QUETTA, Nov 17: The body of Aimal Kasi, who was executed on Friday in Virginia for killing two United States Central Intelligence Agency men in 1993, will arrive here on Monday.

According to family sources, Kasi would be buried in his ancestral graveyard at Killi Ibrahim Zai on Tuesday after his Namaz-i-Janaza at Ayub Stadium.

The body reached Karachi at 12.45am by Pakistan International Airlines flight PK-716 from Lahore for onward journey to Quetta by PK-352 at 2pm.

Quetta Traders Organization President Abdul Rahim has announced that it will observe a strike on Tuesday against the execution of Kasi.

After a meeting of the organization, he said the traders and people of the city would observe black days on Monday and Tuesday.

The administration has deployed over 2,000 extra security men to avert any untoward incident. Police were also deployed around the residence of Kasi and near Kasi Qila.

AFP adds: “I am expecting his body on Monday,” Kasi’s brother Naseebullah told AFP. The body was due to arrive at 3pm, he said.

The funeral, earlier planned for Monday, had been pushed back to Tuesday morning because the family wanted to allow as many people as possible to pay their respects before his burial, Naseebullah said.

“We wanted to have a quiet funeral but we are receiving requests, telephone messages from far-off places, from people who want to attend the funeral.

“They have asked us to make arrangements for it to be held at an open place, so the family decided that it will be held at Quetta stadium,” he said.

The funeral procession from his home will start on Tuesday at 10am and will culminate at the stadium, with thousands expected to attend.

“Everybody wants to attend his funeral. I never met him and I don’t know him but I will attend his funeral because I know he embraced his death bravely,” a student, Abdul Ghani, said.

“He admitted that he killed CIA officials because it was CIA agents who worked against the interests of Muslims,” he said.

The traders association appealed to the business community to attend the funeral.

“(Kasi) sacrificed his life to the cause of Muslims. A son of Balochistan has embraced martyrdom and it is our duty to attend his funeral, general secretary of the association, Mohammad Ibrahim Kasi, said in a statement.”

The leader of Kasi tribe, Arbab Zahir Kasi, called for peace in the wake of his execution. “We should not be violent. We should express our feelings peacefully,” he said. “People should not resort to any violence.”