APS Peshawar attack survivor Ahmad Nawaz has announced that he has secured a place to study at the University of Oxford. Nawaz shared the happy news on social media with a picture of himself wearing an Oxford University jumper.
The terrorists shot me and brutality attacked my school to stop us from getting an education 5 years ago.
— Ahmad Nawaz (@Ahmadnawazaps) August 13, 2020
Today I’m proud to share that I have secured a place to study at the University of Oxford!! ?
Where there is a will, there’s a way… ?@UniofOxford #GoingtoOxford pic.twitter.com/7UwbaFLzmr
He later shared that he will be studying Philosophy and Theology.
Philosophy & Theology 🙂
— Ahmad Nawaz (@Ahmadnawazaps) August 13, 2020
Congratulatory messages poured in for Nawaz from across the world.
Well done @Ahmadnawazaps I never doubted it! https://t.co/9jNF9J8kFV
— Susan Williams (@SusanBaroness) August 13, 2020
Great going keep it up https://t.co/HvrkfuwCtS
— Haroon Rashid (@TheHaroonRashid) August 13, 2020
?yes!! https://t.co/HYmCDWxzTu
— Bakhtawar B-Zardari (@BakhtawarBZ) August 13, 2020
— Aalia Rasheed (@aaliaaaliya) August 13, 2020
So proud of you Ahmad, well done. You are a constant inspiration not just for the youth of Pakistan but for all of us.
— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) August 13, 2020
Well done & keep it up. Your success is the nightmare of bigoted militants.
— Farhatullah Babar (@FarhatullahB) August 13, 2020
The University of Oxford’s official account also congratulated the high achiever, calling him a “true inspiration”.
??Can’t wait!! ?
— Ahmad Nawaz (@Ahmadnawazaps) August 13, 2020
Nawaz was only 14 when the Taliban attacked his school in Peshawar in 2014. He managed to save himself by pretending to be lying dead but he witnessed the horror of the massacre and his teacher get set on fire by terrorist militants. He suffered multiple injuries on his arm and was given special treatment at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Though Ahmad survived, he lost his brother in the deadly attack.
Meanwhile, late last year, Nawaz had received the 2019 Legacy Award for the Diana Award and had attended a tea hosted by Prince William at Kensington Palace. He had become the first Pakistani to receive the Princess Diana Award for his anti-radicalization campaign.