LAHORE: Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi on Tuesday expressed a deep sense of sorrow and grief over the crash of Pakistan Army Aviation’s helicopter in which Commander Southern Command Lt-Gen Sarfraz Ali, DG Pakistan Coast Guard Maj-Gen Amjad Hanif, Brig Muhammad Khalid, Maj Saeed Ahmad, Maj Talha Manan and Naik Mudassar Fayyaz embraced martyrdom.
The CM extended condolences to the bereaved families and added that military officers have sacrificed their lives in the line of duty. The nation is proud of the martyrs’ dutifulness and they are the heroes of the nation. The entire nation salutes them and we can never forget the great sacrifice of martyrs,” he concluded.