ISPR releases new song to pay tribute to APS Peshawar martyrs on 4th anniversary

ISLAMABAD – The Inter Services Public Relations on Sunday released a special song to pay rich tribute to the martyrs of Army Public School Peshawar on the 4th anniversary of the terrorist attack.

The song is titled 'Hamain Aagay Hi Jana Hai'. Zayer Ali Bagga is the vocalist of this song penned by Imran Raza and composed by Sahir Ali Bagga.

https://twitter.com/OfficialDGISPR/status/1074293252839391232

A ceremony to pay tribute to the martyrs and ghazis of Army Public School and College was held at Warsak Road in Peshawar on Sunday morning.

The ceremony started with a special prayer for Shaheeds, followed by national anthem. A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army presented the guard of honour.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3s_LaoWbTc&feature=youtu.be

APS Peshawar attack

More than 148 people, most of them children, were killed in the attack on Peshawar’s Army Public School on December 16, 2014, making it the second deadliest attack in the country’s history.

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan, an umbrella group of armed groups that had been fighting the Pakistani state since 2007, soon claimed responsibility for the assault. In a statement, the Pakistan Taliban claimed the children were legitimate targets because they were studying at a military-run school.

The attack on the school in Peshawar came after another one earlier that year on a major airport in the southern city of Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city and its economic backbone, prompted the launch of a military operation, Zarb-e-Azb [The attack of the Prophet’s Sword], against the group.

https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/headline/aps-peshawar-attack-coas-bajwa-says-army-united-to-carry-pakistan-forward/

Following the attack on the Army Public School, the government ramped up its security operations, with the military stepping up air attacks and ground operations in all seven northwestern tribal districts, targeting the Pakistan Taliban.

In all, the military says it killed more than 4,000 members of armed groups since it launched Zarb-e-Azb, losing hundreds of soldiers in the process. The data is impossible to verify, given strict reporting restrictions in the conflict zone.

A National Action Plan (NAP) was also devised to effectively tackle the menace of terrorism across the country. Pakistan also established military courts after the brutal carnage which are in place to this day.