Funeral of Squadron Leader Masood Hussain, who was killed in an air crash on January 17 in Turkey, was held on Tuesday at PAF Base, Lahore. Punjab CM Shahbaz Sharif, Vice Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Tahir Rafique Butt and Turkish Ambassador to Pakistan Babur Hizlan attended the funeral. Guard of honour was also presented to Masood’s coffin. Earlier, the casket was brought from Turkey by a special Turkish Air Force aircraft. Later, Masood was buried with full military honour in his native town Baseerpur, Okara. The Lahore base commander laid a floral wreath on Masood’s grave on behalf of the chief of the air staff.
I salute another hero of the motherland. Rest in peace.
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