According to Dawn citing a press release from the Inter-Services Public Relations, the troops "effectively engage[d]" the terrorists' location and an "intense fire exchange" took place during which 25-year-old Sepoy Muhammad Waseem, a resident of Khairpur, fought "gallantly" and was killed.
In a statement released on Thursday, Anwar said that their team had prevented a number of terror acts and crime incidents in Bannu, Lakki Marwat and North Waziristan districts through proactive policing.