• Adeel Hussain was martyred in attempt to save the city.
• Adeel Hussain’s widow would be recruited in Islamabad Police.
• “It is the state’s responsibility to look after family members.”

ISLAMABAD: Rana Sanaullah, Interior Minister,  has announced to award Tamgha-e-Shujaat to Shaheed Adeel Hussain of Islamabad Police for exhibiting extraordinary courage and bravery to thwart suicide attack in Islamabad on Friday.

In a statement, he said Adeel Hussain was martyred in an attempt to save the federal capital from a major terrorist attack.

Rana Sanaullah said the award was recognition of Adeel’s sacrifice at state level. He said Shaheed Adeel Hussain’s widow would be recruited in Islamabad Police.

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The minister also announced the government will pay 16.5 million rupees in cash to Adeel’s widow under the Shuhada package. He said apart from this a plot was also being given to his family.

He said the full salary of Adeel Hussain would be granted to the widow until completion of his employment tenure.

Rana Sanaullah said the government would bear expenditures of education of the police official’s children and their marriages. “It is the state’s responsibility to look after family members of shuhada and give them respect,” he said.

Earlier, a blast took place in I-10 area of Islamabad that left one policeman dead and six others including two civilians wounded. The incident happened when the security officials tried to stop a vehicle for search.

As per details, in an alleged suicidal attempt, a bomber blew himself up upon being stopped by the police for a search that left at least four security officials wounded.

The initial reports said that the taxi was carrying a male and one female.

The police said that the “taxi” was stopped as it seemed suspicious to the cops. The vehicle had explosive material inside and the bomber blew himself.