Five FC soldiers martyred in Sibi

RAWALPINDI: Five soldiers of Frontier Corps (FC) Balochistan embraced martyrdom on Friday while thwarting a terrorist attack on an FC patrolling party in the Sangan area of District Sibi, Balochistan.

The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) in a statement said the terrorists targeted the Frontier Corps patrolling party in Sangan, District Sibi where during the exchange of fire heavy losses were inflicted on to the terrorists in men and materials.

The five brave martyred soldiers who valiantly fought back the terrorists during the attack were identified as Havaldar Zafar Ali Khan, resident of Lakki Marvat; Lance Naik Hidayat ullah, resident of Lakki Marvat; Lance Naik Nasir Abbas, resident of Bhakkar; Lance Naik Basheer Ahmed, resident of Naseerabad and Sepoy Noor Ullah, resident of Lakki Marvat.

The ISPR said a sanitisation and search operation was also in progress to block the escape routes of the terrorists and apprehend the perpetrators.

The armed forces’ media wing said such cowardly acts by inimical elements, backed by hostile intelligence agencies, cannot sabotage the hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan. The security forces are determined to neutralise their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives, it added.

Following the incident, Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Khan strongly condemned the attack. He paid rich tribute to the great sacrifice of the martyrs of FC personnel and said their sacrifices would not be in vain.

“The nation is united for the complete eradication of the scourge of terrorism,” he stressed. Jam Kamal further said no one would be allowed to disrupt the peace of the province at any cost, adding some anti-state elements wanted to destabilise peace in the province through sabotage activities with the aim to halt the development of the projects in the area.

He said the nefarious designs of terrorists would be eliminated from the country and the province with the contribution of the people and the brave security forces.

Balochistan Governor Amanullah Khan Yasinzai also condemned the terrorist attack. He added that terrorist and subversive elements wanted to sabotage the peaceful situation in the province which would be thwarted at any cost.