RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayers of four security personnel were offered at their native towns today, the military media’s wing said on Thursday. According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Shuhada were laid to rest with full military honours. Earlier, the ISPR said, four soldiers were martyred while six Khwarij were killed during an exchange of fire between the Khwarij and the security forces in South Waziristan.
According to the ISPR, “During intense fire exchange, four brave sons of soil; Havildar Nisar Hussain (age: 34 years, resident of District Kurram), Naik Rashid Gul (age: 34 years, resident of District Kurram), Naik Irfan Ullah Khan (age: 30 years, resident of District Lakki Marwat) and Sep Usman Rafaqat (age: 21 years, resident of District Haripur), having fought gallantly embraced Shahadat”.
It said that relatives of the martyred personnel and a large number of military and civil officials and a large number of locals attended the funeral prayers.
The statement added that the Armed Forces of Pakistan are determined to wipe-out the menace of terrorism from the motherland.
