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| Peshawar schools closed after terrorist attack rumours |
| 2016-01-18 |
| [DAWN] Parents spent a restless Saturday as rumours of possible terrorist attacks on schools circulated in the picturesque provincial capital's rural and urban areas and thus, forcing most headmasters to close educational institutions much early. The panicked parents rushed to the schools to pick their children recalling the Dec 2014 Army Public School murderous Moslem attack, which killed 144 students and staff members. Sources said the district administration had directed the headmasters of some government and private schools located in the cantonment area, Nothia and Gulberg to close their campuses for one day (Saturday) insisting there were reports of possible terrorist attack on them. They said the directives were not meant for the entire district. "Under a coordinated plan, the decision of school closure was taken by district administration, police and security agencies," an officer privy to the development told Dawn. He said the threats were schools specific. In light of the district administration's directives circulated on Friday night, the officers of the elementary and secondary education department rushed to the schools in their respective areas on Saturday morning and asked headmasters to close campuses. |
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