terrorism and the armed forces had reiterated their efforts to eradicate terrorism with the support of the public, as a result of which terrorism was eradicated to a large extent.

He said that today, once again, “terrorists are trying to target our security forces, which the armed forces are fighting with full determination to deal with the menace of terrorism”.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 17^th, 2023.