Peshawar school attack: PM Nawaz approves Rs30.6m for treatment of injured student

Ahmad Nawaz will receive treatment abroad as the injuries on his arm cannot be treated at Lady Reading Hospital

Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif approved on Friday Rs30.6 million for treatment abroad of an injured student of the Army Public School, Express News reported.

Ahmad Nawaz, 15, is a student of grade nine and was shot on the unfateful day of December 16 when Taliban gunmen stormed into an army-run school in Peshawar, killing 150 people, including 132 children.

The 15-year-old is admitted at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) where doctors have advised his parents to shift him to another facility as the injuries on his arm cannot be treated at LRH and there is a fear that Ahmad might lose his limb.

Earlier, Ahmad’s father angered at the politician’s treatment of his son lashed out at them, bitter about the different treatment meted out by the government in the case of his son and that of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.



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“Both (Malala and Ahmad) are victims of terror attacks. But my son is still crying for help,” he told The Express Tribune, adding he has also already lost a son and doesn’t have the courage to see another one incapacitated.

Ahmad’s younger brother Haris Nawaz, 14, was not fortunate enough to escape the brazen attack alive.

“He (Ahmad) wakes up after every two hours and starts crying from the pain, but the only thing doctors at LRH do is give him painkillers,” complained Muhammad Nawaz. “My son has dreams just like other children. He has a career to make and I will not let these politicians ruin his dreams.”

Earlier, the provincial government had announced a sum of Rs3.5 million for Ahmad’s treatment in England, while the federal government had also announced to shift him to any other hospital in the world. However, the family is yet to receive the sum promised by the provincial government.