By Anees Abbasi
LARKANA: Traders of Resham Gali Larkana and hundreds of citizens offered Absentia funeral prayer for Benazir Bhutto and prayed for the rest of departed soul.
On the occasion, Muhammad Ali Shaikh, President Resham Gali Cloths and otheres demanded from the authorities to arrest the killers immediately and give them an exemplary punishment.
Meanwhile, PPP leaders held a Quran Khuwani and also offered absentia funeral prayer for the martyred Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto, which was led by Hafiz Muhammad Qasim at Jinnah Bagh Chowk.
Nisar Ahmed Khuhro, Shahid Bhutto, Anwar Bhutto, Khair Muhammad Shaikh, Aftab Naik Muhammad Bhutto, Ayaz Soomro, Mashooq Jatoi, Ghulam Mustafa Asran, Khalid Iqbal Memon, Ghulam Mujadid Asran, Asghar Shaikh, Barkat Shaikh, Gulzar Soomro (STP) and around five thousands people were present on the occassion. Later, Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said that 27 December was as a big tragedy. He said that Sindhi have faced many disasters and tragedies belonging to Bhutto family, adding that PPP will take revenge of such incidents. On the occasion, PPP activists chanted slogans of Shaheed Zulfiqar Bhutto, Bhutto was alive and Bhutto is alive.
Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi offers
condolence to Asif Zardari
Former caretaker Prime Minister and National Peoples Party (NPP) chief Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi, accompanied by his son Ghulam Murtaza Jatoi, Monday visited Bhutto House here and offered condolence to Asif Ali Zardari and his son Bilawal for slain PPP chairperson Ms. Benazir Bhutto. Former Sindh Minister Dr. Ibrahim Jatoi also accompanied them. Sardar Yar Muhammad Jamali and Jan Muhammad Jamali from Balochistan also offered condolence. Meanwhile, Governor Sindh Dr. Ishratul Ibad Khan and Caretaker Chief Minister Justice E Abdul Qadir Halepoto offered condolence to Mr. Zardari on telephone.
BB’s death: All
business markets still closed
All business markets in Larkana remained closed on fifth consecutive day on Monday to mourn the death of PPP chairperson and twice prime minister Benazir Bhutto in a suicide attack.
The markets remained shut in Bandar Road, Shahi Bazaar, Raisham Gali, Lahori Mohalla, Gajannpur, Jailas Bazaar, Baqrani Road and other areas. The traffic also remained thin. The leaders of political, social and religious organizations including notables also expressed condolences with Asif Ali Zardari, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and top PPP leadership in Garhi Khuda Bux over the death of Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
The office-bearers of Dawat-e-Islami’s Central Majlis-e-Shura also expressed condolence with the victim family and presented a gift of books written by Allama Maulana Mohammad Ilyas Qadri.
The Editors of Sindh TV and newspapers also laid floral wreaths on the mazar of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto.
Vacations extended
The Principal, Chandka Medical College (CMC) Larkana, Professor Sikandar Ali Shaikh has announced that the administration has extended the CMC’s winter vacation upto January 5. The regular classes of the College would now commence from January 7, 2008, he said.