The Entrance to Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed (Nishan e Haider) tomb at Tufailabad Graveyard.

Burewala-Vehari has been a different part of the world, out of my usual routes. Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed’s (Nihah e Haider) resting place has been an inviting icon on the satellite imagery I very dearly saved once to remind me of my commitment to pay homage to a National Hero. The invitation to the Raising Day by my Ex Regiment at Okara Cantt was in fact a direct call from Chak Number 253 E.B. (Tufailabad), the abode of Major Tufail Shaheed, Nishan e Haider. Drive from Okara to Tufailabad was characteristically dull in a mid-summer noon of Central Punjab. The consolation prize was my companion of the ride (I owe you the memoirs of a trip that could have never been the same without you). We got immersed into an unending stream of some vintage patriotic melodies. The winding roads and tracks of the local villages bonded us to the soil whose brave son we were going to call on. After entering Tufail Gate on Arifwala-Burewala Road, our hearts bowed with gratitude and we offered a Salute right at the doorstep of Major Tufail Muhammad Shaheed, Nishan e Haider.