Taking stock: PM personally monitoring APS attack investigation, says adviser
British High Commission issues visas to family of injured student Ahmad Nawaz.
Parents of APS victims at a news conference at Peshawar Press Club. PHOTO: MUHAMMAD IQBAL/EXPRESS
PESHAWAR:
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is personally assessing progress of the investigation under way into the Army Public School (APS) terrorist attack, said Adviser to Prime Minister Musadik Malik on Friday.
Addressing journalists at injured APS student Ahmad Nawaz’s house, Malik said more than 1,500 suspects have been arrested in several operations across the country under the National Action Plan formulated in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history which claimed 150 lives, mostly of schoolchildren. The PM’s adviser was visiting Ahmad’s house to hand over passports to the family which has been issued visas by the British High Commission to travel to England for Ahmad’s treatment.
According to Malik, visas have been issued to the injured student, his parents and younger brother Umar Nawaz, and all other arrangements for the family’s departure to England will be finalised in a few days.
“The federal government will pay for all expenses incurred in Ahmad’s treatment in England and the visa period will also be extended if needed,” said Malik. The adviser later visited Ahmad at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and enquired about his health.
Muhammad Nawaz, father of the injured student, told The Express Tribune he was thankful to the prime minister, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and PTI chief Imran Khan for extending support to his family.
Ahmad sustained bullet injuries to his arm in the December 16 carnage and has been admitted at LRH since. According to his father, doctors told him to shift Ahmad to another facility as his injuries cannot be treated at LRH.
Demanding court intervention
Parents and relatives of slain APS students have appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasirul Mulk to take suo motu notice of the December 16 tragedy. Addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press Club, member of the Shuhada Forum, Ajun Khan, said bereaved families will hold a rally on Saturday (today) from Aman Chowk near Gora Qabristan to APS to remember their fallen children.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2015.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is personally assessing progress of the investigation under way into the Army Public School (APS) terrorist attack, said Adviser to Prime Minister Musadik Malik on Friday.
Addressing journalists at injured APS student Ahmad Nawaz’s house, Malik said more than 1,500 suspects have been arrested in several operations across the country under the National Action Plan formulated in the aftermath of the worst terrorist attack in the country’s history which claimed 150 lives, mostly of schoolchildren. The PM’s adviser was visiting Ahmad’s house to hand over passports to the family which has been issued visas by the British High Commission to travel to England for Ahmad’s treatment.
According to Malik, visas have been issued to the injured student, his parents and younger brother Umar Nawaz, and all other arrangements for the family’s departure to England will be finalised in a few days.
“The federal government will pay for all expenses incurred in Ahmad’s treatment in England and the visa period will also be extended if needed,” said Malik. The adviser later visited Ahmad at Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) and enquired about his health.
Muhammad Nawaz, father of the injured student, told The Express Tribune he was thankful to the prime minister, Chief Minister Pervez Khattak and PTI chief Imran Khan for extending support to his family.
Ahmad sustained bullet injuries to his arm in the December 16 carnage and has been admitted at LRH since. According to his father, doctors told him to shift Ahmad to another facility as his injuries cannot be treated at LRH.
Demanding court intervention
Parents and relatives of slain APS students have appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Nasirul Mulk to take suo motu notice of the December 16 tragedy. Addressing a news conference at Peshawar Press Club, member of the Shuhada Forum, Ajun Khan, said bereaved families will hold a rally on Saturday (today) from Aman Chowk near Gora Qabristan to APS to remember their fallen children.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2015.