RAWALPINDI: Punjab Assembly Speaker Chaudhry Parvez Elahi, Minister for Housing Tariq Bashir Cheema and Member of National Assembly (MNA) Hussain Elahi visited the residence of Provincial Law Minister Mohammad Basharat Raja and offered condolences to him on the demise of his sister.

Provincial minister Hafiz Ammar Yasir and PML-Q Rawalpindi President Zubair Khan also accompanied the speaker. PTI National Assembly member Sadaqat Ali Abbasi and Raja Basharat’s son Raja Behrooz were also present on the occasion. Fateha was also offered for the deceased.

“We equally share the grief of Raja Basharat and pray that Allah Almighty grant the deceased a high position in paradise and grant patience to her family,” Mr Elahi said.

Published in Dawn, March 13th, 2022

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