Terrorists martyr Lieutenant Col Laiq Baig Mirza after abducting him

Security forces gun down two terrorists during exchange of fire; They retrieve cache of IEDs, explosives, ammunition from hideout. Some terrorists flee with abductee Umer Javed. Lieutenant Colonel Laiq Baig Mirza, a high-ranking official of the Pakistan Army, has embraced martyrdom after terrorists shot him, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) confirmed in a statement on Thursday. According to the military’s media wing, on the night between July 12-13, a group of 10-12 terrorists abducted Lt Col Laiq shaheed, who was serving in DHA Quetta, along with his cousin Umer Javed near Warchoom, Ziarat, as they were returning to Quetta after visiting Quaid-e-Azam’s residency.