A lieutenant colonel of Pakistan Army who was killed when he stepped over an explosive device during a search operation in Tirah valley of Khyber Agency was laid to rest in the city on Thursday.
According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Lt Col Sajid Mushtaq was leading an operation to clear the Gulbai area of Maidan when an improvised explosive device exploded in a house resultantly he was killed on the spot.
The cleanup operation was launched after government forces had pushed militants out of the area.
The body of Lt Col Mushtaq was airlifted to Peshawar from where it was brought to Lahore.
Hundreds of people including family members, relatives, dwellers of the area and army officials attended the funeral prayers and he was laid to rest at ancestral graveyard with full military honours. He is survived by his wife and two children.
Martyred Lt Col Sajid laid to rest
