Four soldiers martyred in Pak-Iran border attack

According to the ISPR, contact is being established with the Iranian side for effective action against terrorists

RAWALPINDI:

Four Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom on Saturday after a group of terrorists operating from the Iranian side attacked a routine border patrol of security forces operating along the Pakistan-Iran border in the Jalgai Sector of Kech district.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the martyred soldiers were identified as Naik Shair Ahmed, Lance Naik Muhammad Asghar Ali, Sepoy Muhammad Irfanullah and Sepoy Abdur Rasheed who were critically injured and later embraced martyrdom.

Naik Ahmed, 37, who stopped the terrorists by sacrificing his life on the soil of the country, belonged to Kohlu district, while his martyrdom left his widow, three sons and two daughters bereaved.

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Lance Naik Ali, 34, hailed from Kot Addu, Muzaffargarh district and is survived by his widow and five sons.

Sepoy Irfanullah, 22, hailed from Dera Ghazi Khan district and his bereaved family includes a widow and a daughter.

Sepoy Rasheed, 24, from Sohbatpur district left behind a bereaved father in tears.

“Necessary contact is being made with Iran for effective action against terrorists, so that such incidents of terrorism can be prevented in the future,” the military media wing stated.

Pakistan expressed a strong reaction to this heinous act of terrorism, the ISPR added.