LARKANA: Acting governor of Sindh Agha Siraj Durrani on Thursday condoled martyrdom of Major Saeed Ahmed Tunio with father and other family members in Sujawal Tunio village on Thursday.

The martyr was pilot of the helicopter which met an accident in Lasbela while flying over flood-affected areas in Balochistan and embraced martyrdom along with other army officials.

He condemned the elements which were running campaigns against the institutions on social media. Later, he placed wreath on the martyr’s grave.

Durrani said that Major Saeed had laid down his life while serving the nation and safeguarding the country’s frontiers.

He asked the martyr’s family to write to him about the village’s problems and he would convey them to the party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Asif Ali Zardari, Ms Faryal Talpur and Sindh chief minister to get the issues resolved on a priority basis.

He told journalists that the village life had a great role in the training of Major Tunio who had decided to join the army and was ready to embrace martyrdom. “We are proud of him,” he said.

He said the village’s backwardness called for undertaking development in education, road network and other basic facilities. “I shall try my best to focus on developing the village and the area and with the help of Sindh government’s village uplift program,” he said.

He recalled tremendous sacrifices the country’s institutions and saluted those who were safeguarding the country’s frontiers at the cost of their lives.

Published in Dawn, August 12th, 2022