{"id":21770,"date":"2025-09-01T17:13:22","date_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/?p=21770"},"modified":"2025-09-01T17:13:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-01T12:13:24","slug":"punjab-awards-top-civil-honour-to-late-pattoki-ac-furqan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyrapidnews.com\/eng\/2025\/09\/01\/punjab-awards-top-civil-honour-to-late-pattoki-ac-furqan\/","title":{"rendered":"Punjab awards top civil honour to late Pattoki AC Furqan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>The Punjab government has decided to confer the province\u2019s highest civil award on deceased Pattoki Assistant Commissioner Furqan Ahmed Khan, who passed away while serving people in testing circumstances.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His family will also receive a grant of Rs10 million in recognition of his services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dedication despite illness<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>According to officials, Furqan Ahmed continued to perform relief duties in the field for four consecutive days despite suffering from cancer. He worked tirelessly to ensure that flood-affected families in Pattoki received food, medicines, and other essential supplies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">CM Maryam Nawaz pays tribute<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz paid rich tribute to the late officer, calling him \u201ca true hero who sacrificed his life in the line of duty.\u201d She said Furqan Ahmed\u2019s dedication in the face of personal suffering would always be remembered as an example of selfless public service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThose who sacrifice their lives while serving in difficult circumstances are real heroes,\u201d she remarked, adding that the officer\u2019s duty and courage had set a benchmark for others in public service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Punjab government has decided to confer the province\u2019s highest civil award on deceased Pattoki<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19,446],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","category-trending"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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