Overview
- Funeral prayers at Chaklala Garrison in Rawalpindi drew Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Field Marshal Asim Munir, federal ministers, and senior officers, according to ISPR.
- ISPR said Lt Col Khalid Hussain died from wounds suffered while leading an intelligence-based operation in Balochistan against what it called “Indian-sponsored terrorists.”
- The officer hailed from District Sargodha and will be laid to rest there with full military honours, ISPR said.
- Pakistan Observer reported he was wounded in an operation in Zhob and treated at CMH Quetta for about two months before he died, details not included in the ISPR note.
- Military leadership reaffirmed plans to step up action against militant networks and rejected recent claims of cross-border civilian targeting as a disinformation campaign.