Native name طاھره قاضی Years active 2006-2014 Nationality Pakistani Name Tahira Qazi Children Ahmedullah Qazi | Ethnicity Pashtun Role Teacher Siblings Kazi Karimullah Occupation School teacher | |
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Resting place Landi Arbab33° 58′ 46″ N, 71° 32′ 41″ E Died December 16, 2014, Peshawar, Pakistan | ||
Tahira Qazi SS (1 July 1951 – 16 December 2014) was a Pakistani school teacher and principal of Army Public School Peshawar who was killed in Peshawar school attack on 16 December 2014.
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Early life and career
Tahira Qazi was born on July 1, 1951 in 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. Tahira was principal of Army Public School, Peshawar since 2006 and was set to retire in May 2015. According to her students she was 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."
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.
Death
On 16 December 2014, Taliban militants attacked Army Public School Peshawar. Tahira Qazi tried to protect the children and jumped forward in front of the militants and said, "I am their mother. Talk to me." She was killed by a shot to the head.
Tahira Qazi was laid to rest in Landi Arbab village.
Awards
Tahira Qazi was awarded by Sitara-I-Shujat on Pakistan Day 2015 by President Mamnoon Hussain.
