Baqar praises security personnel who sacrificed their lives to foil KPO attack

Sindh Caretaker Chief Minister Justice (retd) Maqbool Baqar has paid tribute to security personnel who valiantly laid down their lives while fighting terrorists who attacked the Karachi Police Office (KPO) on Sharea Faisal a year ago.

In his message issued on Saturday on the first anniversary of the KPO attack, the interim CM said that they would always remember their valiant soldiers who laid down their lives while fighting against the enemies of Pakistan.

He said the soldiers were the most valuable asset to the countrymen and the latter always remembered the services and sacrifice of the former.

Baqar said personnel of security forces valiantly foiled the terrorists’ attack on the KPO. He said that they had complete trust in the abilities of Pakistan’s law-enforcement agencies.

The caretaker CM reiterated the government’s resolve to end the scourge of terrorism in the country for the progress and stability of Pakistan.

On Friday, the spokesman for the KPO said that on February 17, 2023, terrorists attacked the KPO, in which five sons of the nation laid down their lives, while 18 Rangers and police personnel and an Edhi volunteer were injured.

As a result of the joint operation after the terrorist attack, the building of the police office was cleared in a phased manner and three terrorists were sent to hell.

DIGs Muqadas Haider, Tariq Razzaq Dharejo and Nasir Aftab, a Rangers wing commander and other police officers and jawans bravely fought the terrorists.

Senior police officers fought on the frontline during which five people embraced martyrdom. They were Rangers Inspector Taimur, Police Head Constable Ghulam Abbas, Head Constable Abdul Latif, Constable Saeed, and sanitary worker Ajmal Masih.

The spokesman said 18 soldiers, including 10 Rangers officers and jawans, and eight police officers and jawans, as well as one Edhi volunteer were injured in the attack.

The Government of Pakistan has now awarded Sitara-e-Shujaat to the three martyrs of the Karachi Police Office and DIG Muqadas Haider for displaying bravery.

The Karachi Police is proud of the bravery of its martyrs who bravely fought and foiled the attack and sacrificed their lives, said the spokesman.