LAHORE:Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Pervaiz Elahi visited the residence of Chief Executive Urban Unit Khalid Sherdil, martyred in PIA plane crash.
He expressed heartfelt sorrow and grief with the mother of Shaheed Khalid Sherdil, his brother Mujahid Sherdil and other family members and paid rich tributes to Shaheed Khalid Sherdil for his great sacrifice and services for the government.
Ch Pervaiz Elahi prayed for eternal peace in rest and offered Fateha for Shaheed Khalid Sherdil. On this occasion, he was accompanied by Secretary Punjab Assembly Muhammad Khan Bhatti.
Talking to the family members, Ch Pervaiz Elahi said: “Khalid Sherdil Shaheed was a dutiful, hardworking and honest officer, during Corona pandemic Khalid Sherdil worked on the frontline, throughout his career Khalid Sherdil performed his duties by working very hard and with honesty, his martyrdom is a great loss, we greatly value the services of Shaheed Khalid Sherdil for the Punjab government, in this moment of grief and sorrow we are with the bereaved family of Shaheed Khalid Sherdil.”
Eid prayers: Pakistan Muslim League (PML-Q) president and former prime minister Ch Shujaat Hussain, Speaker Punjab Assembly Ch Pervaiz Elahi, MNAs Moonis Elahi, Salik Hussain, Shafay Hussain, Hussein Elahi, Rasikh Elahi, Muslim League leaders Salim Baryaar, Saadat Nawaz Ajnala and other leaders offered Eid prayer observing social distancing. According to a press release issued here on Tuesday, special prayers were offered for martyrs of plane crash, Corona affected and defence and progress of the motherland.