PESHAWAR, Oct. 22 (APP): The funeral of four army men who embraced martyrdom in Orackzai Agency on Friday was offered here at the ground of Garrison Race Course garden.
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Awais Ahmad Ghani, Corps Commander Peshawar, Lt Gen Asif Yaseen Malik, Commandant Frontier Constabulary, Akbar Hoti and other high ranking officials attended the funeral prayers.
The martyred army men included Lt. Col Muhammad Yousaf who belonged to Sargodha district. While the remaining were identified as Hawaldar Mujueeb Gul, Hawaldar Muhammad Zahir, Lance Naik Muhammad Khan and Sipahi Saeed-ur-Rehman.
Lt. Col Muhammad Yousaf was leading a convoy from Ghiligo (Orakzai Agency) towards Kohat.
On reaching Yuh Kundao, the convoy was targeted by terrorists with an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The blast ensued in martyrdom of Lt. Col Muhammad Yousaf along with five other security forces personnel.
Col Yousaf, who got commission in army in 1992, left behind a widow and three daughters. Out of the six martyrs, funeral of four were offered in Peshawar, while remaining two belonged to Tall and there bodies were shifted to native area.
After offering funeral, Governor and Corp Commander also laid floral wreaths of the coffins of the martyrs