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From VOA Learning English, |
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this is the Education Report. |
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Pakistani officials have announced plans |
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to name a school and a sports center for student |
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who stopped a suicide bomber. |
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The actions of 15-year-old, Aitzaz Hassan |
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saved hundreds of other students in his high school |
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earlier this month. |
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The school is in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa province. |
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The area is home to many Shi'ite Muslims. |
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Provincial Governor Shaukatullah Khan |
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visited the home of the boy, |
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and place flowers at his burial-place. |
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The official announced an award of |
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about five million rupees, |
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or about 47,000 American dollars for the family. |
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Governor Khan told VOA that the sacrifice of children |
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like Aitzaz Hassan is a cause for national pride, |
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and a great honor for his village. |
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The Governor said he came to the village |
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representing Pakistan's prime minister and president. |
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Prime minister Nawaz Sharif had declared earlier |
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that the student should be honored |
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with the nation's highest award for bravery. |
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He proposed the award to president Mamnoon Hussain |
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who has the power to approve it. |
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The honor reportedly is expected to be presented |
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to the boy's family on March 23, |
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which is Pakistan's National Day. |
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Aitzaz Hassan was a ninth grader at the high school. |
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Police said he saw the bomber moving |
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toward the school's entrance. |
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The attacker was said to be wearing official school clothes, |
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but looks suspicious to Aitzaz who tried to stop him. |
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That is when a bomb on the attacker's clothing exploded. |
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The bomber was killed and Aitzaz died later in a hospital. |
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The student's older brother Mujtaba said |
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his brother often said he would fight |
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if he came face to face with the suicide bomber. |
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Mujtaba said he actually did what he said he would. |
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Aitzaz's father said his mother was crying, |
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but 500 other mothers would be crying, |
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have the boy not acted as he did. |
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Pakistani education activist Malala Yusafzai |
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expressed deep regret about the death of Aitzaz Hassan. |
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She spoke from Britain, where she now lives. |
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She said "I feel proud that I belong to a country |
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where many brave and courageous people like Aitzaz Hasan are born." |
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Malala Yusafzai now 16, survived an attempt on her life in 2012. |
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Pakistani Taliban gunman carried out the attack |
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in the Swat district of Khyber Pakhtunkhawa. |
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Malala has gained worldwide attention for her opposition |
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to militants and support for the rights of women and girls. |
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From Learning English, that's the Education Report. |