RAWALPINDI – A soldier of the Pakistan Army was martyred after terroristsopened fire on a military post in Ghariom, North Waziristan district, saidmilitary’s media wing on Monday.
The Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said that troopsresponded to the assault in a befitting manner.
During exchange of fire, 37-year-old Naik Ghulam Mustafa, 37, who was aresident of Muzaffarabad, embraced martyrdom.
Sanitization of the area is being carried out to eliminate any terroristsin the area, it added.
Last month, a young soldier embraced martyrdom during anIntelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in Senai Narai of the South WaziristanDistrict.
The Intelligence-Based Operation was conducted on the reports of thepresence of terrorists in the mountainous region of northwest Pakistan.
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“During intense exchange of fire with terrorists, Sepoy Junaid, age 20years, a resident of Balakot, district Mansehra embraced shahadat”, thestatement said.
Amid the recent unrest in Pakistan, a Pakistan Army officer and a soldierhad been martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast inBalochistan’s Pasni on July 15.
errorists targeted security forces using an IED in Khuda Bux Bazar nearPasni. Captain Affan Masood and Sepoy Babar Zaman, embraced martyrdom inthe terror attack. Pakistan Army while reiterating the security forces’determination said such cowardly acts by inimical elements, backed byhostile intelligence agencies (HIAs) cannot sabotage the hard-earned peaceand prosperity in Balochistan.
