{"id":25514,"date":"2024-01-04T08:51:56","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T08:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/?p=25514"},"modified":"2024-01-04T13:02:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T13:02:46","slug":"it-happened-in-the-same-balochistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistanintheworld.pk\/live\/it-happened-in-the-same-balochistan\/","title":{"rendered":"IT HAPPENED IN THE SAME BALOCHISTAN !"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Rising from the Ashes of Her Unfulfilled Dreams<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Nadia Zubair <\/strong><\/h5>\n
\"\"The sound of the rotor blades pierced the stillness of the cool September night as the two helicopters carrying SSG commandos flew above the rugged hills of Harnai, Balochistan. There had been chatter that a convoy would be taking a Pakistan Army soldier abducted by the miscreants to a new location using a route near the town of Khost, Harnai. The choppers were flying low because they had to reconnoiter the route to ascertain the accuracy of the intelligence before the commandos could be dropped off to rescue their comrade. As soon as the choppers reached the location, shots started coming at them from the hills below. It was an ambush! It was not long before the night sky was lit up by a huge explosion. A bullet had made its way straight to the fuel tank of the chopper in front that was being flown by Maj Muneeb Afzal.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Maira Muneeb was lying in her bed scrolling on her phone. The clock on her phone showed fifteen minutes past midnight. Muneeb had said he would be back in an hour, at the most, because it was a simple mission. He had last texted her at 11:17 pm, so it was an hour. She called his number but it was off. Maybe a few more minutes.<\/h5>\n
It was 12:45 am now. She started feeling a little anxious. Just then the doorbell chimed, setting alarm bells ringing. Who could it be? Muneeb was supposed to let himself in like he always used to when he returned from his flights at odd hours. Maira rang up the NCB to go see who was at the door. Moments later, he told her that it was the CO\u2019s wife. As she walked towards the door, her heart seemed to beat like a drum.<\/h5>\n
Why was she there so late? The CO\u2019s wife had come bearing ominous news; Maj Muneeb\u2019s heli had gone missing. Maira\u2019s heart slowed down a little; this was not so bad, it was missing, it would be found! The worst she could allow herself to think was that Muneeb would be badly injured, but she would nurse him back to health. She started praying as hard as she could.<\/h5>\n
The clock kept ticking. Maira kept praying. It was 3:00 am. The CO\u2019s wife was still with her. Maira\u2019s phone rang; it was her mother-in-law. She asked Maira what was going on because she had also been told that Muneeb\u2019s heli was missing. When Maira told her that she had the same information, she asked to be put through to the CO\u2019s wife. The words that Maira\u2019s ears heard next were those she had never wanted to hear \u2013 Muneeb\u2019s heli had been hit, he had embraced shahadat. Those words fell like hammers on her head; she wanted to block it all out.<\/h5>\n
\u201cAfter that everything is a haze. I remember things in bits and pieces. I don\u2019t know how we got to Pindi. I can\u2019t remember anything about the next three days. I received his body and I was also at the graveyard during his burial but I don\u2019t remember any of it. When I went to the graveyard a few days later, I couldn\u2019t remember being there before. I didn\u2019t even remember going to the hospital because I had got sick,\u201d recalls Maira.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

YET ANOTHER MILITARY HELICOPTER CRASH IN SAME BALOCHISTAN – 6 MARTYRED INCLUDING 2 MAJORS<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n