The News | 14 July 2010

Habib Jalib laid to rest after funeral prayers

QUETTA: Secretary General of Balochistan National Party (BNP) Habib Jalib, who was assassinated Wednesday morning in a firing incident, has been laid to rest here in his ancestral graveyard.

The deceased’s funderal prayer was held near the above graveyard and attended by leaders and workers of BNP besides representatives of various nationalist, political, religious and other parties including Pushtoonkhwa Mili Awami Party, National Party, Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam, Hazara Democratic Party. Lawyers and a large number of people belonging to different walks life were also present.

Imam of a local mosque led the funeral prayers.

Leaders a various political and nationalist parties also addressed the gathering on the occasion and paid rich tributes to Habib Jalib Baloch for his services rendered in the realm of politics. They strongly condemned the killing of the BNP leader and demanded that the culprits be brought to justice.

Source: The News