360 FC men martyred in Balochistan since 2007: IGFC

ISLAMABAD: Inspector General Frontier Corps (IGFC) Major General Ejaz Shahid has said that 360 paramilitary personnel were martyred in Balochistan since 2007, Geo News reported.

Briefing the senate’s standing committee here Wednesday, IGFC said those fighting with security forces should not be called as ‘enraged elements’ but as ‘militants’.

Major General Ejaz Shahid said the FC arrested a politician from Quetta and recovered 1.5 tonnes of explosive material.

He said: “Now Pakistani flags are fluttering over school building where flags of banned outfits were hoisted.”

He said terrorist activities demoralized police, adding that FC rendered many sacrifices in Balochistan but these were not being encouraged.

Ejaz Shahid regretted that FG had required Rs.28 billion but it was paid just Rs15 billion. He said that budget of paramilitary force was cut, adding the bills of ‘shuhada’ (martyred) were still pending.