Rehman Malik asks Punjab Govt to name road, village after name of Shaheed Col Sohail Abid

ISLAMABAD: After visiting the grave and family of Shaheed Colonel Sohail Abid, Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior and senior PPP leader Senator A. Rehman Malik wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary Punjab to rename the Angori Road and village Bobari after the name of Colonel Shaheed Sohail Abid who embraced martyrdom few days ago in Killi Almas area of Quetta, Balochistan.

In his letter to the Chief Secretary Punjab, Senator A. Rehman Malik writes that on the desire of the father of Colonel Shaheed Sohail Abid, it is requested to rename the ‘Angori Road’ which is a small branch road from the Murree Motorway to his native village “Bobari” as “Colonel Shaheed Sohail Abid Road”.

He has also demanded in the letter that the village of Colonel Shaheed Sohail Abid namely ‘’Bobari’’ may be named as ‘Colonel Shaheed Sohail Abid Nagar’’ as per the desire of bereaved family particularly his old age father, said a press release on Saturday.

Chairman Senate Standing Committee on Interior Senator A. Rehman Malik further writes “This desire of the family of Colonel Shaheed Sohail Abid may be kindly be fulfilled in order to recognize and pay a rich tribute to him for his unmatched sacrifices for our beloved country - Pakistan”.

Meanwhile, he said we as a nation are proud of the sacrifices of our armed forces, personnel of Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) and our Intelligence Agencies for our homeland and their unmatched sacrifices shall be remembered forever in the history of Pakistan.