He Fell Building the Wall That Guards Pakistan
They were building a fence to keep terror out. On 20 September 2019, Major Adeel Shahid Shaheed of the 119th PMA Long Course, ex 161 Regiment of Corps Artillery (Air Defence), was supervising fencing work along the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand District — an area known as a critical infiltration route for terrorists. A squad under his command was securing the frontier. Then an improvised explosive device, planted by terrorists from across the border, exploded. Major Adeel Shahid and Sepoy Faraz Hussain Shaheed of 19 Azad Kashmir Regiment embraced shahadat.
A Family That Has Known Martyrdom Twice
His personal story carries a rare poignancy. Major Adeel Shahid had married the widow of his own shaheed course mate, Captain Mujahid Bashir Shaheed — honouring a bond of brotherhood that death could not break. To marry the widow of a fallen course mate is an act of loyalty few can comprehend. It bound two families’ grief into one household. And when Major Adeel Shahid himself embraced shahadat on 20 September 2019, that household knew the pain of loss once more. He left behind three daughters and a widow — a family that has now known the grief of martyrdom twice over.
Sepoy Faraz Hussain Shaheed of 19 Azad Kashmir Regiment fell beside his officer that day. The bond between an officer and his men is the oldest in soldiering, and on 20 September 2019, in Mohmand District, it was sealed in shahadat.
A Legacy Few Households Can Match
To marry the widow of a fallen course mate is an act of loyalty few can comprehend — it bound two families’ grief into one household, and when Major Adeel Shahid himself fell on 20 September 2019, that household knew the pain of loss once more. His widow and three daughters carry a legacy of sacrifice few households on earth can match: a family that has known martyrdom twice over. And the fence he was building still stands guard along the frontier — kilometre after kilometre of steel, raised under the guns of the enemy, a tribute in metal to the officer who died raising it. Seven years on, the border holds. The nation remembers.
The Original Tribute
Today is 7th shahadat anniversary of Major Adeel Shahid Shaheed (119L/C ex 161RCG AD) and Sepoy Faraz Hussain Shaheed (ex 19AK, SBt).
On 20Sep 2019, they embraced shahadat on the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand District. A squad under the shaheed officer was supervising fencing work in an area which carried a critical infiltration route. The shaheeds fell victim to an IED planted by terrorists from across the border.
Maj Adeel Shahid Shaheed was married to the widow of his shaheed course mate Capt Mujahid Bashir Shaheed. He left three daughters and a widow.
The Fence Still Stands
Their shahadat anniversary is observed every year on 20 September. Seven years have passed, and Major Adeel Shahid Shaheed is remembered as the pride of the nation and the pride of the 119th Long Course.
The border fence is one of Pakistan’s great national projects — a barrier of steel and wire meant to stop the cross-border terrorism that has bled the country for decades. Every kilometre of it was laid under threat, guarded by soldiers who knew the enemy was watching. An IED planted from across the border is the weapon of an enemy that would not face these soldiers openly. It took them without warning — but it could not take what they stood for: a sealed border, a safer Pakistan. The fence he was building still stands guard along the frontier, a steel tribute to the officer who died raising it. And his widow and three daughters carry a legacy of sacrifice few households on earth can match.
 embraced shahadat on 20 September 2019 on the Pak-Afghan border in Mohmand. Read more.){kind=link}