RAWALPINDI: Funeral prayers of three Rangers personnel, who embraced Shahadat on Monday during the ongoing PTI protest, were offered at Chaklala Garrison in Rawalpindi, on Tuesday.
They were identified as Naik Muhammad Ramzan Shaheed, 47, a resident of District Karak, Sepoy Gulfam Khan Shaheed, 29, a resident of District Rawalpindi, and Sepoy Shah Nawaz Shaheed, 33, a resident of District Sibi, the Inter-Services Public Relations said in a statement.
The bodies of Shuhada had been taken to their native hometown where they would be laid to rest with full military honour, it added.
“PM Shehbaz Sharif, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, Minister for Information Attaullah Tarar, Chief of Army Staff General Syed Asim Munir, NI(M), senior serving military and civil officials attended the funeral,” the Prime Minister’s Office said.
“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,” PM said.
“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.
