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PESHAWAR: A Peshawar High Court bench on Wednesday sought comments from the defence and interior secretaries about a petition asking why parents of the students killed in the Dec 2014 terrorist attack were not updated about threat to the Army Public School Peshawar despite receiving prior information from the National Counter Terrorism Authority.
Justice Qaisar Rasheed and Justice Mohammad Ayub Khan issued the order in this respect after holding preliminary hearing into a petition of Tehsinullah Durrani, whose sons Saifullah Durrani and Noorullah Durrani were killed in the APS attack in addition 142 others, mostly students.
The petitioner also sought clarification about a recent video footage on social media of a militant, Mudassir Iqbal, who claimed that he was a former soldier, who was on duty during the APS attack.
Students’ father asked why intelligence prior to carnage not shared with parents
The respondents in the petition are the government of Pakistan through defence and interior secretaries.
The petitioner pointed out that in the video, the man had made different claims and leveled allegations about the role of security officials in the attack, but the government had so far not issued any clarification about them.
Advocate Ajoon Khan, whose son Asfand Khan was also killed in the attack, appeared for the petitioner and contended that the Nacta in a letter on Aug 28, 2014, had informed different provincial and federal authorities that the banned militant outfit, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, had made a plan to carry out terrorist activities against Army Public School and College and other educational institutions run by Pakistan Army and to kill the maximum number of children of army officers to avenge the killings of their accomplices.
He said necessary action to foil the threat was not taken by the administration.
The lawyer asked if that was an act of criminal negligence or any conspiracy that such a sensitive intelligence report was ignored was something that had led to the terrorist attack.
He said two sons of the petitioner were martyred in the Dec 16, 2014, APS attack after which the petitioner and his wife had lost their sleep and they had been looking for facts as to why their institutions had failed to perform their duties of protecting the life of citizens.
The lawyer said a recent video footage on social media showing a militant had created doubts in the mind of the petitioner and parents of other slain students about the attack.
He said the petitioner had made contacts with the officials concerned for clarification about the video, but to no avail.
The lawyer said consequent to the terrorist attack on APS, the petitioner and other families of the victims had been asking the government to inform them as to why the information of the attack was not communicated to them.
He added that the petitioner and other aggrieved families were also eager to know what action was taken after the incident to determine and fix responsibility.
Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2018
Justice Qaisar Rasheed and Justice Mohammad Ayub Khan issued the order in this respect after holding preliminary hearing into a petition of Tehsinullah Durrani, whose sons Saifullah Durrani and Noorullah Durrani were killed in the APS attack in addition 142 others, mostly students.
The petitioner also sought clarification about a recent video footage on social media of a militant, Mudassir Iqbal, who claimed that he was a former soldier, who was on duty during the APS attack.
Students’ father asked why intelligence prior to carnage not shared with parents
The respondents in the petition are the government of Pakistan through defence and interior secretaries.
The petitioner pointed out that in the video, the man had made different claims and leveled allegations about the role of security officials in the attack, but the government had so far not issued any clarification about them.
Advocate Ajoon Khan, whose son Asfand Khan was also killed in the attack, appeared for the petitioner and contended that the Nacta in a letter on Aug 28, 2014, had informed different provincial and federal authorities that the banned militant outfit, Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan, had made a plan to carry out terrorist activities against Army Public School and College and other educational institutions run by Pakistan Army and to kill the maximum number of children of army officers to avenge the killings of their accomplices.
He said necessary action to foil the threat was not taken by the administration.
The lawyer asked if that was an act of criminal negligence or any conspiracy that such a sensitive intelligence report was ignored was something that had led to the terrorist attack.
He said two sons of the petitioner were martyred in the Dec 16, 2014, APS attack after which the petitioner and his wife had lost their sleep and they had been looking for facts as to why their institutions had failed to perform their duties of protecting the life of citizens.
The lawyer said a recent video footage on social media showing a militant had created doubts in the mind of the petitioner and parents of other slain students about the attack.
He said the petitioner had made contacts with the officials concerned for clarification about the video, but to no avail.
The lawyer said consequent to the terrorist attack on APS, the petitioner and other families of the victims had been asking the government to inform them as to why the information of the attack was not communicated to them.
He added that the petitioner and other aggrieved families were also eager to know what action was taken after the incident to determine and fix responsibility.
Published in Dawn, March 29th, 2018
