RAWALPINDI: Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Gen Syed Asim Munir and Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) Gen Sahir Shamshad Mirza attended funeral prayer of Captain Fahad who embraced martyrdom in Balochistan’s Kahan area during clearance operation.

Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) reported that funeral prayers were offered in Army graveyard and later martyred was laid to rest with full military honors. Senior civil and military officers, soldiers and other citizens also attended funeral.

Earlier, an Improvised explosive device (exploded while Army was conducting an intelligence-based clearance operation in Kahan area of Balochistan resulting in martyrdom of five army men including Captain Fahad and four sepoys.

Inter-Service Public Relations in its press release stated “Captain Fahad along with four other brave sons of soil Lance Naik Imtiaz, Sepoy Asghar, Sepoy Mehran and Sepoy Shamoon have embraced Shahadat, laying their lives in defence of motherland against an externally perpetrated threat of terrorism”.

“Operation was underway in Kahan area of Balochistan since December 24, 2022”, statement added.

Published in The Daily National Courier, December, 27 2022

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