–He visits residences in Sahiwal, Renala Khurd, Raja Jang, Depalpur
–Martyrs’ families tell CM they are proud of their loved ones as they sacrificed their lives for motherland
Punjab Chief Minister Shehbaz Sharif Wednesday visited residences of martyred police officials and expressed condolences with the members of the families, besides giving them cheques of Rs10 million each.
He visited the residence of Head Constable Asmat Ali in Sahiwal, Constable Muhammad Nadeem in Renala Khurd, Constable Irfan Mehmood in Depalpur and Constable Aslam in Raja Jang village of Kasur. Talking to the families of martyred police officials, the chief minister said the Punjab government would bear education and medical expenditures of children of the police martyrs, and the families of the police officials died in the Lahore blast will continuously get salaries.
Talking to the family of martyred head constable Asmat Ali in Sahiwal, the CM said the IGP Punjab had been directed that his widow and children would get salaries without any interruption, and police officers will remain in contact with the family to look after them. He said Asmat Ali had achieved the great status of martyrdom and the status of martyrdom is priceless, adding no worldly reward can be the substitute of the sacrifice of the martyrs.
He said the nation will take revenge from terrorists and Allah will disgrace these “ruthless beasts in this world and the hereafter.” Later, he went to the grave of Asmat Ali and offered Fateha. Separately, the chief minister visited the family of Constable Muhammad Nadeem in Renala Khurd to express his condolences. He said police martyrs are the heroes of the nation and he is visiting the families of the police martyrs on the instructions of Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif.
He gave compensation cheques to the families and said martyrs’ sacrifices will not go waste and everybody involved in the Lahore suicide blast will be identified and punished. He said this war against terrorism is the war of the whole nation and the nation will take revenge of every victim of terrorism. Talking to the family of the martyred constable Irfan Mehmood in a village of Depalpur, the chief minister said the high school in the village had been named after Irfan Mehmood to pay homage to his sacrifice.
Talking to the family of constable Aslam in Kasur, he said every possible step will be taken to look after the families of the police martyrs, and he announced a 14-scale job for the widow of Aslam—who holds master’s degree in English literature. The families of the police martyrs told the chief minister that they are proud of their loved ones who sacrificed their lives for the motherland and “we are ready to give every sacrifice to eliminate terrorism.”
They said their confidence and morale have been boosted after the sacrifices of their loved ones. Talking to them, the chief minister said his courage and confidence had been increased after seeing their morale, and the nation would uproot the menace of terrorism with the same zeal.
