A batch of 250 Pakistani troops arrived here after performing peacekeeping duties under the aegis of United Nations Mission in Congo. Brigadier Muhammad Zahid received them at the Allama Iqbal International Airport. The arriving troops are being replaced by another Pakistan Army Contingent in that war ravaged country, as part of relieve and rotation schedule.
The Pakistani peacekeepers are serving in this war ravaged African country since the last three years. Its valiant troops are deployed in the most turbulent part of the country, where various armed combatants belonging to various feuding tribal factions were continuously engaged in intense civil strife.
A large segment of population were tendered homeless and forced to flee to bordering countries thus creating socio-economic difficulties for the already hard pressed neighbours. The Pakistani contingents in Congo combed the dense forests. They earned laurels for successfully disengaging some of the combatants through peaceful dialogue.