The funeral prayer of police constable Muhammad Sajjad, who succumbed to injuries at Lady Reading Hospital after being wounded in an IED blast last night, was offered on Friday at Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines, Peshawar, with full state honors.

The funeral was attended by Acting Inspector General of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Muhammad Ali Babakhel, CCPO Peshawar Dr. Mian Saeed Ahmed, SSP Operations Masood Ahmed, SSP Coordination Khalid Khan, SP Headquarters Ali Gohar, divisional SPs, SDPOs, CTD officers, Pakistan Army officials, fellow police officers and the martyr's family members.

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During the ceremony, a smartly turned-out police contingent presented a salute to the martyred officer. Army and police officials laid floral wreaths on the coffin, and prayers were offered for the departed soul.

Acting IGP Muhammad Ali Babakhel and CCPO Dr. Mian Saeed Ahmed expressed condolences to the bereaved family, vowing that the sacrifice of Muhammad Sajjad would not go in vain and that those involved in the attack would be brought to justice at the earliest.

According to police, the constable had been injured in the blast yesterday within the jurisdiction of Bhana Mari police station, and later succumbed to his injuries at Lady Reading Hospital.

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