Islamabad : Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed has condemned terrorist attack on the patrolling party of Frontier Core (FC) personnel and prayed for the 5 martyred soldiers.
In a statement on Friday, Sheikh Rasheed said that terrorists can never cast us down by these cowardly activities.
Interior Minister said that state will fight these terrorists with full might.
Acknowledging the role of FC, Rasheed said that FC Baluchistan have given immense sacrifices for Pakistan’s existence.
Earlier, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) had said that Five soldiers from Frontier Corps, Balochistan, were martyred after terrorists targeted a patrolling party in Sibi district’s Sangan area.
“During the exchange of fire, heavy losses were inflicted on to the terrorists in men and materials,” the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in a statement.
The five martyred soldiers were identified as Havildar Zafar Ali Khan, Lance Naik Hidayatullah, Lance Naik Nasir Abbas, Lance Naik Basheer Ahmed and Sepoy Noorullah.
“A sanitisation/search operation is also in progress to block the escape routes of the terrorists and apprehend the perpetrators,” the ISPR said.
“Such cowardly acts by inimical elements, backed by hostile intelligence agencies, cannot sabotage the hard earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan,” the statement said.
“Security forces are determined to neutralise their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives,” it concluded.
