Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister, Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif at the invitation of the President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, Dr Masoud Pezeshkian, attended the funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei, who was martyred on 28th February, during the attacks on Iran.
The prime minister led a high-level delegation that included Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Senator Mohammad Ishaq Dar, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Interior Minister, Syed Mohsin Naqvi, Information Minister, Attaullah Tarar, Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, and other senior government officials, a Prime Minister’s Office news release said here on Friday.
On this solemn occasion, the prime minister recalled the lasting contributions of the late Supreme Leader for Islam. He paid rich tribute to the late Supreme Leader, who guided the Iranian nation for decades, with remarkable wisdom and sagacity.
The prime minister expressed full solidarity with Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, President of Iran, Dr. Masoud Pezeshkian and the brotherly people of Iran in this moment of national grief and prayed to Allah Almighty for forgiveness of the departed leader.
After attending the ceremony, the prime minister, who had arrived in Tehran earlier that day, departed for Istanbul for his official visit to Turkiye.
Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif also penned down his remarks in the condolence book at the funeral of late Supreme Leader, Shaheed Ayatollah Sayyed Ali Khamenei.
Parliamentary delegation led by Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Parliamentarians and Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah also attended the funeral along with the prime minister.
