NEW DELHI – Pakistan Information Minister Ali Zafar attended the last ritesof former Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in New Delhi on Friday.
Later Pakistan’s Law and Information minister Syed Ali Zafar who was inDelhi to represent Pakistan at Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s funeral, met IndianExternal Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj.
Syed Ali Zafar was accompanied by Director India at Ministry of ForeignAffairs (MoFA), Fariha Bugti, Director General South Asia, South AsianAssociation for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) and Spokesperson at MoFA,Muhammad Faisal and Director to Law and Information Minister, DanyalGillani.
India’s top leadership, foreign dignitaries, and the common man mourned thedeath of Atal Bihari Vajpayee and bid an emotional farewell to the formerprime minister who was one of the most-loved leaders in decades and hadacceptability across a diverse ideological spectrum.
Foreign dignitaries such as Bhutan King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck,Afghan politician Hamid Karzai, and Bangladesh Foreign Minister Abul HassanMahmood Ali also paid last respects to the leader.Vajpayee, 93, died at theAll India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here last evening after aprolonged illness.
Last night, Vajpayee’s body was taken to his official residence on KrishnaMenon Marg from AIIMS where he was admitted in June.