Prime Minister launches Shuhada Package for martyred federal govt officials; resolves to eliminate smuggling.

Pakistani PM Muhammad Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday launched the Shuhada Package to support the families of the Federal Government officials who martyred in the line of duty, comprising cash assistance, housing allowance as well as free education and medical treatment for their families.

Shahbaz Sharif, who visited the family of late Customs Inspector Syed Hasnain Ali Tirmizi, who was martyred in a firing incident in Dera Ismail Khan earlier this month, handed over a cheque under the Shuhada Package to the grieved family and assured his government’s support for the security of the customs officials serving to purge the country of smuggling.

He said after Fateha for the martyred soul and sympathizing with the bereaved family that the Shuhada Package, earlier announced by the Punjab government, had now been extended to the federal government and could be revised further considering the country’s financial position.

Under the package, the family members of a martyred sepoy would get Rs 10 million cash assistance and Rs 13.5 million housing allowance besides free education and medical treatment. The family of a martyred customs inspector would be entitled for a Rs15 million cash and Rs25 million housing allowance along with free education and medical facilities.

The package will also apply to civilian officials, police and law enforcement agencies, the prime minister said who was accompanied by Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, PML-N leaders, and senior government officers.

“The elimination of smuggling is as essential as the recovery of the national economy. Economic stability cannot be achieved without curbing the smuggling. This is my foremost responsibility as well as of my government,” he remarked.

He also thanked Army Chief General Syed Asim Munir, KP government, provincial chief secretary, and Inspector General of KP Police for their support in the federal government’s endeavor against smuggling so that people could use their produce and the country could earn foreign exchange through exports by legal means.

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