Pakistan- From APS to journalism: Story of a brave survivor
Date
12/17/2019 2:16:04 AM
(MENAFN- Tribal News Network)
APS massacre survivor Mohammad Rizwan Yousafzai. – A file photo
PESHAWAR: Five years after the heinous terrorist attack on the army Public School Peshawar on December 16, 2014, the surviving students are now slowly and gradually making their mark in the practical life.
Mohammad Rizwan was one such student of APS who survived the attack and remained in the news for witnessing at least 150 deaths of his friends and teachers during that fateful day. At a very young age, Rizwan Yousafzai saw several ups and downs in the life after the APS massacre and remained in the news with his survival story for five years and now he has decided to become a newsman himself.
The December 16, 2014 massacre is considered the most heinous attack in the country's history which shook the whole country and brought it on a single page to wipe out terrorism in all its forms and manifestations.
Rizwan Yousafzai says he many never forget the tragic incident, but life has to move on. He has now joined a private news channel to get life going and he aspires to become a successful journalist. He is still new in the field and he believes that reporting of any educational institution in Peshawar is not an easy task.
'My cap saved my life during APS massacre'
Malik Hassan Tahir, another survivor of APS attack, said he was wearing a hood cap on December 16, 2014 when terrorists unleashed attack on the APS.
APS massacre survivor Malik Hassan Tahir. – A file photo
'I was in the auditorium when I heard gunshots and thoughts that it might be part of first-aid training. However, everything changed within minutes. Many of my friends received bullets in heads and chests. I was wearing a hood cap and a bullet pierced through the upper part of the cap, but I remained safe,' Hassan Tahir said while narrating his survival story.
However, Hassan Tahir elder brother Usama Tahir, could not save himself and was targeted by terrorists.
Hassan Tahir is now studying software engineering from a private university and even five years after the massacre, he is unable to come out from trauma. He believes that the trauma of the massacre will stay with him till he is alive.
Usama Tahir was a student of seventh grade when he was martyred in the APS attack.
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