'I am proud of my son', says father of Captain Isfand Yar Shaheed

LAHORE (Staff Report) - “I am so proud that my son embraced martyrdom,” stated the father Isfand Yar Bukhari, a captain in Pakistan Army who died in a terrorist attack on PAF camp in Peshawar today.

“I thank Allah for choosing my son for this sacrifice,” Fayyaz Hussain Bukhari told the media on Friday.

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“He wanted to wear the uniform and I surrendered my wish to see him a doctor. The army is supreme, which made him change his career path,” the proud father said.

Mr Bukhari said his son was a champion who was never defeated in any field. “His mother used to call him a sword striking enemies of the motherland.”

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Captain Isfand Yar Bukhari graduated at the top of his class from Pakistan Military Academy and received the coveted sword of honor.



He was the vice-captain of his institute’s hockey team.



A chess champion in college, and the president of the Biology Club.



He was a brave and intelligent young man with a bright future ahead of him.



He gave his life for the country on September 18, 2015.