Over 1,000 FC men died fighting militants, says General Mehmood

Demands higher compensation for the kin of the fallen personnel.

ISLAMABAD:

Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa Frontier Corps Inspector General Major-General Ghayur Mehmood said that more than a thousand K-P FC soldiers have lost their lives in the war on terror.

Over 1,009 officers and other ranks of this force have embraced ‘shahadat’ (martyrdom) while 2,979 got injured in operations against the militants, Maj-Gen Mehmood informed the Federal Minister for Interior and Narcotics Control Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan on Saturday.

He also urged the government to raise compensation money for the kin of the martyred soldiers, a statement said on Saturday.

The interior minister said it was in the same context that he had enhanced the allocation of budget for the compensation to the next of the kin of ‘shuhada’.



The minister also promised to make every effort to enhance the operational capacity and improve the living environment of the fighting force.

The minister acknowledged that FC in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has played a singular role in ensuring security both within the country as well as along the 1200-km international border and said the government will do everything to address their problems.

The FC IG briefed the minister about the sacrifices made by the officers and jawans of the FC over the last few years in the fight against militancy.

Even now, he asserted, the force is prepared to sacrifice for Pakistan. Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan complimented FC IG and his force for their acts of valour over and above the call of duty.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 5^th, 2014.