COAS offers funeral prayers of helicopter crash martyrs: ISPR.

RAWALPINDI -- Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Wednesday offered the funeral prayers of Corps Commander Quetta Lieutenant General Sarfaraz Ali and Brigadier Muhammad Khalid Shaheed in Quetta, who among six soldiers embraced martyrdom during a helicopter crash in Lasbela while supervising flood relief operation in Balochistan.

According to Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), Balochistan Governor Mir Jan Muhammad Jamali, Chief Minister Mir Abdul Quddus Bizenjo, and senior military and government officials also attended the funeral.

The army chief met the families of martyred Lt Gen Sarfaraz Ali and Brig Muhammad Khalid. He also held a meeting with the family of martyred Lieutenant Colonel Laiq Baig Mirza.

The funeral prayers of other martyred soldiers were offered in their native towns.

The Namaz-e-Janaza of Major Talha Shaheed was offered in Rawalpindi. Chief of General Staff Lieutenant General Azhar Abbas, Commander Rawalpindi Corps Lieutenant General Sahir Shamshad Mirza, senior serving and retired military officials, relatives of the Shaheed and people from all walks of life attended the prayer.

Major Talha was buried with...

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