Abbas Town Martyrs Laid To Rest

Posted on the 04 March 2013 by Azharnadeem

Funeral prayers of 48 innocent souls martyred as result of Sunday’s Abbas Town tragedy has been offered at Shah rah-e-Pakistan Karachi. Large number of people from all walks of life attended the funeral prayers led by renowned scholar Maulana Shaikh Salah Uddin.

Departed souls will be buried at Wadi-e-Hussain graveyard in Karachi. Shiite Muslims are facing a genocide like situation in Pakistan and are subject to targeted terrorism. During 2013 there has been three horrible attacks on Shiite Muslims killing at least 220 people and injuring scores. Latest attack came on Sunday evening in coastal city Karachi when a car bomb went off outside an Imambargah in Abbas Town area of the city. At least 48 people were killed and at least 150 injured as a result.