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Pakistan’s Unnecessary Martyrs

We’re being told the students killed by the Taliban laid down their lives for the sake of our future. But weren’t they our future?

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Hasnain says:

"Maybe they should try to ensure that when children go to school and university they don’t become martyrs. The Pakistani political and military elites are fond of reminding everyone at every opportunity that the country’s nuclear assets are safe. Could they one day make the same claim about our schoolchildren?"

Posted on 2016-01-23T04:13:36+0000