Body of Christchurch attacks victim Areeb to reach Karachi today
Last updated on: 25 March,2019 09:00 pm
Areeb Ahmed funeral prayer will be offered at Sangam Ground Dastagir No 9 area at 3:30pm today.
KARACHI (Dunya News) – The body of a Pakistani man who embraced martyrdom in Christchurch terrorist attack in New Zealand will be brought to Karachi today (Monday).
Pakistan’s High Commissioner to New Zealand has handed over the remains of Pakistani man Areeb Ahmed to the international airline.
The plane will land at the Jinnah International Airport at 10:30am.
His funeral prayer will be offered at Sangam Ground Dastagir No 9 area at 3:30pm and he would be buried at the Sakhi Sarwar Graveyard in Karachi.
Ahmed had recently moved to Christchurch to work as a chartered accountant. He was an only son of his parents. One of his uncles, Muhammad Muzaffar Khan, described him as deeply religious, praying five times a day.
Nine Pakistanis martyred in terror attacks
On March 17, Foreign Office (FO) Spokesperson Dr Mohammad Faisal said that nine Pakistanis were pronounced dead by New Zealand s authorities in Friday s terror attack on two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch.
Dr Faisal said Sohail Shahid, Syed Jahandad Ali, Syed Areeb Ahmed, Mahboob Haroon, Naeem Rashid and his son Talha Naeem, Mr Zeeshan Raza, Mr Ghulam Hussain, Ms Karam have been announced dead by the authorities.
NZ mosque shootings
On March 15, a gunman opened fire inside the Masjid al Noor mosque during afternoon prayers, causing multiple fatalities.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the deadly mosque shootings in Christchurch had plunged the country into one of its "darkest days".
"Clearly, what has happened here is an extraordinary and unprecedented act of violence," Ardern said in an address to a shocked nation.
"Many of those who will have been directly affected by this shooting may be migrants to New Zealand, they may even be refugees here," Ardern said.
"They have chosen to make New Zealand their home, and it is their home. They are us. The person who has perpetuated this violence against us is not." "They should have been in a safe environment," she said.