An officer and a soldier of the Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom as terrorists targeted security forces on Thursday with an improvised explosive device (IED) in Khuda Bux Bazar near Pasni, Balochistan, reported Tribune.
“Capt Affan Masood and Sepoy Babar Zaman embraced Shahadat,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) stated in a press release
The military’s media wing added that a search operation was in progress to apprehend the perpetrators.
“Such cowardly acts by inimical elements, backed by hostile intelligence agencies (HIAs) cannot sabotage the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan. Security forces are determined to neutralize such nefarious designs at all costs,” the ISPR said.
Earlier it was reported that an officer and a soldier of the Pakistan Army were martyred during an intense exchange of fire with terrorists in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Kurram district, the military said on July 13.
