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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Chief of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force
(PAF), Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman Wednesday offered Fateha and laid
wreath at the martyrs’ monument here at the Air Headquarters.
He laid the wreath in a ceremony held here in connection with the
“Martyrs’ Day” observed by PAF on September 7 at its all bases throughout
the country to pay tribute to Shuhada of 1965 and 1971 wars.
Principal Staff Officers and a large number of Airmen attended the
ceremony, said a PAF press release.
The day started with special Du’aa and Quran Khawani for the
Shuhada of 1965 and 1971 wars and those who laid down their lives in action
since creation of Pakistan.
A similar ceremony was held at Karachi, where a PAF contingent led
by Air Vice Marshal Salman Ahsan Bukhari, Air Officer Commanding,
Southern Air Command offered “Fateha” and laid wreath at the grave of
Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas Shaheed (Nishan-e- Haider) on behalf of Chief
of the Air Staff, Pakistan Air Force.
The wreaths were also laid at the graves of PAF Shuhada throughout
the country.