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Abdalian loss in Parade Lane bomb blast |
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Sunday, 06 December 2009 |
| In a highly tragic incident 40 innocent people including 17 children, 10 civilian, 9 Army personnel embraced shahadat when terrorists attacked a mosque in Parade Lane, Rawalpindi, Saddar on 4th Dec, 2009. Reportedly 4 terrorists approached a mosque inside officers residential colony in Parade Lane, Rawalpindi Saddar and hurled grenades on Namazies followed by indiscriminate firing and suicide blasts. Two suicide bombers entered the Mosque and blew themselves killing 40 Namazies who were offering Jumma prayers. Security forces personnel in the area responded immediately and two other terrorists were killed in exchange of fire. Amongst the shaheeds were Maj. Gen. Ovais Mustafa's father and Masood Aslam's son, Hashim. Hashim's funeral took place at the Army Graveyard in Rawalpindi today (05-Dec-09) whilst Ovais Mustafa's fathers funeral will be held at 2:30 pm on Sunday at the Army Graveyard in Rawalpindi. |
75 personnel are said to be injured in the same incident. Some of the names of those who embraced shahadat are as under 1. Major General Bilal Omar Khan 2. Brigadier Abdul Rauf 3. Lieutenant Colonel Fakhar 4. Lieutenant Colonel Manzoor Saeed 5. Major Zahid 6. Major (Retd) Shoaib 7. Naik Masood 8. Sepoy Abdul Qayyum 9. Sepoy Sarwar 10. Bilal Riaz S/O Major General Nasim Riaz 11. Ali Hassan S/O Colonel Shabbir 12. Hassan S/O Colonel Shukhran 13. Sadaul Hassan S/O Lieutenant Colonel Fakhar 14. Zamin S/O Engineer Akmal Hussain 15. Qaisar Khan S/O Syed Akbar 16. Adil Rauf S/O Abdul Raud 17. Muhammad Khan S/O Sultan Bakhsh 18. Fazal Khan S/O Madad Khan 19. Hashim S/O Masood Aslam 20. S/O Brigadier ® Sadiq 21. S/O Brigadier Mumtaz 22. S/O Colonel Qaiser 23. S/O Colonel Kaleem Zubair 24. S/O Lieutenant Colonel Shoaib 25. S/O Major Saleem 26. S/O Major Ahsan 27. Deputy Director NLC Taskeen 28. F/O Major General Ovais Mustafa 29. F/O Colonel Kaleem Zubair 30. F/O Lieutenant Colonel Farooq Awan 31. Civilian Khalid Javed 32. Civilian Ghulam Mujtaba 33. Civilian Javed S/O Ghani Khan 34. Civilian Muhammad Fiaz 35. Civilian Asad We pray that Allah gives the Shaheeds His choicest place in Heavens and gives the families and friends the courage to bear this great loss.
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