Roadblock leads to death of army officer
Due to the dark of the night, both of them fell from the edge of the road in a ditch along the Motorway near Hazro
Policemen stand at the roadblock on the motorway in Swabi. PHOTO: AFP
ISLAMABAD:
A senior officer of the Pakistan Army was killed and another critically wounded after falling into a roadside ditch while leading a military convoy from Rawalpindi to Nowshera.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is virtually cut off from the rest of the country as authorities have blocked all major roads, including the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, by placing shipping containers and concrete blocks.
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The blockade is meant to stop PTI supporters from travelling to the federal capital which the party plans to lock down on Nov 2.
“Lieutenant Colonel Shahid embraced martyrdom while trying to find an alternate route for the military convoy he was part of,” the Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement. Another army officer, Major Jalal, was seriously wounded in the same incident, it added.
Circa November 2, 2016
Lt Col Shahid and Maj Jalal were going back to Nowshera from Rawalpindi in a military convoy on Saturday evening. At around 8pm, the convoy found itself stuck on the Motorway as all routes leading to K-P from Islamabad were blocked with containers.
In a bid to find a different route, the two officers got down from their vehicles and went to explore a different route on foot, according to the ISPR.
Due to the dark of the night, both of them fell from the edge of the road in a ditch along the Motorway near Hazro.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2016.
A senior officer of the Pakistan Army was killed and another critically wounded after falling into a roadside ditch while leading a military convoy from Rawalpindi to Nowshera.
Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa is virtually cut off from the rest of the country as authorities have blocked all major roads, including the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway, by placing shipping containers and concrete blocks.
Bani Gala ‘under siege’ after crackdown on PTI
The blockade is meant to stop PTI supporters from travelling to the federal capital which the party plans to lock down on Nov 2.
“Lieutenant Colonel Shahid embraced martyrdom while trying to find an alternate route for the military convoy he was part of,” the Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement. Another army officer, Major Jalal, was seriously wounded in the same incident, it added.
Circa November 2, 2016
Lt Col Shahid and Maj Jalal were going back to Nowshera from Rawalpindi in a military convoy on Saturday evening. At around 8pm, the convoy found itself stuck on the Motorway as all routes leading to K-P from Islamabad were blocked with containers.
In a bid to find a different route, the two officers got down from their vehicles and went to explore a different route on foot, according to the ISPR.
Due to the dark of the night, both of them fell from the edge of the road in a ditch along the Motorway near Hazro.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 30th, 2016.