PM returns home after completing one-day visit to Iran
Pakistan
PM Shehbaz attended the memorial ceremony in the honour of Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif returned to Pakistan on late Wednesday night after concluding his one-day visit to Islamic Republic of Iran.
Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif attended the memorial ceremony in the honour of Ebrahim Raisi in Tehran.
He paid rich tribute to Seyed Ebrahim Raisi for development and prosperity of the Iranian people, promotion of Pak-Iran relations and services to the region.
Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences on behalf of the government and people of Pakistan to the Acting President of Iran Dr Muhammad Mokhber.
He said the government and people of Pakistan are deeply shocked by the news of the martyrdom of President Seyed Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage in a tragic accident.
The prime minister said the entire Pakistani nation stands with Iran in this hour of grief and our sympathies are with the families of the martyrs and the Iranian people.
During the ceremony, the prime minister also visited the hall where mortal remains of the late Iranian president were kept.
