Pak Imambargah martyrs inhumed in presence of thousands

By: Naqi Hazarah

QUETTA, Pakistan: Thousands of wailing mourners while beating their chests attended on Saturday morning the funeral for 45 victims of terror attack at Imambargah Kalan Isna Ashariyah in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta.

Unknown terrorists had launched a hand-grenade and firing attack on Friday congregation consisted of thousands of worshippers at the Imambargah leaving more than 4-dozen innocent worshippers martyred and scores more injured.

Following the Friday's attack, which was the third terrorist assault in slightly more than one month in Quetta, the government called in troops and imposed a curfew. Saturday, the city administration announced five-hour hiatus in curfew from 1:00 pm to 6:00 pm.

Most of the martyrs were inhumed at the Hazara graveyard not far from the imambargah that was attacked a day earlier, while other bodies were taken by their families to their ancestral graveyards for burial.

After returning home at the end of a four-nation tour, President Musharraf promised to take “the toughest action” possible against the culprits. He said: “They are illiterate and wild elements, who are not only causing damage to the country, but they are also bringing a bad name to Islam.”

Meanwhile, the three-day mourning declared by the Quaid-Millat-e-Jafariya Agha Syed Hamid Ali Shah Moosavi for the martyrs is being observed throughout the country.

Also, the CMH authorities have displayed the list of the martyrs. The names are:

Haider Ali s/o Ali Bukhsh,
Nazar Hussein s/o Mazhar Hussein,
Rkhaliq Hussein,
Mazhar Ali,
Muhammad Nada,
Reza Mehdi Moosavi s/o Syed Ahmed Moosavi,
Ghulam Haider,
Tanzeem Haider Naqvi s/o Zulfiqar Ali,
Faqeer Malang,
Rajab Ali s/o Mohammed Ali,
Syed Badar Hussein,
Yaqoub Ali,
Muhammad Asghar,
Ameerul Haq Naqi,
Masoud Abbas,
Muhammad Yaqoub,
Anwar Hussein
Salim Khan,
Haji Ghulam Ali,
Wilayat Hussein s/o Fazal Hussein,
Younus Hasan,
Kashif Reza s/o Ghulam Nabi,
Mohammad Naqi s/o Nazar Hussein,
Zawwar,
Mazhar Ali s/o Ramzan Ali,
Mohammed Ramzan Ali,
Mohammed Latif s/o Ibrahim,
Haji Ghulam Mohammed s/o Ali Shafa,
Mehdi s/o Ghulam Hussein,
Tasawwar Abbas s/o Ashfaq Hussein,
Sa’adat Ali s/o Haji Abdullah,
Syed Baqer Raza s/o Syed Amir Shah,
Mustafa Haider Zaidi s/o Ilyas Zaidi,
Haji Abdul Wahid s/o Haji Abdul Ali,
Mohammed Mehdi s/o Ghulam Hussein,
Mohammed Hasan s/o Abdul Hussein,
Asim Ali s/o Ali Juma
Munir Ahmed,
Mohammed Hussein,
Mohammed Ayub,
Ramzan Ali,
Syed Mohammed Naqi Bangash,
Ijaz Hussein s/o Ghulam Hussein,
Qurban Ali,
Arbab Ali.

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