According to the spokesperson, Rangers personnel came under attack while removing blockades and restoring transportation routes.
Rangers personnel Shahnawaz was martyred after sustaining a bullet wound to the chest, while Lance Naik Bilal was injured after being shot in the shoulder. Shahnawaz belonged to Khairpur, Sindh.
A similar attack took place last month, when a Rangers personnel was martyred and another injured after armed members of the banned Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) attacked security forces responding to reports of indiscriminate firing near the Matial Maira bus terminal in Rawalakot, according to security sources.
The clearance operation is continuing at various locations to remove blockades and restore traffic routes. Authorities said the operation would continue until all obstacles are removed and transportation routes are fully restored.
The AJK government declared JAAC a proscribed organisation under the Anti-Terrorism Act on June 5, accusing the group of involvement in terrorism.
The ban was imposed days before the group’s planned protest seeking the abolition of 12 seats in the AJK Assembly reserved for refugees from Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK) who migrated to Pakistan after 1947.
