LAKKI MARWAT: Two policemen, who embraced martyrdom in the Kohat police lines attack, were buried with state honour at their ancestral graveyard in the Admzai area of Lakki Marwat district on Saturday.
The bodies of inspector Niamatullah Marwat and ASI Ismatullah Marwat reached Lakki Marwat from Kohat early in the morning.
SP investigation Sher Hassan Khan, DSP Riaz Khan, DSP Saeed Khan, DSP CTD Ali Jan Khan, other police officers, local elders, relatives and people from different walks of life attended their funeral.
The police officers placed floral wreaths on their graves and paid rich tributes to them. They met with the family members and assured them of full support from the police department.
They said that the ultimate sacrifices offered by the martyred police officers would not go in vain.
In Mardan, the funeralprayer of martyred SP Traffic Kohat Akbar Khan Shinwari was offered in his village Hathian.
A large number of police officers, political and social figures, residents and members of the bereaved family attended the funeral.
SP Traffic Kohat Akbar Khan Shinwari, a resident of Hathian, was martyred in an explosion during Friday prayers at the old police lines mosque in Kohat.
DIG Mardan Region Qasim Ali Khan, SP Saddar Mukhtiar Khan, DSP Shergarh Naur Daraz Khan, along with other senior police officers and personnel, attended the funeral prayer and expressed their condolences to the bereaved family.
A smartly turned-out contingent of Mardan police presented guard of honour to the fallen officer.
Floral tributes were also laid on his mortal remains as the police force paid homage to his service, courage and sacrifice in the line of duty.