Army chief visits Jhelum

Published October 10, 2017

JHELUM: Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa on Monday visited the family of Naib Subedar Muhammad Nadeem Shaheed at village Chah Ganja, Jhelum.

According to an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement, the army chief laid wreath at his grave and offered fateha. Subedar Nadeem came under Indian shelling in Rakh Chikri sector along the Line of Control on Sept 29 while assisting evacuation of civilians, who had also been injured due to Indian firing.

Published in Dawn, October 10th, 2017

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