[Khaleej Times] Peshawar: Pakistain's leader called on Wednesday for vengeance under portraits of children killed by Taliban bullets as the country marked the first anniversary of a school massacre that left 151 people dead in its worst-ever krazed killer attack.Are they gonna put Samiul Haq in charge of the vengeance?
Families of the victims along with military and politicians attended an emotional ceremony at the army-run school in of Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
to mark the assault, which mostly claimed the lives of schoolchildren and has been termed a "mini-9/11" for the country.
Children are usually easier targets. Adults can be armed and dangerous.
Relatives were accompanied by students bearing images of their loved ones as they spoke one by one of children with bright smiles who worried about their hair and handwriting but had dreams of being artists and engineers.
If they'd dreamed about growing up to be jihadis maybe they'd have lived to detonate their own vests.
"My children, today I make this promise to you, that I will take Dire Revenge for every drop of your blood," Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
said, addressing the victims directly.
"Yeah. Trust me on this."
The ceremony, which a military official said was attended by some 2,500 guests including celebrities and sports stars, was broadcast live on state television.
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
Powerful military chief Raheel Sharif
..Pak chief of army staff, meaning he pulls the strings on the Nawaz Sharif puppet to make it dance and sing and not do much at all....
and opposition leader Imran Khan
... aka
Taliban Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
were also in attendance.