Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has attended the funeral ceremony of the late Supreme Leader of Iran, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

He participated in the funeral ceremony at the invitation of Iranian President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian.

The Prime Minister led a high-level delegation from Pakistan that included Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar, Chief of Army Staff and Chief of Defence Forces, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, Interior Minister Syed Mohsin Naqvi, Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and other senior government officials.

On this solemn occasion, the Prime Minister recalled the lasting contributions of the late Supreme Leader for Islam. He paid rich tribute to the late Supreme Leader, who guided the Iranian nation for decades, with remarkable wisdom and sagacity.

The Prime Minister expressed full solidarity with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, President Dr Masoud Pezeshkian and the brotherly people of Iran in this moment of national grief and prayed to Allah Almighty for forgiveness of the departed leader.

Parliamentary delegation led by Chairman Senate Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani and Speaker National Assembly Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Parliamentarians and Chief Minister Sindh Syed Murad Ali Shah also attended the funeral along with the Prime Minister.

After attending the ceremony, the Prime Minister, who had arrived in Tehran earlier on Friday, departed for Istanbul for his official visit to Turkiye.