Lance Havaldar Mudassar Mehmood, one of the two soldiers who embraced martyrdom in an intelligence-based operation in Buner on Saturday, was laid to rest in his native town with full military honours on Sunday.
Buner: Martyr of Buner IBO laid to rest with full military honours. Mehmood, 35, a resident of Rawalpindi, had embraced martyrdom while gallantly fighting terrorists in Buner.
According to a news release from the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), a large number of senior officers and soldiers of the Pakistan Army, relatives of the martyr and local people participated in the last rites of Mehmood.
“These sacrifices of our martyrs strengthen our determination in the war against terrorism and our love for motherland. Armed forces of Pakistan will continue to fight alongside the nation until the last terrorist is eliminated from the country,” the ISPR said.
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Buner District is a district in the Malakand Division of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Before receiving the status of a district in 1991, it was a tehsil within Swat District.[6]
Buner’s elevation starts at 1200 ft in the South in Totalai and reaches a maximum height of 9,550 ft at the Dosara Peak in the North. The majority of the hills that encircle the Buner District are covered in pine trees. Barandu, Chamla, and Budal are the three principal rivers; the former flows through the center of the district. The majority of people reside in rural areas, where agriculture is their primary source of income. The region’s principal crops include sugarcane, tobacco, wheat, and maize.
The marble reserves of Buner make up 68% of the total marble reserves of Pakistan. A total of 450 factories and 316 marble mines currently operate in Buner District, contributing Rs470m in royalty.
History
The Buner Valley lies between Swabi to the South and Swat to the North. It is a valley dotted with villages and divided into four sub-divisions. The Mora Hills and the Ilam range divide it from the Swat Valley, while the Sinawar range from Yusafzai, the Guru mountains from the Mardan Valley, and the Duma range from the Puran Valley.
