TAKHTBHAI, Sep 19 (APP):In the quiet sobbing moments after the funeral of martyred SP Akbar Khan Shinwari, a young boy stood in front of his father’s grave and raised his hand in salute, vowing to complete his mission. The gesture of the son of the shaheed SP was simple, but it spoke volumes. As mourners gathered around the SP grave amid police contingent salute, the sight of the officer’s young …
A son’s salute: Shaheed SP Akbar Shinwari’s son vows to honour his father through education
TAKHTBHAI, Sep 19 (APP):In the quiet sobbing moments after the funeral of martyred SP Akbar Khan Shinwari, a young boy stood in front of his father’s grave and raised his hand in salute, vowing to complete his mission.
The gesture of the son of the shaheed SP was simple, but it spoke volumes. As mourners gathered around the SP grave amid police contingent salute, the sight of the officer’s young son paying his final tribute left many present visibly moved.
For a young boy who had just lost his father with boots on at old police lines at Kohat, the salute carried both grief and an unmistakable sense of pride.
SP Akbar Shinwari along with 15 others cops was martyred in a deadly blast and terrorists attack in Kohat on Friday. His funeral prayer was offered at the Hathian Sports Complex in Takht Bhai, Mardan on Saturday, where a large number of local residents, police officers and others gathered to pay their respects.
The atmosphere on Takhtbhai remained sombre as mourners remembered the brave police officer who lost his life in the line of duty.But amid the grief and sorrow by his family and relatives, his son, spoke of a promise he intends to keep.
“My father laid down life for the protection of the motherland, and his mission to serve humanity will be completed,” he said.Then came words that revealed how deeply his father’s hopes had become part of his own dreams.
“My father wanted to see me become an army doctor, and I will avenge his killing through education,” he said.
For the young boy, his father was more than a police officer and a martyr. He was a loving father who remained closely connected to his son’s studies.
“He was loving and always asked about my educational progress whenever he came home,” he recalled.
He met my teachers and inquired them about my education progress.
“Last time when he came home gifted me a book and a pen,” he said, adding he allways remained calm during testing time.
He was a loving father and allways stressed me to perform prayers and wake up early besides concentrating on his studies.
Those memories now carry a painful weight. The questions his father once asked about school and studies have become part of a promise the young boy says he will carry forward.
At his father’s grave, his salute became an image of farewell but also of strong resolve for completion of his father mission.
The fallen officer may have left behind a grieving family, but in his son’s words, his aspirations continue to live on, a dream of becoming an army doctor, pursued not with violence, but with books, education and determination.
For the mourners who witnessed that moment, the boy salute was more than a final goodbye. It was a son’s quiet pledge to make his father proud.
