Four FC troops martyred in Quetta IED explosion

• Terrorists target FC troops atMarget-Quetta road.
• Large-scale operation underway in the area to hunt militants, says ISPR.
• "Such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan," says ISPR.

Four Frontier Corps (FC) personnel were martyred when animprovised explosive device (IED) explosion took place at theMarget-Quetta road.

"Terrorists targeted the Frontier Corps troops, employed for the security of the Marget Mines on the Marget-Quetta road using improvised explosive device," read a statement by the ISPR.

The names of the FC troops who embraced shahadat are:

• Subedar Sardar All Khan, a resident of village Wanda Lungar Kel, District Lakki Marwat.
• Sepoy Musaddaf Hussain, a resident of Chak 272 EB, District Vehari.
• Sepoy Muhammad Anwar, a resident of Wanda Talgi, District DI Khan.
• Sepoy Awais Khan, a resident of Village Bandal, District Neelum.

A large scale operation in the area is underway to hunt the terrorists responsible for the attack, said the ISPR.

"Such cowardly acts by inimical elements cannot sabotage hard-earned peace and prosperity in Balochistan," said the ISPR, adding that security forces are determined to "neutralize their nefarious designs even at the cost of blood and lives".