Public holiday declared in Peshawar

Peshawar: A one day public holiday has been declared in Peshawar to mark the first anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on Army Public School (APS).
Khyber Pukhtunkhwa minister Mushtaq Ghani made announcement in this regard to pay tribute to martyrs of the APS massacre at the hands of Taleban terrorists.
Meanwhile, Pakistan People's Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has paid glowing tribute to the martyrs of Army Public School attack.
In his message on the first anniversary of the terrorist attack, Bilawal said that these innocent souls had united the entire nation through their blood and sacrifices. This attack brought, even those who wept at the deaths of notorious terrorists, to the page created by Benazir Bhutto through her first salvo of fight against terrorism, he added.
The PPP chairman said that the best way to pay homage the APS martyrs and others is maintaining the national unity to eliminate the monster of terrorism once and for all to save our children and masses from falling victims to such carnages in future.
Bilawal said he has instructed his Party government in Sindh province to rename an educational institution and a library after the martyred students and teachers and construct a monument in their memories in provincial capital.