Being heard: Parents of Peshawar victims form a union
Will appoint two focal persons who will hold talks with the government
Will appoint two focal persons who will hold talks with the government. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
Parents of the children, who were killed during the barbaric assault on Army Public School (APS) Peshawar by Taliban militants, met in Hayatabad on Wednesday to form a representative body and appointed two focal persons who will hold talks with the government.
The meeting was held at the residence of Abid Raza Bangash, in Phase I, Hayatabad, and was attended by parents and relatives of the 54 children who lost their lives during the massacre.
Talking to The Express Tribune, parents said that only those people whose children were killed or injured in the attack could be the member of this body and two focal persons have been appointed to hold talks with the government.
No outsider is allowed in the body, they said, adding that they had some reservations as well demands. “We are trying to provide a platform to all these parents and expect that in the next meeting more relatives will participate,” an aggrieved parent said.
The idea was put forward by a man from Lahore who visited the Army Public School and met the grieving parents. Parents, however, had reservations on including outsiders in the body.
Some of the parents want that their kids be honored and decorated, they concluded.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2015.
Parents of the children, who were killed during the barbaric assault on Army Public School (APS) Peshawar by Taliban militants, met in Hayatabad on Wednesday to form a representative body and appointed two focal persons who will hold talks with the government.
The meeting was held at the residence of Abid Raza Bangash, in Phase I, Hayatabad, and was attended by parents and relatives of the 54 children who lost their lives during the massacre.
Talking to The Express Tribune, parents said that only those people whose children were killed or injured in the attack could be the member of this body and two focal persons have been appointed to hold talks with the government.
No outsider is allowed in the body, they said, adding that they had some reservations as well demands. “We are trying to provide a platform to all these parents and expect that in the next meeting more relatives will participate,” an aggrieved parent said.
The idea was put forward by a man from Lahore who visited the Army Public School and met the grieving parents. Parents, however, had reservations on including outsiders in the body.
Some of the parents want that their kids be honored and decorated, they concluded.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 8th, 2015.