RAWALPINDI: Captain Muhammad Fahad Khan, who embraced martyrdom in an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) blast in Balochistan’s Kahan area, was laid to rest after offering funeral prayers at Army Graveyard, Rawalpindi, Military’s Media Wing said in a statement issued here on Monday.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), funeral prayers for Captain Muhammad Fahad Khan – who embraced martyrdom during a clearance operation – were offered at the Army Graveyard in Rawalpindi.
The funeral prayers were attended by Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, and a large number of senior civil and military officers, soldiers, citizens, and relatives of the martyr.
The military’s media wing, in the statement, added that Captain Muhammad Fahad was buried with full military honor.
Sunday, the ISPR said that an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded during an intelligence-based operation that had been underway in the Kahan area of Balochistan’s Kohlu district.
Resultantly, 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 the motherland against an externally perpetrated threat of terrorism, it added. -ISPR
