ISLAMABAD:
President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minis-ter Shehbaz Sharif condemned on Sunday the terrorist attack on a check post in South Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and reaffirmed their resolve to root out this menace from the country.
In their separate statements, the president and the prime minister expressed their sorrow over the martyrdom of 16 brave sons of the soil in the attack. They said that anti-terrorist operations would con-tinue till the elimination of terrorism.
The entire nation stands united with the armed forces in this fight. Terrorists are the enemies of the country and entire humanity,” the president said. “Anti-terrorist operations will continue till com-plete elimination of this scourge.”
In his separate statement, Prime Minister Shehbaz, while strongly condemning the “attempt to attack a security check post in the Makeen area by Fitna al-Khawarij ter-rorists”, expressed firm resolve of the gov-ernment to eradicate all forms of terror-ism from the country.
“The security forces stand like a brick wall in front of terrorists to protect the coun-try,” the prime minister said in his state-ment. The entire nation salutes the mar-tyrs for their unparalleled sacrifice,” he added.
The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday that 16 security forces personnel embraced martyrdom while thwarting a terrorist attack on a check post in the Makeen area of South Waziri-stan district.
The attempt was “effectively thwarted by own troops and in ensuing fire exchange, eight khwarij were sent to hell”, the ISPR, the media wing of the military said in the statement.
The ISPR said on Sunday that the funeral prayers for the martyred soldiers were offered at Bannu Cantt, which were attended by Peshawar corps commander, senior army officers and jawans, and the locals of the area.
“These sacrifices of our martyrs eternalise our courage and determination in the on-going war against terrorism,” the ISPR stated. “The security forces of Pakistan are determined to eliminate the menace of terrorism.”
