DERA ISMAIL KHAN: A major of the Pakistan Army was martyred in an operation against terrorists in Kulachi area in Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) through a statement said the security forces launched the operation on the basis of information about the presence of militants in the area. The 28-year-old Major Ishaq embraced martyrdom in the exchange of fire with militants, it said, adding, the officer hailed from Khushab district in Punjab and left behind a widow and a one-year-old son. Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa attended the funeral prayer of the martyred officer in Dera Ismail Khan. The sources said that the forces launched search operation in the area after the incident. However, there was no word about any arrest being made. The pictures of the late Major Ishaq with his infant child went viral after the news of his martyrdom broke out. There were reports that Major Ishaq led the charge on the house where the terrorists were holding out and lying in wait. Kulachi is known as a place where the terrorists have been operating. Meanwhile, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra offered his condolences on the death of Major Ishaq. In his message, he said that peace was restored in the country due to the unmatched sacrifices of the Pakistan Army and security forces. He said these sacrifices would not go in vain as the terrorists would be wiped out from the country.
APP adds: President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi expressed grief and sorrow over the martyrdom of Major Ishaq and said that he embraced martyrdom to achieve a great objective which was the elimination of terrorism. In their separate messages, the president and the prime minister said the sacrifice of Major Ishaq for his beloved country would not go in vain. They said the armed forces and other security agencies had rendered invaluable sacrifices for the homeland. They emphasised that Operation Raddul Fasad was being carried out all over the country to eradicate the menace of terrorism without any discrimination and it would be continued till elimination of the last terrorist.
