The funeral prayers of 24 soldiers martyred in an attack by NATO helicopters were offered on Sunday at the Corps Headquarters. Floral wreaths were laid on the coffins of the martyred soldiers. An army contingent offered salutes to the coffins before the bodies were transported to their native villages and towns for burial. Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Governor Barrister Masood Kausar, KP Chief Minister Ameer Haider Khan Hoti, Peshawar Corps Commander Lt Gen Asif Yasin Malik, Federal Railways Minister Ghulam Ahmed Bilour, Senior KP Minister Bashir Ahmed Bilour, provincial ministers, and other high ranking military and civil officials attended the funeral prayers. Earlier, the COAS visited the Combined Military Hospital (CMH) and enquired about the health of wounded soldiers. He visited each injured soldier and asked them about their condition.
