APS tragedy: Marking 10 Years
On December 16, 2014, Pakistan lived through one of its most horrific chapters. The attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar and the operation to clear out the terrorists unfolded in less than a length of a day. 141 lives, including 132 schoolchildren, were taken. 10 years later, the effects from that day can still be felt; by the loved ones who continue their healing process with no real closure for their loss, and by a society that still faces turmoils of terrorism. This special project – for which Dawn.com spoke to xyz families, xyz survivors, first responders, state officials, and security analysts, and went through court records – is meant not just to look back at what was lost, but to look ahead at what can be learnt for the living.