For The Country: Soldier laid to rest

He served in the Pakistan Army for one and a half year, was killed in action in Kurram Agency on December 15.


Express December 17, 2011 Less than a minute read

HYDERABAD: The burial rites of a 20-year-old soldier, Ghulam Hussain Ansari, were completed on Friday. He was laid to rest in the Muslim graveyard in Paretabad. Ghulam Hussain, who served in the Pakistan Army for one and a half year, was killed in action in Kurram Agency on December 15. His father, Zubair Ansari, said that Ghulam Hussain was third eldest amongst his nine siblings. Colonel Rafique laid floral wreaths on his grave on behalf of the President of Pakistan, chief of army staff and general commanding officer of Hyderabad.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 17th, 2011.

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