Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Tuesday, expressing his deep grief and sorrow over loss of precious lives during violent protest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, has announced to visit Muzaffarabad within next few days to hold further consultations over the issue.
While addressing the participants of the federal cabinet meeting, the prime minister said that it was a matter of immense pain that few people lost their lives during the protest, besides damage caused to buildings.
“It was a very unfortunate incident,” PM Shehbaz Sharif said adding that a police officer also lost his life, besides a number of personnel of law enforcement agencies were injured.
The prime minister and the members of the cabinet also offered Fateha for the departed souls.
He emphasized that maintaining law and order in the country was top priority of the government so that it could move on venue of development and prosperity.
“Azad Jammu and Kashmir is a jugular vein of Pakistan as declared by Quaid e Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah,” he added.
