Sacrifices of our soldiers will not go in vain: PM Shehbaz
ISLAMABAD, Sep 06 (SABAH): Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif has said the entire nation is united to meet the challenge posed by devastating floods across the country.
Chairing a meeting of the federal cabinet in Islamabad on Tuesday, PM Shehbaz Sharif said the people are once again laced with the spirit of 1965 war to bravely face this challenge.
Referring to the devastation caused by floods, the Prime Minister said it has destroyed hundreds of thousands of houses and killed about thirteen hundred people including hundreds of children. He said the calamity has damaged crops on a large scale besides sweeping away the livestock.
The Prime Minister however expressed satisfaction that we are once again writing a new chapter in our history to collectively address the current situation.
Shehbaz Sharif said the Defense and Martyrs Day is being observed with simplicity due to the flood situation.
Paying tributes to the sacrifices of martyrs and Ghazis, the Prime Minister recalled that on this day our valiant soldiers foiled with their blood the sordid designs of a four times bigger enemy. He said the sacrifices of our soldiers will not go in vain and that the whole nation including the coming generations will always remember their sacrifices.
Meanwhile Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif visited Pakistan Monument at Shakarparian in Islamabad on Tuesday on the occasion of Defence and Martyrs’ Day. He laid a floral wreath at Yadgar-e-Shuhada to pay tributes to the valiant soldiers of the armed forces.
In his address on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the whole nation salutes its martyrs and ghazis for their indomitable courage and defiance to defeat every wicked assault on the motherland.
He said our brave soldiers resiliently fought to defend every inch of the country 57 years ago on this very day, when an enemy larger in size, crossed international border in the darkness of night to attack Pakistan.
Alluding to the martyrdom of Army officers and jawans in a recent helicopter crash in Lasbella while helping flood victims of Balochistan, the Prime Minister said our armed forces continue to serve the country with the same resilience and never hesitate to give their life and blood for their motherland.
PM Shehbaz Sharif said today in the wake of disastrous floods in different parts of the country, the nation once again stands united alongside its armed forces to fight and recover from the disaster.