LOWER DIR: Hazrat Gul, 37, an official of the Frontier Corps, who had embraced martyrdom in a blast in Bara tehsil of Khyber tribal district the other day, was laid to rest with full military honour in his ancestral graveyard in Macho Talash area here on Sunday.

Funeral prayers of Naib Subedar Hazrat Gul were held in Sarai Payeen area attended by Commandant Dir Task Force Lt-Col Sajjad, former provincial minister Muzaffar Syed Advocate, tehsil chairman Mufti Irfanuddin, former tehsil nazim, Timergara Riaz Mohammad, former MNA Syed Mehboob Shah, serving and retired officers of the Pakistan Army, political, social, religious personalities, youths and people of the area.

On behalf of the army chief, the commander Dir Task Force placed floral wreaths and presented a salute on the grave of Hazrat Gul.

He also handed over the national flag and uniform of the martyr to Sajid Ghani, the father of the martyred soldier.

The deceased left behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. Correspondent