PARACHINAR ( Web News )
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir on Thursday reached Parachinar to spend Eidul Azha with the soldiers performing their duties in the border area.
During his visit, the prime minister was accompanied by Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif, Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb and Chief of Army Staff Gen Asim Munir.
The prime minister and the army chief greeted the men in uniform on the festive occasion and boosted their morale through their interaction.
Earlier, Shehbaz, in his message, felicitated the Pakistani nation and the Muslim Ummah on the auspicious occasion of Hajj and Eidul Azha, urging the people to take special care and remember those who became homeless due to previous year’s floods.
Shehbaz said he was cognizant of the fact that Pakistan had been facing price hike triggered by the external issues in the shape of inflation and recession. However, the government was utilizing all the resources to provide relief to the public, he added.
Separately, the ISPR in a message said the armed forces, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee and the Services Chiefs wished a very happy Eidul Azha to fellow Pakistanis.
“Eidul Azha gives us a message of peace, unity, fraternity and selfless sacrifice for the humanity,” the ISPR statement said, asking the people to remember and honour the martyrs who sacrificed their lives for the motherland. “They will forever be etched in our hearts.”