President, PM 'Deeply Grieved'.

ISLAMABAD -- President Arif Alvi Thursday expressed his sincere condoAlences to the Royal family, the Government and the people of Great Britain on the sad deAmise of Queen Elizabeth II, the second longest reigning monAarch in the history of Great Britain.

In a statement, he said that her departure has left an imAmense vacuum, difficult to be filled in times to come. He said, she ascended the throne at a very young age but showed maturity, character, determiAnation, and commitment of the highest order which had made her one of the longest-reignAing monarchs in the world. He said that her inspiring leadership qualAities propelled her to the status of great and beneficent ruler that would be remembered in golden words in the annals of world histoAry. He...