Blast victim’s mother dies of shock

Published December 4, 2006

QUETTA, Dec 3: The mother of Nushki’s bomb blast victim died when her son’s body was brought home on Sunday. Mohammad Younus died when a powerful bomb blew up a pylon in Nushki on Saturday. His father received his body from government officials on completion of legal formalities on Sunday.

Younus’s mother died the moment she saw her son’s body.

Both mother and son would be buried in a family graveyard in Dera Ghazi Khan, said family members.

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