PESHAWAR, Dec 16 (FD): A Remembrance ceremony will be held today on Warsak Road Peshawar in the memory of the precious lives lost in the tragic Army Public School attack.
The APS attack took place on December 16, 2014, when six terrorists stormed the school martyring 147 – a figure which included both students and teachers. All six terrorists were later killed by security forces in a response attack.
Shahabudin was one of those unfortunate parents who had lost their children in the grisly assault.
“Each year the anniversary of the attack increases our grief. My son Muhammad Ali was a grade 9 student in APS. He was our only offspring,” said Shahab while talking to The Express Tribune.
“Our entire life is meaningless with our only son gone. He wanted to be an SSG Commando and defend the motherland. We had high hopes and many dreams. Everything ended on that tragic December 14, eight years ago. We are the real undead with him,” he said, adding that they were living with his pictures and memories and were waiting for the day when they too will join him in the heavens.
His mother said that Muhammad Ali was in auditorium where the manslaughter was carried out.
“Whenever I see his picture it feels like he is alive. He is still with us,” she added.
