UN awards medal to fallen Pakistani soldier for peacekeeping services in Congo

• The UN awarded the Dag Hammarskjold medal posthumously to martyred army sepoy.
• UN has hailed Pakistani peacekeepers’ role in rescuing more than 2,000 people stranded due to heavy floods which hit the Uvira region of South Kivu in Congo in April.

(Karachi) United Nations Secretary General António Guterres has awarded the Dag Hammarskjold medal posthumously to a Pakistani soldier, Amir Aslam, who embraced martyrdom while serving in the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, DG ISPR said in a statement on Friday.

In a tweet, the DG ISPR maintained, " As UN commemorates Peacekeepers Day, services of Sepoy Amir Aslam from Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan acknowledged with posthumous award of Dag Hammarskjold Medal by Antonio Guterres in virtual ceremony being held at UNHQ today."

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The UN has hailed Pakistani peacekeepers’ role in rescuing more than 2,000 people stranded due to heavy floods which hit the Uvira region of South Kivu in Congo in April.

While sharing an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) video on rescue and relief efforts by the Pakistani peacekeepers in saving hundreds of lives in Congo, the UN spokesperson said that the country is among the top contributors in the UN peacekeeping operations around the world.