RAWALPINDI: A Pakistan Army officer, Major Sibtain Haider, embraced martyrdom, while seven terrorists belonging to the Indian proxy Fitna al-Khwarij were killed during an intelligence-based operation (IBO) in the Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in Dera Ismail Khan’s Daraban area in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, the military’s media wing said on Thursday.
In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, “Security forces conducted an IBO on 8 October 2025 in the general area of Daraban, on the reported presence of Khwarij belonging to the Indian proxy, Fitna al Khwarij.”
“During the operation, security forces effectively engaged the terrorists’ hideout, resulting in the killing of 7 Indian-sponsored Khwarij. However, during the intense fire exchange, 30-year-old Major Sibtain Haider, a resident of Quetta, paid the ultimate sacrifice and embraced shahadat,” the ISPR said, adding the brave officer was leading his troops from the front and fought gallantly.
“Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the killed Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities against the Security Forces and Law Enforcement Agencies as well as the killing of innocent civilians,” the statement said.
Sanitization operation is being conducted to eliminate any other Indian-sponsored Kharji found in the area, as the security forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe out the menace of Indian-sponsored terrorism from the country, and such sacrifices of our brave sons further strengthen our resolve, the statement added.
Later, the funeral prayer of Major Sibtain Haider Shaheed (age: 30 years, resident of District Quetta) who embraced martyrdom in the general area of Daraban, Dera Ismail Khan, was offered at Chaklala Garrison in Rawalpindi.
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, the information minister, military and civil officers, and the public attended the funeral.
The Prime Minister, while paying tribute to Major Sibtain Haider Shaheed, resolved that “Fitna al-Khawarij or any group with perverted ideologies will not be allowed to succeed. The blood of our martyrs strengthens our commitment to defeat every agent of chaos and safeguard Pakistan’s sovereignty.”
Shaheed will be laid to rest in his native town with full military honours.
A day earlier, 19 Indian-backed militants were killed and 11 Pakistani soldiers, including two officers were martyred during an Intelligence-Based Operation (IBO) in Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in Orakzai, targeting the Indian-sponsored proxy network “Khawarij.”
During an intense exchange of fire, 19 Indian-backed terrorists were killed, while Lieutenant Colonel Junaid Tariq embraced martyrdom along with Major Tayyab Rahat and nine other brave soldiers, ISPR confirmed.
