Blog #3

The school is chose is called Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed High School (I wasn’t able to find their website). It was originally called Government High School Ibrahim Zai, but was renamed after an incident that occurred in 2014. I’ll tell more about that in a second. Aitzaz Hasan Shaheed High School is a public high school located in Hangu district, city of Charsadda, Pakistan. Both genders can go to school there and it’s a public school.

The reason behind renaming Government High School Ibrahim Zai, is a terrorist threat that happened in 6^th of January, 2014. A suicide bomber was on the school premises, about to blow up the school. Before he could do it, 15-years-old hero Aitzaz Hasan tackled him and saved the lives of 200 students. Aitzaz was injured fatally and died a couple days later in the hospital. Not long after that the government’s representatives announced that the school will be renamed after Aitzaz. This story about sacrifice and heroism made me choose this high school. I remember reading that story on a newspaper back in 2014, so I was familiar with it already. (Word count 188)