The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government and police have informed the Peshawar High Court that after receiving the terror alert from the federal government in August 2014 about the possible militant attack on educational institutions run by the military authorities, they had informed the managements of all such schools, including that of the Army Public School and College in Peshawar.
A total of 144 students and staff members were killed in the Dec 16, 2014, militant attack on the APS.
In their joint comments filed in the high court on a petition seeking to make public all information related to the APS carnage, the provincial home secretary and inspector general of police said during that militant attack, the police had performed its duty as per its capacity in the given available resources.
The officials stated that the PHC principal was sensitised to ‘threat alert’ and precautionary measures required
They said there were 15 educational institutions in Peshawar, which were run by the army authorities, whereas in whole of the province, their number was 80.
In their comments, they had explained the steps taken by the government following the carnage, including the security measures adopted regarding educational institutions and vulnerable and sensitive installations.
The petition is filed by lawyer Ajoon Khan, whose son Asfand Khan was also killed in the attack.
The petitioner requested the high court to direct the federal and provincial governments to make public all the information related to the carnage.
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