Pakistani jets and ground forces killed 67 militants in a northwestern tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said, days after the Taliban killed 148 people - mostly children - in a school massacre.
Funeral prayers were held today for some of the children murdered by Taliban militants in an attack on a Pakistani school yesterday.
Vigils are also taking place around the country and in neighbouring India after the attack in Peshawar, which left 132 schoolchildren and nine members of staff dead.
Three days of mourning were announced by Pakistan's Prime Minister following the violent siege.
The boxer said it was the "least he could do" and even donated the £30,000 shorts he wore in his last fight against Devon Alexander.
Pakistan have released intelligence of the final conversations by the Taliban attackers responsible for the Peshawar school massacre.
As forensics examine the evidence in the school were 148 people, mainly children, where killed, students prepare to return to the classroom.