Daesh Claimed Responsibility for the Killing of Burhan in Bajaur in 2026
Unknown gunmen shot dead Burhan, the son of renowned doctor Ghulam Farooq, in Mamund, Bajaur.
He was his father’s only son.
I don’t know anything, the poor guy was a truly noble soul. His father is also a cardiologist, an extremely professional doctor. He had no quarrels or enmities with anyone… it’s just this fire that’s been raging for forty years, burning us all one by one into ashes.
Daesh claimed responsibility for the killing
Look at this helplessness of a father at his last glimpse of his only son. Himself a doctor, he served humanity his whole life, but today in Bajaur, unknown assailants murdered his only son and broke his back.
In the Pashtun homeland, parents raise children only so that one day some unknown assailant can riddle them with bullets, and the state of Pakistan, as always, washes its hands of the matter with mere condolences and sympathies.
Bajaur: Burial of a Young Lone Son in Front of His Father’s Eyes, Heart-Wrenching Scenes
At the funeral of the young Burhan, son of Dr. Ghulam Farooq, who was martyred in a targeted killing incident in Bajaur, extremely heart-wrenching scenes unfolded
In the end, where can he go?
Exactly. That was the reason. I remember when I was working with Al Jazeera as a cameraman in 2007. At that time, all the doctors had left Bajaur. There were only a few doctors who remained, one of them being Dr. Farooq.
Perhaps very few people outside the area know Dr. Farooq, but he was truly a healer—a kind, humble, and selfless man. Every day on social media, he would raise awareness about vitamin D deficiency and various other health conditions.
Today, his entire world has been destroyed. Everything is gone. He had only one son, and his son was his whole world.
Burhanullah, the only son of Dr. Ghulam Farooq, a cardiologist from Skena Changai Mamund, was martyred today.
The sole support of an elderly father in his old age, the coolness of his eyes, and the hope of his life have been snatched away.
Carrying a son to his grave is the greatest shock in the world for any father, but giving a shoulder to one’s only son is perhaps a pain that cannot be expressed in words.
Bajaur: In Mamund tehsil’s Shagu Chowk, Burhan, son of Dr. Ghulam Farooq, was killed as a result of firing by unidentified persons.
