Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki laid to rest at Army Graveyard

• Funeral prayer of Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki performed.
• President, Prime Minister, CJCSC and COAS attended the funeral.
• The officer was buried at Army Graveyard with full military honours.

RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayer of Brigadier Mustafa Kamal Barki who embraced martyrdom during an exchange for fire with hardcore terrorists in Angoor Adda, South Waziristan yesterday was performed at Race Course Rawalpindi.

According to the Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), President Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Mian Muhammad 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 large number of serving and retired military officers and soldiers, government officials, parliamentarians and public attended the funeral.

The officer was buried at Army Graveyard with full military honours in acknowledgment of his services to the nation.

Throughout his military career, Brigadier Barki remained involved in active counter terrorism operations and successfully dismantled numerous terrorist networks in KPK and Balochistan. He was monumental in neutralizing the terrorist networks involved in APS attack 2016.

The nation recognizes his meritorious services in life and supreme sacrifice offered for Pakistan. Armed forces of Pakistan and intelligence agencies stand resilient against terrorism and reaffirm the resolve to eradicate this menace of terrorism at all costs.

Earlier, Havildar Azhar Iqbal, Naik Mohammad Asad and Sepoy Essa of Pakistan Army who embraced shahadat during an operation in Saggu, ​​Dera Ismail Khan were laid to rest with full military honours in Lodhran, Mian Channu and Bobar Ziarat, South Waziristan respectively.

The funeral & burial were attended by serving and retired military personnel, families and relatives of Shaheeds and a large number of people from various segments of the society.

Armed Forces of Pakistan and intelligence agencies stand resolute and determined to uproot the menace of terrorism at all costs.

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