One officer and four jawans of Pakistan Army embraced martyrdom during a clearance operation against terrorists in Kahan area of Balochistan on Sunday.  

According to ISPR, an Improvised Explosive Device blasted during the operation, which led to martyrdom of Captain Fahad, Lance Naik Imtiaz, Sepoy Asghar, Sepoy Mehran and Sepoy Shamoon who laid their lives in defence of motherland against an externally perpetrated threat of terrorism.  

Pakistan Army has reaffirmed its resolve to challenge the terrorists' nefarious designs, even at the cost of blood and lives,  saying that such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage the hard earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan.

The sanitization operation continues in the area to apprehend perpetrators.