Tahira Qazi

Tahira Qazi
طاھره قاضی
Born1 July 1951
Mardan, Pakistan
Died16 December 2014(2014-12-16) (aged 63)
Cause of deathBurned alive
Resting placeLandi Arbab
33° 58′ 46″ N, 71° 32′ 41″ E
EducationUniversity of Peshawar
OccupationEducationist
Years active1994-2014
SpouseQazi Zafarullah
Children3
AwardsSitara-e-Shujaat (2015)

Tahira Qazi (1 July 1951 – 16 December 2014) was a Pakistani educationist and principal of Army Public School Peshawar who was killed in the Peshawar school attack on 16 December 2014.[1][2][3]

  1. ^ "In praise of … Tahira Qazi | Hugh Muir | Comment is free". The Guardian. 13 March 2014. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  2. ^ "'I Shall Rise and Shine' ‹ Newsweek Pakistan". Newsweekpakistan.com. Retrieved 13 May 2015.
  3. ^ Marszal, Andrew. "Inside the Pakistan school: harrowing images reveal full terror of Taliban attack". Telegraph. Retrieved 13 May 2015.