Tag: Funeral
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Nawaz welcome to attend mother’s funeral in Lahore, govt says
The government on Tuesday dismissed the impression of placing restrictions on the arrival of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, his sons — Hassan Nawaz and Hussain Nawaz — and former finance minister Ishaq Dar for the funeral of Begum Shamim Akhtar, the mother of Sharif brothers who passed away in London on Sunday. Nawaz has been living…
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VIDEO: PTI, PML-N lawmakers join hands to flout social distancing at funeral of colleagues’ mother
In a rather shocking development, lawmakers from both Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and its rival Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) among other political parties have come together to attend the funeral of two of their colleagues’ mother, flouting social distancing as well as the ban on public gatherings to curb the spread of coronavirus in the country.…
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KP doctor bathes coronavirus patient’s body, leads funeral prayers after cleric’s refusal to do so
A doctor in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has won the hearts of millions over the internet after he bathed [Islamic ritual of ghusl] a deceased coronavirus patient’s body and led his funeral prayers following the refusal of a religious cleric to do the same. Reports quoted Dr Hafiz Sanaullah, who is treating COVID-19 patients at a…
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Shangla doctor comes forward for coronavirus patient’s ghusal, funeral
After a man died of the coronavirus at a government hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Shangla, nobody was willing to prepare the body for burial or offer the funeral prayers until one doctor stepped up. Dr Hafiz Sanaullah bathed the body, offered the funeral prayers and then buried it. The hospital is located in the Basham…