COAS General Raheel Shareef shoulders the janaza of his mother for burial at Cavalry Ground Graveyard. PHOTO: INP
President Mamnoon Hussain, federal ministers Khawaja Asif, Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan and Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qadir, AJK President Sardar Muhammad Yaqoob, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee Gen Rashad Mehmood, naval and air chiefs, and serving and retired civil and military officers attended the funeral prayers. Messages of condolences were delivered by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and President Mamnoon Hussain.
After the funeral prayers in Chaklala, an open house was held at the army chief’s residence where officers, friends and family gathered to convey their condolences. The event was attended by former army chiefs Gen (retd) Ashfaq Pervez Kayani and Gen (retd) Waheed Kakar.
General Raheel hails from a military family, his father retired as a Major and his brother, Major Shabbir Sharif Shaheed, lost his life during the 1971 war and became the recipient of the Nishaan-e-Haider, the highest award of gallantry in the military.
The burial of the army chief’s mother took place at Cavalry Ground cemetery in Lahore Cantt, where the Sharif family home is also located.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 15th, 2015.
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