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	'''Tahira Qazi ~~[[Civil decorations of Pakistan#Order of civil decorations\|SS]]~~''' (1 July 1951 – 16 December 2014) was a ~~Educationist~~ and principal of [[Army Public School ~~and College~~ Peshawar]] who was killed in the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre\|Peshawar school attack]] on 16 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/19/in-praise-of-headteacher-tahira-qazi \|title=In praise of … Tahira Qazi \| Hugh Muir \| Comment is free \|publisher=The Guardian \|date=2014-03-13 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/i-shall-rise-and-shine/ \|title=‘I Shall Rise and Shine’ ‹ Newsweek Pakistan \|publisher=Newsweekpakistan.com \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Marszal \|first=Andrew \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/11298802/Inside-the-Pakistan-school-harrowing-images-reveal-full-terror-of-Taliban-attack.html \|title=Inside the Pakistan school: harrowing images reveal full terror of Taliban attack \|publisher=Telegraph \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>		'''Tahira Qazi''' (1 July 1951 – 16 December 2014) was a Pakistani educationist and principal of [[Army Public School Peshawar]] who was killed in the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre\|Peshawar school attack]] on 16 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/19/in-praise-of-headteacher-tahira-qazi \|title=In praise of … Tahira Qazi \| Hugh Muir \| Comment is free \|publisher=The Guardian \|date=2014-03-13 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/i-shall-rise-and-shine/ \|title=‘I Shall Rise and Shine’ ‹ Newsweek Pakistan \|publisher=Newsweekpakistan.com \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Marszal \|first=Andrew \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/11298802/Inside-the-Pakistan-school-harrowing-images-reveal-full-terror-of-Taliban-attack.html \|title=Inside the Pakistan school: harrowing images reveal full terror of Taliban attack \|publisher=Telegraph \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

	== Early life and career ==		== Early life and career ==
	Tahira Qazi was born on July 1, 1951 in [[Mardan\|Mardan, Pakistan]] where she attended early schooling. She completed her [[~~Master's degree\|~~master's degree]] in English from [[University of Peshawar]] and started her teaching career in the 1970s. ~~Tahira~~ was principal of [[Army Public School Peshawar\|Army Public School, Peshawar]] since 2006 and was set to retire in May 2015. According to her students, she ~~was an English teacher. One of her students told regarding her in an interview, "The first thing that comes to my mind is that she was very strict and good in~~ English."<ref>{{cite web\|last=Ahmed \|first=Riaz \|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/808764/life-lived-on-principles/ \|title=Tahira Qazi: Life lived on principles - The Express Tribune \|publisher=Tribune.com.pk \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Mansoor \|first=Halima \|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/883731/tahira-qazi-to-mother-with-love/ \|title=Tahira Qazi: To mother, with love - The Express Tribune \|publisher=Tribune.com.pk \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>		Tahira Qazi was born on 1 July 1951 in [[Mardan\|Mardan, Pakistan]] where she attended early schooling. She completed her [[master's degree]] in English from [[University of Peshawar]] and started her teaching career in the 1970s. Qazi married [[Pakistan Army]] [[colonel]] (now retired) Qazi Zafrullah in the 1980s. She was principal of [[Army Public School Peshawar\|Army Public School, Peshawar]] since 2006 and was set to retire in May 2015. According to her students, she taught English.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Ahmed \|first=Riaz \|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/808764/life-lived-on-principles/ \|title=Tahira Qazi: Life lived on principles - The Express Tribune \|publisher=Tribune.com.pk \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|last=Mansoor \|first=Halima \|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/883731/tahira-qazi-to-mother-with-love/ \|title=Tahira Qazi: To mother, with love - The Express Tribune \|publisher=Tribune.com.pk \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

	==~~Personal life~~==		==Death==
	~~Tahira was married to a~~ [[Pakistan ~~Army~~]] [[~~colonel~~]] ~~(now retired)~~, Qazi ~~Zafrullah~~ in the ~~1980s~~. She ~~had three children~~, ~~daughter Arifa Qazi and sons Imran Qazi and Ahmad Qazi~~.<ref name=":0">{{cite web\|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/peshawar-terror-tahira-kazi-school-principal-burnt-alive-taliban-married-colonel-pakistan/1/407370.html ~~\|title=Tahira Kazi: Peshawar school principal who was burnt alive by Taliban for marrying a Pak army officer : Neighbours, News - India Today~~ \|publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in ~~\|date=2014-12-17~~ \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>		On 16 December 2014, [[Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]] affiliated terrorists attacked [[Army Public School Peshawar]]. During the attack, Qazi tried to protect the students and jumped forward in front of the [[Terrorism\|militants]] and said, "I am their mother. Talk to me." She was then set on fire, allegedly in front of her students, for being the spouse of a retired army colonel.<ref name=":0">{{cite web \|date=2014-12-17 \|title=Tahira Kazi: Peshawar school principal who was burnt alive by Taliban for marrying a Pak army officer : Neighbours, News - India Today \|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/peshawar-terror-tahira-kazi-school-principal-burnt-alive-taliban-married-colonel-pakistan/1/407370.html \|publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

