Pakistan Honors Youth Who Died Saving Students

A Pakistani schoolboy who sacrificed his own life to save hundreds of his schoolmates by stopping a suicide bomber will have his school and a stadium named after him, officials of  Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province said Monday. Provincial Governor Shaukatullah Khan visited the student's home and announced an award of five million Pakistani rupees ($47,000) as compensation for his family. Speaking to VOA’s Deewa Service, the governor said the sacrifice of such a student is a matter...

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