The song begins with a child asserting that he wants to take revenge on the terrorists who killed 130 children in Peshawar’s Army Public School previous year.
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The resolution also recommended holding of Dua for the martyrs and for peace and prosperity of the nation in all educational institutions of the country on 16th December every year. “It was then when I said desperate times call for desperate measures”.
The political leadership also unanimously approved a 20-point National Action Plan. “We will take revenge for every drop of your blood”.
Behind them stood a large banner emblazoned with the photos of the 134 children killed at the Army Public School.
Pakistani youth hold candles next to a banner showing pictures of victims of an attack on a Peshawar school in 2014 during a demonstration in connection with the first anniversary of the attack, Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2015.
Some of the militants, fighting under the Tehreek-e-Taliban banner, carved out sanctuaries in north-eastern Afghanistan and remained secure until they came under attack amid growing signs of improvement in Pakistan’s relations with the U.S. and Afghanistan.
Powerful military chief Raheel Sharif and opposition leader Imran Khan were also in attendance.
Pakistan earlier this month hanged four men linked to the Peshawar attack. “We have no option but to fight it to the end”, he said, adding “terrorists are destined to go to hell whatever their faith and religion”. The appalling massacre shocked not only the Pakistani nation but the whole world, and prompted a paradigm change in the country’s counter-terrorism strategy.
“All the people of Pakistan are with us and they are trying to support us and helping us to move towards the future and to just forget this incident”, said Muhammad Hamza, 17, a student whose brother died in the attack.
He told audience that as many as 122 schools and colleges of the Islamabad Capital Territory have been named after martyrs of Army Public School.
Army Public Schools across the country were open for ceremonies marking the anniversary, despite a security official telling AFP Tuesday that they were “particularly under threat”.
Television footage showed the Army chief receiving the families of the APS attack victims at gates of the venue.
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After the attack, all schools were ordered to rapidly build walls and extra defences. Roads were closed off in Peshawar and hundreds of military personnel remained on high alert throughout the ceremony.
