LAHORE – *Army chief General Qamar paid tribute to Colonel Sohail Abid whowas martyred on Wednesday night in an operation in Quetta.*

General Bajwa met the family members of Col Sohail Abid and attended hisfuneral prayers in Vehari.

“When a soldier sacrifices his life I lose part flesh of my body, thatnight is always difficult to pass,” the General said.

“But we remain fully determined to sacrifice anything and everything forthe defence of our motherland”, COAS.

In a late night operation yesterday, the army had killed a senior member ofLashkar-e-Jhangvi, Salman Badeni, and two suicide bombers in Quetta.

Badeni had been “involved in killings of over 100 innocent personnel ofHazara Community and police”, the army said in a statement.