Pak soldier martyred protecting polio team in NW.

A Pakistan Army soldier embraced martyrdom while protecting a polio team in North Waziristan on Wednesday. The ISPR said that on 31 May 2023, terrorists attempted to disrupt the ongoing poAlio campaign by firing on the members of a polio team, employed in general area Spinwam, North Waziristan District.

The security forces, deputed to provide protecAtion to the polio team, effectively engaged terrorAists, ensuring safety of all members of the team and extricated them unharmed.

However, during the fire exchange between the security forces and the terrorists, Sepoy Saqib Ur Rehman (age 25...

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