Eight Pakistanis to be honoured at UN
The UN General Assembly Hall is empty before the start of the SDG Moment event as part of the UN General Assembly 76th session General Debate at United Nations Headquarters, in New York, US, September 20, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS
Eight Pakistanis are among 103 United Nations peacekeepers from around the world who would be honoured posthumously at a special ceremony, marking the 75th anniversary of UN Peacekeeping on May 25, it was officially announced on Tuesday.
The Pakistani peacekeepers include six martyred while serving with the UN Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO) when their helicopter crashed on March 29, 2022.
They are: Havildar Muhammad Ismail, Major Faizan Ali, Lt-Col Asif Awan, Naib Subedar Samiullah Khan, Maj Saad Nomani, and Lance Havildar Jamil Khan. Havildar Babar Siddique lost his life while serving in MONUSCO and Corporal Rana Tahir Islam was martyred while serving with the UN Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA).