RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayers of Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki, who embraced martyrdom during an encounter with hardcore terrorists in Angoor Adda, South Waziristan yesterday were offered at Race Course Rawalpindi on Wednesday.
According to ISPR, President Dr. Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee (CJCSC) General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, DG Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) Lieutenant General Nadeem Ahmed Anjum and a large number of serving and retired military officers and soldiers, government officials, parliamentarians and public attended the funeral prayer.
Funeral Prayer
“The officer was buried at Army Graveyard with full military honor in acknowledgment of his services to the nation”, ISPR said in a statement.
Throughout his military career, Brigadier Barki remained involved in active counter-terrorism operations and successfully dismantled numerous terrorist networks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan, ISPR added. He was monumental in neutralizing the terrorist networks involved in the APS attack in 2016, the military’s media wing said.
“The nation recognizes his [Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki] meritorious services in life and supreme sacrifice offered for Pakistan”, the statement said, adding “Armed Forces of Pakistan and intelligence agencies stand resilient against terrorism and reaffirm the resolve to eradicate this menace of terrorism at all costs.”
