Aitzaz Hasan was a Pakistani school boy from Hangu District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province who gained martyrdom while preventing a suicide bomber from entering his school of 2,000 students at Ibrahimzai village of Hangu, on January 6, 2014.
Aitzaz's action to save his classmates captured the hearts of many in Pakistan, and he was hailed as a national hero.] For his act, the office of Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has advised President Mamnoon Husain to confer Aitzaz Hasan with the high civil award of Sitara-e-Shujaat (Star of Bravery) by the Government of Pakistan.
