Rawalpindi (Web Desk/Agencies): Funeral prayers of three Rangers officials, who embraced martyrdom during the ongoing protest, were offered at Chaklala Garrison on Tuesday.
According to a press release issued by the PM Office media wing, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Syed Asim Munir, Deputy Prime Minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar, senior serving military and civil officials attended the funeral.
“Pakistan cannot afford any chaos and bloodshed for achieving vested political purposes. These acts of violence are unacceptable and highly condemnable which are bordering the limits of restraint by the Law Enforcement Agencies. The entire nation pays homage to the martyred Rangers soldiers and all those police officials who have embraced shahadat and those who are injured during these riots”, the press release quoted the prime minister as saying.
Naik Muhammad Ramzan Shaheed (age; 47 years, resident of District Karak), Sepoy Gulfam Khan Shaheed (age; 29 years, resident of District Rawalpindi) and Sepoy Shah Nawaz Shaheed (age; 33 years, resident of District Sibi) embraced shahadat during yesterday’s incident.
The bodies of the martyred security personnel had been taken to their native hometown where they would be laid to rest with full military honour.
