RAWALPINDI (Kashmir English): The funeral prayers for Major Umar Nasir Minhas (Shaheed) and Havaldar Muhammad Adnan Khan (Shaheed), who embraced martyrdom near the Nushki district of Balochistan, were offered at the Chaklala Garrison in Rawalpindi.
According to the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) of the Pakistan Army, both soldiers were martyred on November 14, 2026, while performing their duties near Nushki district.
The funeral prayers were attended by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, General Syed Asim Munir, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, the Minister for Information and Broadcasting, high-ranking civil and military officials, and the families of the martyrs.
The ISPR stated that the Armed Forces of Pakistan and the entire nation pay tribute to this supreme sacrifice made by the martyrs.
Their bravery, sense of duty, and unwavering commitment to the motherland will forever remain a source of pride for the nation. The martyrs will be laid to rest in their respective hometowns with full military honors.
Earlier, at least two security personnel were martyred, and 16 Khawarij were killed during several intelligence-based operations (IBO) in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s North Waziristan district, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Saturday.
The military’s media wing said that, in continuation of a series of IBOs being conducted by security forces, multiple Khwarij locations were engaged in the general area of Mir Ali, Datta Khel, and surroundings in North Waziristan.
It added that following fierce fire exchanges, in the last twelve hours, 12 terrorists, including two Afghan nationals belonging to Indian-sponsored Fitna-al-Khwarij, were sent to hell in Ali Khel.
“Two Khwarij each were neutralised in Mir Ali and Datta Khel, thereby causing a significant blow to the Khwarijs’ network operating in the area.”
The ISPR said that two soldiers, Havildar Asmat Ali (age: 43 years, resident of District Swabi) and Naik Aftab Ali (age: 32 years, resident of District Mardan), embraced martyrdom.
“Weapons and ammunition have also been recovered from killed Indian sponsored Khwarij, who remained actively involved in numerous terrorist activities, including the killing of innocent civilians,” the military’s media wing said.
