Three Pakistan Army personnel are among the 132 United Nations peacekeepers from around the world who will be honoured posthumously on Friday at a special ceremony marking the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
Dag Hammarskold medals will be awarded to Major Ahmar Raza, who lost his life serving the United Nations Operation in Cote d'Ivoire (UNOCI); Havildar Sher Afzal Khan from the United Nations Organisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC); and Naik Syed Abdul Qadir Shah from the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).