PESHAWAR:
A police constable was martyred while on duty as part of the security arrangements for the ongoing nationwide anti-polio campaign in the South Waziristan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P), police said on Monday.
According to the police, unidentified assailants opened fire on the security team, prompting a retaliatory response in which one attacker was also killed. Authorities seized a rocket launcher, a machine gun, two motorcycles, a national identity card, three ATM cards, and a smartphone from the scene.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the terrorist attack and expressed deep grief over the martyrdom of the police constable. He prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul and for the bereaved family to bear the loss with fortitude, according to a statement from the PM Office Media Wing.
The prime minister also directed that swift medical treatment be provided to those injured in the incident.
He said that terrorists targeting anti-polio drive workers and the personnel protecting them are enemies of both humanity and the nation.
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