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Pakistani peacekeeper posthumously awarded UN medal for 'supreme sacrifice in the line of duty'
[DAWN] Pakistani peacekeeper Naik Naeem Raza, who served the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and was martyred last year, was on Saturday posthumously awarded a UN medal by Secretary General António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres.Raza had embraced martyrdom during an ambush on a UN Convoy in January 2018, according to a press release by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the military's media wing. "The medal is awarded to blue helmets for their supreme sacrifice in the line of duty," read the statement issued by the military's mouthpiece. According to the press release, 156 Pakistan Peacekeepers have so far laid down their lives for global peace and stability. That and $3.96 would get him a cup of coffee, if he wasn't dead. Posted by: Fred 2019-05-26 |
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