LASBELA: The funeral prayers of fourteen security personnel who were martyred at Coastal Highway Ormara, yesterday, were offered at Awaran Malashia in Lasbela on Friday. As per details, security personnel of Frontier Corps Balochistan and other officials attended the funeral prayers.
After the funeral prayers, the dead bodies were dispatched to their ancestral towns with full honor.
At least 14 security officials, including seven Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred in a terrorist attack in Balochistan’s Gwadar district on Thursday.
According to the military’s media wing, the security personnel were escorting a convey of Oil and Gas Development Company (OGDC) from Gwadar to Karachi when a large number of terrorists ambushed the convoy near Ormara on Coastal Highway.
The security personnel responded effectively and ensured the security of the OGDCL persons and managed their safe exit from the area. During the encounter, seven FC personnel and seven security guards embraced martyrdom, ISPR had said, adding that substantial losses were also incurred to the terrorists.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered ‘deepest condolences’ and
prayers for the 20 security personnel including six army men in two separate attacks.
In a Twitter message, Imran Khan said, “My deepest condolences & prayers for the 20 security personnel, including 6 army men, martyred in 2 cowardly acts of terrorism yesterday.”
He added that the entire nation stands behind all our security forces as they continue to lay down their lives for the safety & security of Pakistan.–Agencies
