The terrorist attack on a security checkpoint in South Waziristan by Fitna al Kahwarij (the Kharijite sect) was denounced by Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif and President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday.
The 16 security force jawans who accepted martyrdom while stopping the terrorists at the checkpoint were lauded by the premier. Additionally, the premier praised the security forces for sending eight terrorists to hell.
Shehbaz Sharif sent his sympathies to the families of the deceased and prayed for the victims to be given the highest positions in Jannah (Heaven).
He claimed that the nation pays rich respect to the martyrs and that the military acts as an iron wall to protect the nation from terrorists and state foes.