	~~==Death==~~		Qazi was laid to rest in [[Landi Yarghajo\|Landi Arbab]].<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hughes \|first=Chris \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pakistan-school-attack-brave-teacher-4830271 \|title=Pakistan school attack: Brave teacher torched by Taliban terrorists after ''over my dead body'' vow - Mirror Online \|publisher=Mirror.co.uk \|date=2014-12-17 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web\|url=http://pulse.ng/student/taliban-school-invasion-principal-burnt-alive-before-pupils-because-she-married-a-soldier-id3354768.html \|title=Taliban School Invasion: Principal burnt alive before pupils because she married a soldier \|language=de \|publisher=Pulse.ng \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://arynews.tv/en/pakistans-valiant-unsung-heroes \|title=Pakistan’s valiant, unsung heroes \| ARY NEWS \|publisher=Arynews.tv \|date=2015-02-28 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref> She was survived by her husband, a daughter, and two sons.<ref name=":0" />
	On 16 December 2014, [[Taliban]] terrorists attacked [[Army Public School Peshawar]]. Tahira Qazi tried to protect the children and jumped forward in front of the [[Terrorism\|militants]] and said, "I am their mother. Talk to me." The principal was set on fire, allegedly in front of her students, for being the spouse of a retired army colonel.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
	~~Tahira~~ Qazi was laid to rest in [[Landi Yarghajo\|Landi Arbab]] ~~village~~.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Hughes \|first=Chris \|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pakistan-school-attack-brave-teacher-4830271 \|title=Pakistan school attack: Brave teacher torched by Taliban terrorists after ''over my dead body'' vow - Mirror Online \|publisher=Mirror.co.uk \|date=2014-12-17 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web\|url=http://pulse.ng/student/taliban-school-invasion-principal-burnt-alive-before-pupils-because-she-married-a-soldier-id3354768.html \|title=Taliban School Invasion: Principal burnt alive before pupils because she married a soldier \|language=de \|publisher=Pulse.ng \|date= \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://arynews.tv/en/pakistans-valiant-unsung-heroes \|title=Pakistan’s valiant, unsung heroes \| ARY NEWS \|publisher=Arynews.tv \|date=2015-02-28 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

	==Awards==		== Awards and honors ==
	~~Tahira~~ Qazi was posthumously awarded by [[Sitara-e-Shujaat]] on [[Pakistan Day]] 2015 by President [[Mamnoon Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/858025/the-complete-list-of-recipients-of-awards-on-pakistan-day/ \|title=The complete list of recipients of awards on Pakistan Day - The Express Tribune \|publisher=Tribune.com.pk \|date=2015-03-24 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1167732 \|title=School carnage victims to get bravery award - Pakistan \|publisher=Dawn.Com \|date=2015-03-06 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>		Qazi was posthumously awarded by [[Sitara-e-Shujaat]] on [[Pakistan Day]] 2015 by President [[Mamnoon Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/858025/the-complete-list-of-recipients-of-awards-on-pakistan-day/ \|title=The complete list of recipients of awards on Pakistan Day - The Express Tribune \|publisher=Tribune.com.pk \|date=2015-03-24 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1167732 \|title=School carnage victims to get bravery award - Pakistan \|publisher=Dawn.Com \|date=2015-03-06 \|accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref> A conference room of [[Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\|Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly]] was renamed after her, as the "Tahira Qazi Conference Room".<ref>{{cite web \|title=Army Public School attack: Tahira Qazi (APS principal) — Age 64 \|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1220538 \|website=DAWN.COM \|access-date=2 June 2022 \|language=en \|date=1 December 2015}}</ref>

