RAHIM YAR KHAN: The funeral prayers of 13 labourers, who were killed in Turbat, were offered at their native areas Chak 211, 212, 213 and 214-P of Sadiqabad tehsil on Sunday.

The funeral prayers of seven of them -- Muhammad Din Solangi, Muhammad Suthar, Faqir Muhammad, Rana Solangi, Allah Dina, Muhammad Ashiq and Malik Mitha was offered at Chowk Gulab of Chak 212-P.

Assistant Commissioner Shakeel Bhatti, Mir Fazal Elahi Fazli and Sardar Habib Khan Solangi, along with people of the area, offered the prayers.

The funeral prayers of Sajid, Afzal, Arshad, Mumtaz and Farooq Ahmed was offered at Shahpur while Bilawal’s were offered at Kot Sabzal. Not a single legislator from the district participated in the funeral prayers of the labourers killed in the terrorist attack in Turbat on Friday night.

Published in Dawn, April 13th, 2015

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