The Peshawar district administration has issued financial assistance cheques to the families of children killed in the Dir Colony school tragedy and work is under way to provide support for injured children and other families affected by the tragedy.
The Deputy Commissioner Peshawar Dr Afaq Wazir says that so far, Rs21 million have been given to the parents of the martyred children.
Deputy Commissioner Afaq Wazir, on the instructions of the Governor, spent his whole day with the grieving families, expressing his solidarity with them in this hour and making arrangements for distributing relief.
The families who had gone to other districts for burial of their deceased would also get financial assistance cheques on their return to Peshawar, the deputy commissioner added.
In the meantime, the district administration has begun the process of verifying lists of injured children, so that they can be provided assistance in time.
Dr Afaq Wazir said the administration was striving to make sure that every injured kid was given financial assistance within 24 hours. The teams are cross-checking records in order to speed up the relief distribution to the people affected by the tragedy.
The deputy commissioner reiterated that the Peshawar district administration had come to the aid of the grieving families in the midst of this tragedy and was doing its best to ensure that the help was extended to all the eligible victims and their families.
He also consoled the families over the deaths of the children and prayed for their highest rank in Jannat-ul-Firdous. He also asked for Allah’s mercy and blessings on the grieving parents and family members to be strong in the face of this tremendous loss.
The administration is continuing to provide relief to those families who have been affected, with a focus on providing both immediate financial and relief assistance, as well as including children in the process of providing assistance to them.