PM attends Namaz-e-Janaza of Shaheed Captain Faraz Ilyas

LAHORE: Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Monday attended Namaz-e-Janaza of Shaheed Captain Faraz Ilyas in Kasur who was martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in District Lakki Marwat, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The funeral prayer was attended by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, IG Police Punjab and a number of senior military officers, civil authorities and residents. The prime minister also met with the parents of shaheed captain and expressed condolences.
He announced to transform the native village of martyred officer as model village and renamed it as “Faraz Ilyas Shaheed”. He told the parents that the sacrifice of their son would not go in vain and prayed for the bereaved family to bear the loss with fortitude.
Under the Quranic teachings, a shaheed had an elevated place in Jannah, he said, adding that a large number of Jawans of armed forces had laid down their lives for the motherland. The prime minister said that the nation was proud of its brave sons and the coward terrorists could not succeed in shaking their strong resolve.
Separately, on X account, the prime minister said that he was deeply saddened by the martyrdom of Pak Army personnel including a captain in a targeted attack in District Lakki Marwat.