Five soldiers of Pakistan Army martyred in blast near LoC

Five Pakistan Army soldiers embraced martyrdom and one got injured in a blast, few meters from the Line of Control, at Barnala in Chamb Sector of Azad Kashmir today.

According to ISPR, nature of blast is being ascertained.

The incident is evident of state sponsored terrorism by India violating bilateral ceasefire agreement and the international rules.

The martyred soldiers include Subedar Muhammad Sadiq,

Sepoy Muhammad Tayyab, Nk Sher Zaman, Sepoy Zohaib, and Sepoy Ghulam Qasim. 

Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Defence Minister Pervaiz Khattak have strongly condemned blast on the Line of Control near Chamb sector.

In their separate statements, they expressed grief over the loss of precious human lives in the incident, prayed higher place in heaven for the martyred and early recovery of the injured.