Armed Forces celebrate Eid

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Armed Forces on Monday celebrated Eid-ul-Fitr along with the entire nation with religious fervour and solemnity.

Congregations were held in all garrison mosques where senior serving / retired military officers offered Eid prayers with troops and prayed for the prosperity and well-being of the country, said an ISPR press release.

An Eid congregation was held at Chaklala Garrison here, where Chief of the Army Staff General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani and a large number of high ranking military officials offered Nimaz-e-Eid with troops. After the Eid prayers, special Dua was held for the unity and solidarity of the country and well-being of its people.

Lieutenant General Azhar Rashid, Surgeon General, visited the Combined Military Hospital and Military Hospital Rawalpindi where he met the patients and inquired about their health.