PHC moved against monument construction

PESHAWAR: The PHC Bar Association on Saturday moved the Peshawar High Court (PHC) against the construction of a monument in the memory of the Army Public School massacre victims by the school administration using the donation money for the purpose. The bar association requested the high court to direct the APS management to use the money for the better treatment of the injured students and for their welfare. The PHC Bar Association through its president Muhammad Essa Khan filed the writ petition to seek direction from the court not to allow the management of the APS to construct the monument or a block of building by using the money collected through donations. The Senate chairman, National Assembly speaker, Interior Ministry secretary, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly speaker, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home and Tribal Affairs department secretary, Station Commander Peshawar and APS principal were made respondents in the petition.
In the petition, the court was requested to direct the government to extend all possible financial help to the injured APS students to enable them to avail medical care.
“The APS administration should be directed not to waste the money collected through donations on the construction of unnecessary and uncalled for monument inside or outside the school. The money should be spent on the welfare of students,” the petition stated.
It requested the court to issue interim relief and restrain the station commander and principal of APS from spending the donation money on the construction of a monument.