KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples Party chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and several other politicians visited the Iranian Consulate General in Karachi on Tuesday to offer their condolences over the loss of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi who died in a helicopter crash.

Mr Bhutto-Zardari, along with his sister Aseefa and CM Shah, met with Iranian Consul General Hassan Nourian at the consulate and expressed his grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives.

Meanwhile, the CM, on behalf of the people of the province, offered deepest condolence to the family of Iranian President Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossain Amir-Abdollahian.

Also on Tuesday, senior leaders of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan Syed Mustafa Kamal and Nasreen Jalil paid a visit to the Iranian consulate general and offered condolences.

They prayed for the departed soul and expressed solidarity with the people of Iran in these trying times.

Published in Dawn, May 22nd, 2024

Opinion

Editorial

A year later
Updated 08 Feb, 2025

A year later

A war of egos has been fought between a handful of individuals at the cost of the well-being of millions of ordinary Pakistanis.
Wheat decision
08 Feb, 2025

Wheat decision

THE federal decision to stop setting the minimum support price for wheat and cease the staple’s procurement...
Dhanmondi attack
08 Feb, 2025

Dhanmondi attack

HISTORY has shown that unless states deliver development and equal rights to all, disenfranchised people can target...
Depopulating Gaza
Updated 07 Feb, 2025

Depopulating Gaza

The least feasible "solution" is the Trumpian plan for Gaza’s ethnic cleansing and occupation, which is a non-starter.
‘Pause’ in US aid
07 Feb, 2025

‘Pause’ in US aid

THE impact of the Trump administration’s decision to ‘pause’ all US foreign aid programmes, especially those...
Mobilising opposition
07 Feb, 2025

Mobilising opposition

POLITICS makes strange bedfellows. There has not, for quite some time, been a guest list as intriguing as the one...