Gilani condoles Karzai over Rabbanis death

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Gilani condoles Karzai over Rabbanis death

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Gilani offered fateha for the departed soul of Professor Rabbani and prayed for his eternal peace.

22 September,2011 04:40 pm

Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Thursday expressed heartfelt condolences with Afghan President Hamid Karzai over the tragic assassination of High Peace Council Chairman Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani.The Prime Minister, who arrived in the Afghan capital on a brief visit, offered Fateha for the departed soul of Professor Rabbani.Gilani conveyed sentiments of the people of Pakistan, government of Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari and on his behalf on the martyrdom of Prof Rabbani. He termed the death of Prof Rabbani as a huge loss not only for Afghanistan but for the whole region.“Pakistan condemns in strongest terms the terrorist attack that led to the Shahadat of Professor Burhanuddin Rabbani,” he said. He said the people of Pakistan stand by their Afghan brothers in this moment of grief.Paying rich tributes to the late leader, Prime Minister Gilani said that Prof Rabbani being a visionary leader was convinced that violence was not an answer to the problems of Afghanistan, rather he believed in a political solution. Gilani also condoled with the two brothers and four sons of Rabbani, Salahuddin Rabbani, Jalaluddin Rabbani, Muhammad Yusuf Rabbani and Shujauddin Rabbani present in the meeting and expressed grief over the tragic death of their father. President Karzai thanked Prime Minister Gilani for his condolences and for sharing the grief of Afghan people on the demise of Rabbani.