PM visits PNS Shifa, enquires health of base attack victims
KARACHI, May 24 (APP): Prime Minister Syed Yusuf Raza Gilani Tuesday visited PNS Shifa and enquired about the health of all those who were injured in a terrorist attack on air base of Pakistan Navy at PNS Mehran.He met with all the injured personnel one by one in the general and surgical ward and Intensive  Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital.Injured personnel  said they keenly wished to attain martyrdom and told thePrime Minister that they would have been much happier had they embraced shahadat.“If terrorists are bent upon suicides we are also ready for shahadat”, one of theinjured jawan asserted when the PM asked about his welfare. 
“After visiting the patients I am happy and feel proud of the Jawans who despite injuries are determined to serve and defend the motherland,” the Prime Minister said while briefly talking to media persons after visiting the security personnel.
He said the nation was proud of the personnel who embraced martyrdom and those who were injured in the ‘Response Operation’ at PNS Mehran against terrorists.
The security personnel of Navy, Rangers and Police showed extraordinary courage and fought bravely to eliminate the terrorists and protect their colleagues and assets of Pakistan Navy, he added.
To a question, the Prime Minister said Defence Committee of the Cabinet will meet in Islamabad on Wednesday to review the security arrangements in the country.
The Prime Minister was also accompanied by Sindh Governor Dr. Ishratul-Ebad-Khan, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral Noman Bashir and Interior Minister Rehman Malik.