RAWALPINDI: Two officers of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom on Friday after an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during a sanitisation operation in Kohlu area of Balochistan, the military’s media informed on Friday.
In a news release, the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said the sanitisation operation was conducted on credible intelligence to deny terrorists any liberty of action in Kohlu area of Balochistan.
The ISPR added that during the ensuing sanitisation of the area, the IED exploded close to the leading party.
The martyred soldiers were identified as: Major Jawad and Captain Sagheer who embraced Shahadat (martyrdom) and laid their lives in defence of the motherland against an externally perpetrated threat.
The sanitisation operation was continued in the area to apprehend perpetrators and enemies of peace.
It added that such cowardly acts by inimical elements could not sabotage the hard earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan. “The security forces are determined to neutralize their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives,” the ISPR said.
Kohlu attack in Balochistan is the latest in a series of terrorist attacks, which spiked since the outlawed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ended the ceasefire with the government in 2021.
According to a report, January was the deadliest month since 2018, in which 134 people lost their lives — a 139 per cent spike — and 254 received injuries in at least 44 militant attacks across the country.
Last week, a Coast guard was martyred and seven others were injured in a landmine explosion and subsequent ambush by armed militants in the Jiwani area of Gwadar district.
