ISLAMABAD: President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif reaffirmed their commitment to eradicating terrorism from Pakistan.
The deaths of Brigadier Mustafa Barki and other soldiers in separate terrorist attacks in South Waziristan and Dera Ismail Khan have been mourned by both parties. According to President Alvi, the country supported its valiant soldiers in the fight against terrorism. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promised that “terrorism will be uprooted” from the nation “as it is against the very idea of Pakistan” following the martyrdom of a senior army officer during a gunfight in South Waziristan. The martyrdom of Brigadier Mustafa Burki and other soldiers has left me deeply saddened. Our gallant sons of the soil have sacrificed their lives to defend the nation.
The funeral prayer of Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Burki, who was martyred by terrorists in South Waziristan the other day, has been offered here at Baisakhi Ground on Wednesday. The funeral prayer was led by Qari Khalil Ahmad Siraj and attended by Station Commander Brigadier Muhammad Rashid, Regional Police Officer(RPO) Dera Abdul Ghafur Afridi, District Police Officer(DPO) Abdul Rauf Babar Qaiserani and others. Foolproof security arrangements were made on the occasion.
It is pertinent to mention here that Brigadier Mustafa Kamal was martyred on Tuesday in an exchange of fire with terrorists in the Angoor Ada area of South Waziristan wherein seven other security personnel were also injured.
Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Burki left behind his wife, son and daughter.
A day earlier, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), in a statement, had shared the news of the martyrdom of Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) officer Brigadier Barki during an intense fire exchange with terrorists near the Angoor Adda area of South Waziristan.
The military’s media wing had shared that seven others were injured during the gun battle.
According to the military’s media wing, of those injured, two are critically wounded.
“Brigadier Barki and his team put up a valiant resistance against the terrorists during the encounter and the officer sacrificed his life for the peace of the motherland,” the ISPR added.
This is the second time this year that a high-ranking ISI official has been martyred by terrorists.
In January of this year, Naveed Sadiq and Nasir Hussain — the director and inspector of the ISI’s Counter-Terrorism Wing, respectively — were martyred after the duo was attacked in Khanewal.
Sadiq was martyred at a time when he was on a mission to take down the network of a banned outfit operating from Afghanistan.
Both officials were posthumously awarded the Hilal-e-Shujaat and Tamgha-e-Shujaat.
