A 78-member Pakistan Army peacekeeping contingent led by Colonel Anjum Irshad left on the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS) by a special chartered UN aircraft on Sunday morning. The batch will replace soldiers as part of the routine annual relieve-rotation schedule. Brigadier Muhammad Yousaf saw them off at Allama Iqbal International Airport. Pakistan has contributed over 1,500 troops to the mission.
The UNMIS was set up as part of UNÂ’s Security Council Resolution 1590 on March 24, 2005. The mission began after the Comprehensive Peace Agreement was signed between the government of Sudan and Sudan PeopleÂ’s Liberation Movement on January 9, 2005 in Nairobi, Kenya.