7 martyrs of Lahore tragedy buried in Okara
From Our Correspondent
OKARA: Seven people, including two women, who were martyred in the Lahore blast, were laid to rest in their ancestral graveyards here on Monday.
Four martyred of Hujra Shah Muqeem were close relatives and they were residing in Lahore for jobs. The martyrs were identified as Shabbir Ahmad s/o Muhammad Sharif, Zahoor Ahmad s/o Mehenga, Zahid Iqbal s/o Muhammad Rafiq and Iman Fatima d/o Naseer Ahmad, Abdur Rashid and his wife Robina Bibi of 13/1L village, Muhammad Wasim s/o Muhammad Saleem of Bugyana village. Scores of people, including DPO Faisal Rana, attended the funeral prayers of the martyrs. Later, they were buried.
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