US: Candlelight vigils for victims of Peshawar attack

DALLAS: In the last few days, Pakistani and other local organizations in Texas, and it's two major cities, Houston and Dallas, organized vigil honoring lives lost in Peshawar school attack.

Hundreds of people gathered and paid tribute to the students. South Asian community big radio Fun Asia Entertainment organized an event where people from different religions gathered to pay tribute to the victims of the Peshawar school massacre.

Fun Asia owners, John Hamid and Shariq Hamid thanked the community for theor support.

Furthermore, Pakistan Student Association in University of Dallas ( PSA UTD ) also organized candlelight vigil in front of the university library where many students gathered to pay tribute to the victims and observed a moment of silence for one minute.

In downtown Dallas, Anjuman sarkar wafa organized a rally at John F. Kennedy Memorial, where they strongly condemned the attack by Taliban.

Local political parties MQM and APML Dallas Chepter also organized events in Dallas. Also Many events were arranged at Big city Houston but Pakistan association of greater Houston ( PAGH) event was the biggest event in the Houston.