Pak army announces gallantry awards for troops slain, injured

A Pakistan Army captain, who was killed during an attack by ISIS militants on a police training centre in the capital of the restive Balochistan province, and a Naib Subedar were today awarded the gallantry awards.
Chiefof Army Staff Gen Raheel Sharif today announced Tamgha-i-Jurat for Captain Roohullah and Tamgha-i-Basalat for Naib Subedar Muhammad Ali, an army statement said.
The statement said the two menneutralisedone suicide bomberand cornered another, helping a large number of police recruits escape before the militant exploded his suicide vest.
Roohullah died in the attack, whereas Ali sustained injuries and was admitted to Quetta's Civil Hospital.

Three heavily-armed militants wearing suicide vests attacked the police training college and were killed after a four-hour long operation in which 61 security personnel most of them policemen werekillled and around 117 injured.