The funeral prayer of policemen, martyred after firing by unknown persons at IJP road near Toll Plaza on Wednesday, was offered here at Police Line Headquarters on Thursday. The funeral prayer was attended by Minister for Interior Syed Ijaz Ahmed Shah, Inspector General of Police Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar, senior police officials, political and religious figures, family members of martyred personnel and others. The floral wreaths were laid on the coffins of martyred policemen on behalf of minister for interior and IGP Islamabad.

Both expressed their condolences with family members of the martyred cops and prayed Almighty Allah to rest the departed souls in eternal peace, says a press release issued here. The IGP also shouldered the coffins and sent them to their native towns with full honor along with SP (Saddar Zone) Naeem Iqbal. It is to mention that two police constables Saqlain and Khurram Tanoli got martyred last day after firing by the unknown persons during checking at IJP road near Toll Plaza.

Two teams have been also constituted to trace the criminals and efforts are underway to arrest the perpetrators of this act after registration of First Information Reports (FIRs). The IGP Islamabad Muhammad Aamir Zulfiqar said that families of martyred personnel would get the salaries and other privileges till retirement age (60 years) of these cops while their children would be facilitated for free of cost education.-PR

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