School named after braveheart

January 14, 2014 04:58 am | Updated November 16, 2021 06:03 pm IST - ISLAMABAD:

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa provincial government on Monday announced a payment of Rs. five million to the family of Aitizaz Hussain who died while trying to stop a suicide bomber at the gate of his school in Hangu.

The government also said it would rename the school in Ibrahimzai after the boy. His family members accepted an award on the boy’s behalf given by the International Human Rights Commission.

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