Mother of Shaheed Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas passes away

ISLAMABAD: Begum Rashida Minhas, mother of Shaheed Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas – the youngest recipient of Nishan-e-Haider – passed away at the age of 95.

The deceased was reportedly seriously ill and was treated at Combined Military Hospital (CMH). Condolences over the demise of the mother of the youngest recipient of Nishan-e-Haider poured in on Saturday.

Chief of Air Staff Zaheer Ahmad Babar also expressed condolences over the death of Begum Rashida.

Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu also expressed heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of Begum Rasheeda Minhas, mother of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (Shaheed), Nishan-e-Haider.

In his condolence message issued here by PAF, the Air Chief said, “May Allah bless the departed soul; and give strength to the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss, Ameen!”

11 December, 2021: Air Chief Marshal Zaheer Ahmed Baber Sidhu, NI(M) Chief of the Air Staff Pakistan Air Force expresses heartfelt condolences on the sad demise of Begum Rasheeda Minhas, mother of Pilot Officer Rashid Minhas (Shaheed), Nishan-e-Haider.

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