PESHAWAR: Third anniversary of the gruesome attack on the Army Public School will be observed here today (Saturday).

At least 144 students and school staffers were killed by militants in the attack on the APS on Dec 16, 2014.

In this connection, two functions have been organised. The first one has been arranged in the APS where besides others parents of the martyred students will participate.

The second programme has been arranged in the Shuhada-i-Army Public School Library where Chief Minister Pervez Khattak will inaugurate a monument built in the memory of the APS attack victims.

Published in Dawn, December 16th, 2017

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