The United Nations is set to honour at a solemn ceremony on Thursday the sacrifices of more than one hundred peacekeepers including 2 Pakistanis who paid the ultimate price in serving the cause of peace in danger spots around the world last year.
The ceremony is being held to mark the annual International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
Commemorative activities will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York and at peacekeeping operations and offices around the world.
Pakistan is among the largest contributors to peacekeeping with more than 8,000 military and police personnel serving in the UN operations in Ivory Coast, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Kosovo, Liberia, Sudan and Western Sahara.
The fallen Pakistan Army soldiers are Subedar Tanveer Hussain (MONUSCO Democratic Republic of Congo) and Major Kamran Khalil (UNMIL Liberia).
