Pakistan is observing three days mourning in connection with Peshawar school tragedy that left 141 dead, including 132 students of Army Public School and College on Tuesday.
According to the Foreign Office, the national flags will be flown at half mast at all the Pakistani Consulates and High Commissions.
The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has announced to keep the schools, colleges and universitites closed across the province while the traders had also announced to keep the shops and businesses shut to observe the mourning.
Pakistan Bar Council has also announced to observe a strike today.
The educational institutions in Sindh will remain open and carry out the educational activities according to the routine. Education Minister Nisar Khoro told that special prayers will be held for the departed souls. However, the University of Karachi has cancelled all the examinations that were scheduled for today.
The government of Gilgit-Baltistan has also announced three-day mourning over the Peshawar tragedy.
In one of the worst terrorist attacks in the history of Pakistan, 141 people, including 132 children, were martyred and 118 students and three staff members received injuries when militants stormed the Army Public School and College on Warsak Road here on Tuesday.
The Mullah Fazlullah-led terrorist outfit, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), claimed responsibility soon after the attack. Al-Qaeda Taliban also claimed responsibility for the attack. Talking to reporters, the Al-Qaeda-Taliban commander for Mohmand and Bajaur tribal regions, Yousaf Raza Mujahid, said fighters of his group attacked the school.
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