RAWALPINDI – Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom while neutralising animprovised explosive device (IED) in the North Waziristan Agency onWednesday, according to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).

The Pakistan Army engineer’s team had detected the device that was plantednear Datta Khel during a routine scanning.

The body of Lance Havaldar Irfan Ali has been sent to his home town.

On April 15, at least two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred and12 injured in a cross-border skirmish along the Pak-Afghan border late onSaturday night, said a statement by the ISPR.

Originating from Afghanistan’s Khost province, the attack targeted FCtroops conducting routine surveillance near the Laka Teega check-post inLower Kurram Agency.

According to the ISPR, the security officials have countered the attackwhile ensuring there were no civilian casualties.