Peshawar,jan.10 : Schools in the restive northwestern Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa will re-open on Monday, an official said, after an extended break following a brutal Taliban assault which killed 150 people, the country’s deadliest-ever attack.
Provincial Information Minister Mushtaq Ghani told AFP that all the necessary security measures have been taken for 35,000 educational institutions, including schools, colleges and universities to re-open on January 12.
In response to the Taliban attack, Pakistan’s parliament last week passed a constitutional amendment approving the establishment of military courts to hear terrorism-related cases.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif also lifted the country’s six-year-old moratorium on the use of the death penalty, reinstating it for terror cases in the wake of the slaughter at the school.
