KARACHI: Funeral prayer of Squadron Leader Zain Ul Arif Khan was held at PAF Base Faisal today (Saturday). He was among the passengers who embraced martyrdom in the tagic air crash at Karachi last week.
He was posted at Air Headquarters, Islamabad and was traveling to Karachi to celebrate eid with his parents.
His dead body was identified with the help of DNA and was handed over to the PAF authorities for burial. Air Vice Marshal Ahmad Hassan,
Deputy Chief of the Air Staff ( Engineering) and Air Vice Marshal Abbas Ghumman, Air Officer Commanding, Southern Air Command along with large number of PAF personnel, civil and military officials and relatives of the martyred officer attended the funeral.
Later, the martyred soul was laid to rest at PAF graveyard, Korangi Creek with full military honours.
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