He had only just been married. A few months of nikah — the beginning of everything — and then, on 15 September 2025, an IED blast in Balochistan took Captain Waqar Ahmad Kakar away in the prime of his life.
He was an officer of the 142nd Long Course, serving with 47 Cavalry and 125 Wing — a young cavalryman, newly wed, with a career rising and the respect of his men. Those who remember him call him the pride of the nation and the pride of Balochistan. The titles were earned. The grief belongs to a whole province.
A Life Full of Promise
Captain Waqar’s nikah, only months before his shahadat, is what makes his loss cut so deep. A young officer with a new chapter of life just beginning chose to be where his duty called him — in Balochistan, a province whose people claim him as their own pride. Imagine the household left behind: plans barely begun, a future mapped out in the happiest months of a young man’s life, all of it entrusted to a soldier who knew the risks of his profession and accepted them without flinching.
To be called the pride of Balochistan is not a title given lightly. It is earned in the daily conduct of an officer — in how he treated his men, how he carried his uniform, how he faced the dangers of his posting. Captain Waqar earned it, and Balochistan will not forget him.
The IED is the coward’s weapon, planted in the dark to kill indiscriminately. It claimed a brave young officer on 15 September 2025. But it could not touch what he stood for: the oath of a cavalryman, the honour of the 142nd Long Course, and a life lived in service of the motherland.
The First Anniversary
On 15 September 2026, the first shahadat anniversary of Captain Waqar Ahmad Kakar was observed by his family, his course, and all who honour the sacrifices of Pakistan’s officers. The first anniversary is always the hardest — the year when grief is still fresh and the absence still feels impossible.
Balochistan’s vast distances and rugged terrain make it one of the most challenging places to serve in Pakistan. IEDs planted along remote routes are the weapon of choice for those who target security forces there, and every patrol, every convoy, every movement carries risk. Captain Waqar Ahmad Kakar served in that environment as a matter of duty, protecting the land and the people among whom he served.
The Original Tribute
The tribute posted ahead of his first anniversary reads as follows:
Tomorrow is 1st Shahadat anniversary of Capt Waqar Ahmad Kakar Shaheed
Brave son of Motherland, embraced martyrdom on 15 Sept 25, in an IED Blast, while serving in Balochistan
He got Nikkafied just a few months before his Shahadat
Pride of Nation
Pride of Balochistan
Pride of 142L/C ex 47 Cav/125W
What His Sacrifice Teaches
There is a particular sorrow in the martyrdom of the very young. Captain Waqar had everything to live for — a new marriage, a career just unfolding, decades of promise ahead. That he gave all of it for his country is what makes his sacrifice so luminous and so hard to bear.
The nation asks much of its young officers. They give, without counting the cost.
And yet the manner of his remembrance shows what his life meant. To be called the pride of a nation and the pride of a province is to be remembered not for a single day, but for the whole of a life — for the officer he was on every ordinary day, not only on the last one. His course mates, his men, his family: they carry him forward in the way they live and serve.
Captain Waqar Ahmad Kakar Shaheed left behind loved ones who will carry his memory for the rest of their lives, and a nation that shares in their grief. May Allah grant him the highest place in Jannah and give his family the strength to bear a loss that words cannot measure. Pakistan salutes its brave son — and all its shuhada who stand between us and terror.
