Shaheed Taimoor Aslam laid to rest in Lahore with full military honours

LAHORE - Martyred Lance Naik Taimoor Aslam was laid to rest with full military honours at the Bab-e-Pakistan graveyard in Lahore on Friday.

Lance Naik Taimoor alongside Naik Tanveer and Sepoy Ramzan embraced martyrdom in the unprovoked Indian firing along the Line of Control (LoC) on August 15.

Earlier, the funeral prayers of the martyred soldier from Lahore was held at the Walton Cricket Ground which was attended by a large number of people from all walks of life. Such large crowds turned up for the funeral that people had to queue up outside the stadium.

Provincial Minister for Auqaf and Religious Affairs Syed Saeed-ul-Hassan also attended the funeral prayers.

The martyred soldier Taimoor Aslam left wife and four-month-old infant daughter aggrieved.