Gallantry Awards: Package for martyred officers’ families
PM approved assistance package of Rs15 million for the families of martyred officers for their gallantry services
ISLAMABAD:
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Friday approved special assistance package of Rs15 million for the spouses and families of martyred officers for their gallantry services. The special assistance package includes an amount of compensation to the tune of Rs9 million in addition to lump-sum grant of one million rupees already approved. Moreover, approval was granted for five million rupees in cash to the spouse/family in lieu of plot/land as per Federal Government Employees Housing Foundation’s policy for deceased employees. The PM appreciated the dedicated services and heroic deeds of the officials of law enforcing agencies with conferment of gallantry awards as well. Paying highest tributes to the martyred, the PM said the entire nation was proud of such brave sons of the soil who sacrificed even their lives for the protection of the motherland and expressed the hope that other law enforcing officials would serve with the same spirit and dedication.
Published in The Express Tribune, August 17th, 2013.
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