ISLAMABAD: The Prime Minister Shahbaz Shareef has expressed condolences and sympathies to the Iranian nation over the death of President and announced a day of mourning in the country.
Pakistan will observed a day of mourning and the flag will fly at half mast as a mark of respect for President Raisi and his companions and in solidarity with brotherly Iran, the Prime Minister said in a statement after a helicopter carrying President Raisi along with Foreign Minister Hossain Amir Abduollahian and others crashed in the Varzaqan region in the northwest province of East Azerbaijan.
Shahbaz Shareef said that he had been anxiously following developments regarding the reported crash landing of President Raisi’s helicopter. “Was hoping for good news. Alas, this was not to be,” he remarked.
The premier Shahbaz Shareef prayed to Allah Almighty for peace for the martyred souls and for the Iranian nation to overcome this tragedy with customary courage.
The prime minister said that he had been anxiously following developments regarding the reported crash landing of President Raisi’s helicopter. He recalled that Pakistan had the pleasure of hosting President Raisi and Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian on a historic visit, less than a month ago and remembered them as “good friends of Pakistan.”
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Monday expressing condolences and sympathies to the Iranian nation on the death of President of Iran Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash, announced a day of mourning in the country.
