F.P. Report
LAHORE: Funeral prayers were offered for Major Ishaq – the army officer martyred during a search operation in Dera Ismail Khan at Ayub Stadium in Lahore on Thursday.
Funeral prayers were attended by Punjab Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif, Corps Commander Lahore Lt. General Amir Riaz and Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique.
Major Ishaq was laid to rest with full military honours at the Shauda graveyard at Cavalry Ground.
The soldier embraced martyrdom in an exchange of fire during a search operation at a terrorist hideout in Kulachi, Dera Ismail Khan on Wednesday.
The 28-year-old martyr belonged to Khushab, Punjab, and has left behind a widow and an infant.
The funeral prayer of the deceased was also held at Dera Ismail Khan, and was attended by Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and other high-ranking officials, including Corps Commander Peshawar Lt Gen Nazir Butt.
In his tweet, the ISPR chief Maj Gen Asif Ghafoor said, “We have a sacred duty at hand of cleansing & defending our motherland; WE SHALL DO IT”.
In a follow-on tweet, Ghafoor reiterated that sacrifices by the martyrs of the motherland will not go in vain or will be compromised upon.
The martyred official is the fourth officer to be killed in the line of duty in the past three months.
On November 13, Captain Junaid Hafeez and Sepoy Raham were martyred in a cross-border attack by terrorists from Afghanistan in Bajaur Agency.
Four other troops were injured in the assault on the border post.
