Pakistan woke up to a day of mourning yesterday after Taliban militants killed 132 students at a school in the city of Peshawar in a grisly attack which shocked the nation and put pressure on the government to do more to tackle the insurgency.
In all, 148 people were killed in the attack on the military-run Army Public School.
Pakistanis waited to see what their government – long accused of not being tough enough on the Islamists – and the army would do to stem spiralling violence in a nation which has become a safe haven for al Qaeda-linked groups.
Seeking to appear decisive, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif announced he had lifted a moratorium on the death penalty in response to the massacre.
