LAHORE – A soldier of Pakistan Army, who was stationed in Saudi Arabia wasmartyred while performing his professional duties on Friday.

Muhammad Ishaq, the Hawaldar of Pakistan army – who hailed from theneighbouring village of Kot Islam, Ghagh – was dispatched on a specialmission to the Holy Kingdom some two months back.

The army personnel breathed his last after a grenade exploded and his bodywould be transported to Pakistan on Monday.

According to leading daily Nawa-i-Waqt, army officials had informedvictim’s family of the martyrdom of Ishaq.

Meanwhile, Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa and Prime MinisterShahid Khaqan Abbasi would be leaving for a single day tour to Saudi Arabion Saturday to inspect the military drills of 41-nation Islamic MilitaryCounter Terrorism Coalition (IMCTC).