Funeral prayers offered for martyred CTD officers.

LAHORE -- Funeral prayers were offered on Wednesday for two martyred officers of the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD), a day after they were gunned down in a targeted attack in Khanewal district.

Funeral prayers for CTD Director Naveed Sadiq Sial and Inspector Nasir Abbas were offered in Multan, Khanewal, and Lahore, and was attended by civil and military officials as well as family members.

The two CTD officers, Grade 19 officer Naveed Sadiq Sial and Inspector Nasir Abbas, were shot dead by an unidentified assailant in the parking space of a hotel near Pirowal on Tuesday.

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