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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

PM tours Gilan, feels happy to visit ancestors’ land

TEHRAN: Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani has visited the land of his ancestors Gillan province of Iran and offered Fatiha at the shrine of famous Sufi saint Sheikh Zahid Gillani there at the city of Lahijan.

The governor of Gillan province Mehdi Sadati has welcomed him at the provincial capital Rashat , where Prime Minister Gillani went to see the land of his forefathers . Foreign for Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, Textile Minister Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din , Minister for Technial Training Riaz Hussain Pirzada and Senator Sughra Imam accompanied him.
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani took special interest in the renovation work of Zahid Gillani’s tomb which is being carried out under the supervision of Governor Mehdi Sadati.
He showed his pleasure on the tour of the place, from where his family had migrated to Multan centuries ago. Online