ISLAMABAD: Former president and PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari on Tuesday expressed his grief over the martyrdom of five soldiers including a captain in Miranshah, vowing to punish those who patronize terrorists.

According to a statement, Zardari condemned the terrorist attack that occurred in the Miran Shah area of North Waziristan killing Captain Abdul Wali, Naib Subedar Nawaz, Hawaldar Ghulam Ali, Lance Naik Ilyas, and Sepoy Zafarullah and offered his sympathies and condolences to the families of the martyrs on Tuesday.

“We will fight until the facilitators of the attacker could not get exemplary punishment and nation is proud of the brave men of its army,” he added.