In a statement, the Inter-Services Public Relations said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, COAS General Asim Munir, a large number of serving and retired military officers, soldiers and relatives of Shaheed attended the funeral.

“These sacrifices reaffirm our resolve to defeat terrorism in all its forms for a peaceful and prosperous Pakistan,” PM Shehbaz said.

“The nation stands resolute against these foreign-abetted terrorists and their facilitators and these adversaries of Pakistan will be comprehensively defeated through a multi-domain strategy based on a whole-of-the-system approach, InshAllah.”

The martyred soldier would be buried at his native home town where he would be laid to rest with full military honours.