RAWALPINDI: President Asif Ali Zardari said people of Pakistan and its armed forces were united and would face terrorism in unison and expressed resolve to make terrorists accountable for blood of each martyred Jawan, President Secretariat Press Wing said in statement.

Late on Saturday, President attended funeral prayers of Shaheed Lt-Col Syed Kashif Ali and Capt Muhammad Ahmed Bader, who were martyred in Mir Ali in North Waziristan district in terrorist attack earlier in day.

He paid tributes to martyrs and reiterated resolve to respond to terrorist activities with full force. Nation’s brave brothers, sons and friends had been protecting borders, Zardari said. He promised that blood of sons of soil would not go in vain,” statement added.

Funeral was also attended by Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chief of Army Staff Gen Syed Asim Munir, Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar as well as Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, senior serving military and civil officers, relatives of shuhada and locals of area.

Zardari praised Pakistan Army, saying that it had “Consistently upheld ideals of Faith, Unity and Discipline and always endeavoured to set higher benchmarks of professionalism and loyalty in its unrelenting fight against terrorism”.

Funeral prayers of two army officers, who were among seven martyred yesterday in terrorist attack on security forces’ post in North Waziristan, were offered, Inter-Services Public Relations said.

Published in The Daily National Courier, March, 18 2024

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