• Major General Shoaib Bin Akram laid floral wreath at Lance Naik Muhammad Mehfooz’s  mausoleum.
• A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army presented guard of honour.
• Civil and military officials and relatives of martyrs  attended the the wreath laying ceremony.

RAWALPINDI: 51st martyrdom anniversary of Lance Naik Muhammad Mehfooz, Nishan-e-Haider was observed on Sunday at Mehfoozabad, old Pind Malkan.

According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Shoaib Bin Akram, laid floral wreath at Lance Naik Muhammad Mehfooz Shaheed’s mausoleum.

A smartly turned out contingent of Pakistan Army presented guard of honour. Various people from different walks of life, civil and military officials and relatives of martyrs  attended the wreath laying ceremony.

Muhammad Mehfooz was born on October 25, 1944, in village Malkan of District Rawalpindi. He received his early education from his village. In 1962, he joined the Pakistan Army and after completion of Basic Military Training in 1963, he was placed in 15 Punjab Regiment.

He fought in the Indo-Pak War of 1971 at Wagah Border. On December 17, a company of the 15 Punjab was ordered to attack Kangri Pull inside enemy land. During the attack, a bomb exploded near Lance Naik Muhammad Mehfooz in which he got badly wounded and his machine-gun became out of order.

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