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Peshawar,jan.14 : cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan In a huge embarrassment by parents on Wednesday stopped him from entering the Army School in Peshawar where 142 children were killed in a terror strike.

Parents blocked Imran Khan’s entry in the school and shouted slogans of Go Imran Go.Pakistani children returned on Monday to the school where Taliban gunmen killed 150 of their classmates and teachers last month, clutching their parents’ hands tightly in a poignant symbol of perseverance despite the horrors they had endured.

It was the first time the school had reopened since the assault and security was tight. The nation has been reeling from the December 16 terrorist attack in Peshawar one of the worst Pakistan has experienced. The violence carried out by seven Taliban militants put a spotlight on whether the authorities can end the stubborn insurgency that kills and maims thousands every year.

Those who have done all this to all of us cannot be called humans, Sitwat said, adding he still wanted to go back to school and become an air force officer.In Peshawar, media and vehicles were kept hundreds of meters (yards) away from the Army Public School, and two helicopters circled overhead. The chief of Pakistan’s army, Gen. Raheel Sharif, was on hand with his wife to greet and console the students.

Teacher Andleeb Aftab, who lost her 10th grade son, Huzaifa, in the attack, came in a black dress and head scarf, walking to the place where she had last seen her son alive. She said she chose to go back to school rather than sit at home and keep mourning.

I have come here because the other kids are also my kids, I will complete the dreams of my son, the dreams I had about my son, by teaching other students.On Sunday night, 15-year-old Ahmed Nawaz said he is still in constant pain and being treated for his badly wounded left arm but that he was determined to go back.For the militants, he said he had one message: “We are not scared of you.”

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