Sacrifices of soldiers won’t go waste: army chief

Published March 22, 2017
Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa talking to  the parents of Captain Junaid Khan who laid down his life earlier this month in Swabi operation.
Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa talking to the parents of Captain Junaid Khan who laid down his life earlier this month in Swabi operation.

KARACHI: Chief of the Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa said on Tues­day that the sacrifices of soldiers would not go waste.

According to a tweet by Inter-Services Public Rela­tions Director General Major General Asif Ghafoor, the army chief stated this during his meeting with the parents of Captain Junaid Khan who, along with a soldier, laid down his life earlier this month during an operation in Swabi. Five militants were also killed in the operation led by Capt Junaid.

“Our martyrs are our heroes [and] their sacrifices shall not go waste,” Gen Bajwa said.

Published in Dawn, March 22nd, 2017

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