PHOTO: ISPRAn army officer and a soldier embraced martyrdom in a suicide attack in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Bannu district, the military's media wing said on Saturday. "During the conduct of the operation, khwarij were located and after an intense fire exchange, five khwarij were sent to hell by the security forces. Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif strongly condemned the terrorist attack. The prime minister said that the security forces acted swiftly, saving the city from major destruction, adding that under the vision of Azm-e-Istehkam, the security forces were achieving major successes in the fight against terrorism. The prime minister reaffirmed that they were determined to completely eradicate all forms of terrorism from the country.


Source:   The Express Tribune
February 22, 2026 02:45 UTC