<p>The 20-year-old also said she favours imparting military training to children in schools so that they can "overcome fear and prepare themselves for taking on terrorists".<br /><br />Rukhsana, who has been appointed as a special police officer in Jammu and Kashmir Police along with her brother and uncle for her bravery, said at a press meet organised by the Anti-Terrorist Front here that she wants a Central government job, "ideally in the CRPF".<br /><br />"I am ready to sacrifice myself for the country. I am ready to do any job for my country, but it should be a permanent central government employment. The SPO's job is a temporary one," she said.<br />Rukhsana also dismissed reports that she wants to settle in Delhi, but said she should be given a job outside Rajouri as living there is not safe for her family. She cited the revenge attack on her house by militants last week.<br />Flanked by her family -- brother Aijaz and parents Noor and Rashida -- the girl who earned the sobriquet of "braveheart", recalled how she along with her brother killed a top Pakistani militant of the LeT and injured another after a group of ultras barged into their house in Shahdra Sharief of Rajouri district on September 27. <br /><br />"At around 9 pm, they had knocked our doors. They forced my parents to open the door and started beating them up," Rukhsana said. She recalled how she and 18-year-old Eijaz scuffled with the militants, hit them with an axe and killed one of them after snatching his AK-47 rifle.<br />Rukhsana, whose bravery had came in for praise from President Pratibha Patil and Home Minister P Chidambaram, said children should be given military training and made aware of how terrorists were wreaking havoc. "Kashmir is ours and will be so. We will fight the militants," she said.<br />Asked whether she is ready to join the army if given a chance, she said "yes". To a question, Rukhsana said no major political leader had come to meet her after the incident.<br />Eijaz said he also wants a Central government job. He said the family is not safe is Rajouri. "Some people asked me if I will be going to my house on October 29. I said yes, after which the grenade attack came at the night."<br />Anti-Terrorist Front chairman M S Bitta, who presented a Saibaba idol to Rukhsana and posed carrying swords with the family, said the girl should be given a job in CRPF or BSF.<br />He alleged that "big political leaders" were shying away from meeting Rukhsana and no official other than the Rajouri SSP has came to her aid. A Maharashtra university was to award her, but scrapped the plan due to a "terror threat", he said.<br />"Why the BJP, which talks of tough stand against terror, has not honoured her," he asked adding, he has a feeling that Rukhsana was not getting her due as she is a Muslim.<br />Rukhsana's mother Rashida said she is proud of her daughter and wants her to work for the country.</p>
<p>The 20-year-old also said she favours imparting military training to children in schools so that they can "overcome fear and prepare themselves for taking on terrorists".<br /><br />Rukhsana, who has been appointed as a special police officer in Jammu and Kashmir Police along with her brother and uncle for her bravery, said at a press meet organised by the Anti-Terrorist Front here that she wants a Central government job, "ideally in the CRPF".<br /><br />"I am ready to sacrifice myself for the country. I am ready to do any job for my country, but it should be a permanent central government employment. The SPO's job is a temporary one," she said.<br />Rukhsana also dismissed reports that she wants to settle in Delhi, but said she should be given a job outside Rajouri as living there is not safe for her family. She cited the revenge attack on her house by militants last week.<br />Flanked by her family -- brother Aijaz and parents Noor and Rashida -- the girl who earned the sobriquet of "braveheart", recalled how she along with her brother killed a top Pakistani militant of the LeT and injured another after a group of ultras barged into their house in Shahdra Sharief of Rajouri district on September 27. <br /><br />"At around 9 pm, they had knocked our doors. They forced my parents to open the door and started beating them up," Rukhsana said. She recalled how she and 18-year-old Eijaz scuffled with the militants, hit them with an axe and killed one of them after snatching his AK-47 rifle.<br />Rukhsana, whose bravery had came in for praise from President Pratibha Patil and Home Minister P Chidambaram, said children should be given military training and made aware of how terrorists were wreaking havoc. "Kashmir is ours and will be so. We will fight the militants," she said.<br />Asked whether she is ready to join the army if given a chance, she said "yes". To a question, Rukhsana said no major political leader had come to meet her after the incident.<br />Eijaz said he also wants a Central government job. He said the family is not safe is Rajouri. "Some people asked me if I will be going to my house on October 29. I said yes, after which the grenade attack came at the night."<br />Anti-Terrorist Front chairman M S Bitta, who presented a Saibaba idol to Rukhsana and posed carrying swords with the family, said the girl should be given a job in CRPF or BSF.<br />He alleged that "big political leaders" were shying away from meeting Rukhsana and no official other than the Rajouri SSP has came to her aid. A Maharashtra university was to award her, but scrapped the plan due to a "terror threat", he said.<br />"Why the BJP, which talks of tough stand against terror, has not honoured her," he asked adding, he has a feeling that Rukhsana was not getting her due as she is a Muslim.<br />Rukhsana's mother Rashida said she is proud of her daughter and wants her to work for the country.</p>