	==See also==		==See also==
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'''Tahira Qazi [[Civil decorations of Pakistan#Order of civil decorations|SS]]''' (1 July 1951 – 16 December 2014) was a Educationist and principal of [[Army Public School and College Peshawar]] who was killed in the [[2014 Peshawar school massacre|Peshawar school attack]] on 16 December 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/dec/19/in-praise-of-headteacher-tahira-qazi |title=In praise of … Tahira Qazi | Hugh Muir | Comment is free |publisher=The Guardian |date=2014-03-13 |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://newsweekpakistan.com/i-shall-rise-and-shine/ |title=‘I Shall Rise and Shine’ ‹ Newsweek Pakistan |publisher=Newsweekpakistan.com |date= |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Marszal |first=Andrew |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/11298802/Inside-the-Pakistan-school-harrowing-images-reveal-full-terror-of-Taliban-attack.html |title=Inside the Pakistan school: harrowing images reveal full terror of Taliban attack |publisher=Telegraph |date= |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

== Early life and career ==
Tahira Qazi was born on July 1, 1951 in [[Mardan|Mardan, Pakistan]] where she attended early schooling. She completed her [[Master's degree|master's degree]] in English from [[University of Peshawar]] and started her teaching career in the 1970s. Tahira was principal of [[Army Public School Peshawar|Army Public School, Peshawar]] since 2006 and was set to retire in May 2015. According to her students, she was an English teacher. One of her students told regarding her in an interview, "The first thing that comes to my mind is that she was very strict and good in English."<ref>{{cite web|last=Ahmed |first=Riaz |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/808764/life-lived-on-principles/ |title=Tahira Qazi: Life lived on principles - The Express Tribune |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date= |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Mansoor |first=Halima |url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/883731/tahira-qazi-to-mother-with-love/ |title=Tahira Qazi: To mother, with love - The Express Tribune |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date= |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Tahira was married to a [[Pakistan Army]] [[colonel]] (now retired), Qazi Zafrullah in the 1980s. She had three children, daughter Arifa Qazi and sons Imran Qazi and Ahmad Qazi.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/peshawar-terror-tahira-kazi-school-principal-burnt-alive-taliban-married-colonel-pakistan/1/407370.html |title=Tahira Kazi: Peshawar school principal who was burnt alive by Taliban for marrying a Pak army officer : Neighbours, News - India Today |publisher=Indiatoday.intoday.in |date=2014-12-17 |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

==Death==
On 16 December 2014, [[Taliban]] terrorists attacked [[Army Public School Peshawar]]. Tahira Qazi tried to protect the children and jumped forward in front of the [[Terrorism|militants]] and said, "I am their mother. Talk to me." The principal was set on fire, allegedly in front of her students, for being the spouse of a retired army colonel.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><br />
Tahira Qazi was laid to rest in [[Landi Yarghajo|Landi Arbab]] village.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hughes |first=Chris |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/pakistan-school-attack-brave-teacher-4830271 |title=Pakistan school attack: Brave teacher torched by Taliban terrorists after ''over my dead body'' vow - Mirror Online |publisher=Mirror.co.uk |date=2014-12-17 |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://pulse.ng/student/taliban-school-invasion-principal-burnt-alive-before-pupils-because-she-married-a-soldier-id3354768.html |title=Taliban School Invasion: Principal burnt alive before pupils because she married a soldier |language=de |publisher=Pulse.ng |date= |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://arynews.tv/en/pakistans-valiant-unsung-heroes |title=Pakistan’s valiant, unsung heroes | ARY NEWS |publisher=Arynews.tv |date=2015-02-28 |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

==Awards==
Tahira Qazi was posthumously awarded by [[Sitara-e-Shujaat]] on [[Pakistan Day]] 2015 by President [[Mamnoon Hussain]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/858025/the-complete-list-of-recipients-of-awards-on-pakistan-day/ |title=The complete list of recipients of awards on Pakistan Day - The Express Tribune |publisher=Tribune.com.pk |date=2015-03-24 |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1167732 |title=School carnage victims to get bravery award - Pakistan |publisher=Dawn.Com |date=2015-03-06 |accessdate=2015-05-13}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[School massacres]]
* [[Syed Hamid Hussain]]
* [[Aitzaz Hassan]]

==References==
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[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:2014 deaths]]
[[Category:Deaths by firearm in Pakistan]]
[[Category:Crime in Peshawar]]
[[Category:Pakistani school principals and headteachers]]
[[Category:Victims of the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan]]
[[Category:Mass murder victims]]
[[Category:2014 murders in Pakistan]]
[[Category:2014 Peshawar school massacre]]