NEW YORK – Six Pakistanis are among 117 United Nations peacekeepers fromaround the world who will be honoured posthumously on May 26 at a specialceremony marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
These Pakistani peacekeepers served with UN Missions in Darfur, Congo andCentral African Republic.
Pakistan is the 5th largest contributor of uniformed personnel to the UNPeacekeeping, currently deploying more than 4,100 military and policepersonnel to the UN operations in Abyei, the Central African Republic,Cyprus, Congo, Mali, South Sudan and Western Sahara, Radio Pakistanreported.
