Pakistan’s PM, parliamentarians offer Ismail Haniyeh’s funeral prayer

ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, members of the federal cabinet, and the parliamentarians on Friday offered the funeral prayer in absentia of Ismail Haniyeh, the Chief of the Political Bureau of Hamas killed in Tehran on Wednesday.

The funeral prayer was held across the country as part of the government’s decisions made on Thursday which also included the observance of a day of mourning.-

Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar, National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, PTI chairman Barrister Ali Gohar, Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, Law Minister Azam Nazeer Tarar, and leaders of the ruling coalition as well as the opposition parties also offered the funeral prayer.

They prayed for the elevation of the rank of the martyr in paradise, peace in Palestine, and the betterment of the Muslim world.

Earlier, the National Assembly (NA) unanimously passed a resolution, strongly condemning the Israeli ongoing state oppression and brutality in Palestine.

The House expressed complete solidarity with the Palestinian brothers and sisters and extended condolences to the family of Ismail Haniyeh and the people of Palestine. The resolution was moved by the deputy prime minister and foreign minister Mohammad Ishaq Dar in the House on behalf of all political parties.