Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and Discipline Marshal Syed Asim Munir on Friday paid their respects to Iran’s late supreme chief, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, state TV footage confirmed.
PM Shehbaz and Discipline Marshal Munir have been accompanied by a high-level Pakistani delegation as they visited the coffin.
The prime minister paid tribute to the invaluable companies of martyred Ali Khamenei’s for Islam, saying the late supreme chief guided the Iranian nation for many years with extraordinary perception, knowledge, and foresight.
PM Shehbaz expressed full solidarity with Iran’s Supreme Chief Mojtaba Khamenei, President Masoud Pezeshkian, and the brotherly individuals of Iran on this nationwide tragedy, and prayed for the elevation of the martyred chief’s ranks and his forgiveness.
A parliamentary delegation led by Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani and Nationwide Meeting Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, together with members of parliament and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, additionally attended the funeral alongside PM Shehbaz.
After collaborating within the funeral prayers, the premier, who had arrived in Tehran simply at this time, departed for Istanbul for his official go to to Turkiye.
Individually, Discipline Marshal Munir met Iranian Overseas Minister Abbas Araghchi and paid wealthy tribute to the companies of the late supreme chief.
PM Shehbaz and Discipline Marshal Munir reached Tehran earlier at this time to attend the funeral prayers of late Ali Khamenei, and convey Pakistan’s condolences to the Iranian management.
Iranian Inside Minister Eskandar Momeni obtained PM Shehbaz upon arrival on the Mehrabad Airport. Senior Pakistani and Iranian diplomatic officers have been additionally current to welcome the prime minister, in accordance with a press release issued by the PM Workplace.
Through the one-day go to, PM Shehbaz can even reaffirm Pakistan’s full solidarity with the brotherly individuals of Iran throughout their time of grief, it stated.
The prime minister is main a high-level delegation comprising Nationwide Meeting Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Deputy Prime Minister and Overseas Minister Ishaq Dar, Data Minister Attaullah Tarar, Pakistan Peoples Get together Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, and others.
Khamenei was martyred on February 28 this 12 months, the primary day of Israeli and US strikes on Iran. His funeral started in Tehran on Friday, with burial scheduled for July 9 in his hometown of Mashhad, in accordance with Iranian state media.
