Pakistani soldiers have been popular for their service as UN Peacekeepers and pakistani units have often been involved in a number of serious and famous situations while on UN duty.
Remember the events which were also depicted in the movie “Black Hawk Down”?
And last year Indian and Pakistani units on UN duty helped each other tackle militia. It was discussed here in detail.
Today is the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers and nine Pakistani soldiers who fell while on UN duty are being remembered.
They were;
*“Sepoy Munir Ahmed (MONUC, Congo); Havaldar Bashir Ahmed (UNMIL, Liberia); Sepoy Mohammad Amir (ONUB, Burundi); Khatib Abdul Latif Chishti (UNMIL, Liberia); Lance Naik Sadaqat Hussain (UNMIL, Liberia); Naik Zaigham Hussain (MONU, Congo); Lance Naik Noor Jamal (MONUC, Congo); Lance Naik Inzar Ahmed Khan (ONUB, Burundi); and Sepoy Abdul Zafran (UNOCI, Cote d’Ivoire).”
“At a special ceremony in New York on 31 May, the Dag Hammarskjold Medal will be awarded posthumously to military, police and civilian personnel, both international and national staff, who lost their lives serving in the UN peacekeeping operations.”*