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Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari. (Reuters File Picture)
A Lieutenant Colonel and a Captain had been killed together with 5 troopers. All of the six terrorists who attacked the verify submit in Mir Ali space had been shot lifeless
Pakistan would retaliate in opposition to each power that enters its border to commit terror and make it accountable for the blood of every fallen soldier, President Asif Ali Zardari stated on Sunday.
Zardari’s remark got here after he attended the funeral prayer of two officers who had been among the many seven Pakistan Military personnel killed in a terrorist assault on Saturday within the nation’s restive North Waziristan area.
A Lieutenant Colonel and a Captain had been killed together with 5 troopers. All of the six terrorists who attacked the verify submit in Mir Ali space had been shot lifeless.
”Pakistan has determined that whoever will enter our borders, properties or nation and commit terror, we are going to reply to them strongly, no matter who it’s or from which nation,” Zardari was quoted as saying in a press release issued by the Pakistan Military.
Zardari, who took over because the 14th President of Pakistan on March 10, stated: ”This noble sacrifice stands as one other superb testomony to the unflinching resolve of our gallant sons, who’ve by no means hesitated to supply the final word sacrifice for the defence of our Motherland. The entire nation stands in solidarity with our armed forces,” he added.
Paying tribute to the killed military personnel, he reiterated the resolve to “reply to terrorist actions with full power”.
The nation’s courageous brothers, sons and buddies had been defending the borders, Zardari stated, promising that the blood of the sons of the soil wouldn’t go in useless.
The funeral was additionally attended by the Chairman Joint Chiefs of Employees Committee Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chief of Military the Employees Gen Syed Asim Munir, International Minister Ishaq Dar in addition to Inside Minister Mohsin Naqvi, senior serving navy and civil officers, kin of the Shuhada and locals of the realm.
Hafiz Gul Bahadur group of the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan took accountability for the suicide bombing on the navy submit. The funeral was held in Rawalpindi.
Pakistani Taliban chief Hafiz Gul Bahadur’s group which claimed accountability for the assault is likely one of the strongest militant teams in North Waziristan. Earlier, he fled to Afghanistan following Operation Zarb-e-Azb in 2014.
Earlier, the Military stated that the troops foiled an preliminary try of intrusion into an Military set up within the wee hours of the Saturday. Nevertheless, a gaggle of six terrorists rammed an explosives-laden car into it.
(This story has not been edited by News18 workers and is revealed from a syndicated information company feed – PTI)
