Summary The victims were coming back after delivering election material at RO office in NA-12, Battagram.
RAWALPINDI (Dunya News) – Five officers of Pakistan army on Thursday have embraced martyrdom as their vehicle fell off a 250-foot cliff in Battagram.
According to Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) spokesman Major General Asif Ghafoor, the officers were serving the nation during elections duty. They were coming back after delivering election material at RO office in NA-12, Battagram.
Five more sons of soil embraced Shahadat (Martyred) while serving the nation during Elections duty. Vehicle after delivering election material at NA-12 RO office fell 250 feet down the cliff on road side. No sacrifice is more sacred than the life sacrificed in line of duty.
— Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor (@OfficialDGISPR) July 26, 2018
No sacrifice is more sacred than the life sacrificed in line of duty, he added.
Earlier, three army personnel among four embraced martyrdom in an attack on officers deployed at NA-271, confirmed Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR).
The victims were immediately shifted to the hospital for medical assistance.
