UN honours Pakistani peacekeeper with posthumous award

The United Nations has awarded a Pakistani peacekeeper the Dag Hammarskjold Medal, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.

In a tweet, the ISPR said UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres announced the posthumous award for Sepoy Amir Aslam in a virtual ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York.

As @UN commemorates Peacekeepers Day, services of Sepoy Amir Aslam from Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan acknowledged with posthumous award of Dag Hammarskjold Medal by @antonioguterres in virtual ceremony being held at UNHQ today. Soldier was serving in MONUSCO.#PKDay pic.twitter.com/8y3VI1xVvD

— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) May 29, 2020

Sepoy Aslam served the United Nations peacekeeping mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUSCO).

“As the UN commemorates the International Peacekeepers, services of Sepoy Amir Aslam from Kotli, Azad Jammu & Kashmir were acknowledged with the posthumous award.