Webdesk: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif pledged to eradicate “terrorism” from Pakistan “as it is against the very idea of Pakistan”. This statement came from him after a high-ranking army officer embrace martyrdom in South Waziristan.
“Deeply saddened by Brigadier Mustafa Burki and other soldiers’ martyrdom. “Our brave sons of the soil have laid down their lives protecting the country from the enemy forces,” tweeted PM Shehbaz, condoling with the bereaved.
Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) announced Brigadier Barki’s martyrdom in a fierce firefight with militants near Angoor Adda, South Waziristan, a day earlier.
According to military media, Seven others also injured during gunfight,
The military’s media wing reports two critically wounded.
“Brigadier Barki and his team put up a valiant resistance against the terrorists during the encounter and the officer sacrificed his life for the peace of the motherland,” the ISPR said.
Not the first time
The ISI’s Counter-Terrorism Wing director and inspector, Naveed Sadiq and Nasir Hussain, martyred in Khanewal in January.
Sadiq was killed while trying to dismantle a proscribed Afghan group.
Both officials received posthumous Hilal-e-Shujaat and Tamgha-e-Shujaat.
