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This ISPR tribute to Peshawar's lost children will move you to tears
Dawn.com
Updated 3 minutes ago
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a poignant musical tribute on Monday to commemorate the 131 children slain last month in the horrific attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.
With a young child’s voice lending melody to the lyrics, the song conveys a message from a slain child to extremists in response to the massacre. The message is one of conviction and resilience; that the children cannot be frightened anymore.
The main verse of the song is packed with emotion:
Main aisi qoum se hoon jis kay woh bachon se darta hai … Bara dushman bana phirta hai jo bachon se larta hai
I am from a nation whose children frighten him… Some enemy he is, he who targets children
In an earlier tweet posted by DG ISPR General Bajwa had quoted the army chief as saying the terrorists had struck "the heart" of Pakistan:
AsimBajwaISPR @AsimBajwaISPR
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#COAS:They have hit at the heart of the nation,but let me reiterate they can't in any way diminish the will of this great nation.
4:33 PM - 16 Dec 2014
Focused on the idea that a war should never be against children, the lyrics were penned by ISPR officials.
Aside from paying tribute to the lost lives, the song enunciates a direct message to the proponents of extremism that while 131 children were brutally deprived of their lives, their legacy remains alive and so do their friends and members of their families who will continue to study, struggle for justice on their behalf and make a difference in their varying, respective capacities.
The three-and-a-half minute long video shows the downcast but determined faces of children singing and holding posters that display slogans of conviction and solidarity. Some are shown returning to the school after it closed down owing to what is regarded as one of the worst acts of violence in Pakistan’s history.
The video ends with a principal welcoming the students back to school as they arrive in a school auditorium.
Dawn.com
Updated 3 minutes ago
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) released a poignant musical tribute on Monday to commemorate the 131 children slain last month in the horrific attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar.
The main verse of the song is packed with emotion:
Main aisi qoum se hoon jis kay woh bachon se darta hai … Bara dushman bana phirta hai jo bachon se larta hai
I am from a nation whose children frighten him… Some enemy he is, he who targets children
In an earlier tweet posted by DG ISPR General Bajwa had quoted the army chief as saying the terrorists had struck "the heart" of Pakistan:
AsimBajwaISPR @AsimBajwaISPR
Follow
#COAS:They have hit at the heart of the nation,but let me reiterate they can't in any way diminish the will of this great nation.
4:33 PM - 16 Dec 2014
Focused on the idea that a war should never be against children, the lyrics were penned by ISPR officials.
Aside from paying tribute to the lost lives, the song enunciates a direct message to the proponents of extremism that while 131 children were brutally deprived of their lives, their legacy remains alive and so do their friends and members of their families who will continue to study, struggle for justice on their behalf and make a difference in their varying, respective capacities.
The three-and-a-half minute long video shows the downcast but determined faces of children singing and holding posters that display slogans of conviction and solidarity. Some are shown returning to the school after it closed down owing to what is regarded as one of the worst acts of violence in Pakistan’s history.
The video ends with a principal welcoming the students back to school as they arrive in a school auditorium.
