NANKANA SAHIB: Senate Standing Committee on Defence Chairman Mushahid Hussain Syed on Saturday said that Pakistan has a powerful army and a strong parliament, and civil and military leaderships are working with complete mutual understanding.
He was talking to the media at the residence of Captain Husnain, after laying a wreath at his grave. United Kingdom House of Lords member Lord Nazir Ahmad, Senator Mir Kabir Ahmed Muhammad Shahi, Senator Muhammad Javed Abbasi, Senator Muhammad Azam Khan Swati, Member National Assembly Shizra Mansab and other local representatives of civil society were also present. He said that Pakistani forces were facing challenges of terrorism besides defending the country on both eastern and western fronts, and the parliament was playing its due role as well.
He termed the visit of Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa to Afghanistan and Iran as a good omen. Mushahid said that it was decided in a meeting, called after the martyrdom of Captain Husnain Nawaz, that the committee would personally go to Nankana Sahib to express its solidarity and condolence to the family of Husnain. He said that Captain Husnain was pride of the nation and the Pakistan Army as he sacrificed his life to protect the Canadian citizens.
He said Nankana Sahib is a historical and spiritual place and now another chapter of ‘shahadat’ had been added to it after the martyrdom of Captain Husnain Nawaz. Mushahid said that officers of the Pakistan Army were presenting their lives for the defence of the country.
The standing committee also expressed solidarity with the Kashmiri people.
At the occasion, Senator Azam Khan Swati said that the sacrifice of Captain Husnain had raised morale of the nation. Shizra Mansab said that it was an honour for Nankana Sahib that its son sacrificed his life for the nation and the nation saluted the martyr of the city. Lord Nazir Ahmad said that the entire world including US President Donald Trump appreciated the role of Pakistan for freeing the Canadian family from terrorists and Captain Husnain Nawaz was pride of the nation.
The committee members condoled with the father of the martyred officer. The committee members also visited Gurdwara Janam Asthan where Sikh leaders warmly welcomed them. Pakistan Sikh Gurdwara Prabandhak Committee General Secretary Gopal Singh Chawla and Evacuee Trust Property Board Shrines Additional Secretary M Tariq gave a briefing to the members of the standing committee.
Published in Daily Times, November 12th 2017.
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