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Pakistan on alert as nation marks first anniversary of Peshawar school massacre

Pakistan on alert as nation marks first anniversary of Peshawar school massacre

By :  DC Correspondent
Update: 2015-12-16 06:40 GMT
Pakistan deployed paramilitary forces and police in major cities Wednesday as it marked the first anniversary of a Taliban school massacre that left 151 people dead, shocking a country already scarred by nearly a decade of attacks.
Malala was shot in the head in retribution for publicly advocating education for girls.
Two survivors of the massacre attended a sombre ceremony Tuesday in the British city of Birmingham organised by Nobel price winner Malala Yousafzai who herself survived a 2012 Taliban attack.
Of the 151 people slaughtered by the Taliban in the hours-long siege, 134 were children, according to the army's final toll.
 
Khan called on the nation to stand firm against extremism in honour of the victims of the 'unimaginable tragedy'.
Army Public Schools across the country are 'particularly under threat', he said, especially in the garrison city of Rawalpindi, which neighbours the capital Islamabad.
Soldiers were standing at alert on main roads and junctions in Peshawar early Wednesday ahead of the ceremony. A security official told AFP Tuesday that almost a full brigade would be deployed in the city.
'Security has been beefed up throughout the country and additional police troops have been deployed in major cities, while paramilitary troops have been deployed at places deemed sensitive,' a spokesman for the Interior Ministry told AFP Wednesday
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to attend a ceremony at the Army Public School in Peshawar Wednesday, along with the powerful military chief General Raheel Sharif and opposition leader Imran Khan.
Pakistan deployed paramilitary forces and police in major cities Wednesday as it marked the first anniversary of a Taliban school massacre that left 151 people dead, shocking a country already scarred by nearly a decade of attacks.
Pakistan on alert as nation marks first anniversary of Peshawar school massacre

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