President Asif Ali Zardari Sunday announced the award of Rs 500,000 each to the martyred and Rs 100,000 each to the injured policemen in the Saturday suicide attack on Rescue 15 building in Islamabad. This amount will be in addition to the compensation that is paid to the martyred and injured in terrorist attacks in accordance with the laid down policy.
This is a special award to honour the policemen for their exceptional bravery and courage who laid down their lives to avert what could have been a catastrophic loss, he said. The President also directed that the compensation to the victims of suicide bombing in a mosque in Dir on Friday should be paid within forty eight hours.
The compensation cheques should be handed over to the heirs of the victims by the elected representatives of the area, the Presidential directive said.
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