Missing osama: 2,000 at Al Qaeda leader’s funeral

Massive ceremony amid tight security under supervision of former MPA Advocate.

SIALKOT: Funeral prayers were offered for Osama Bin Laden in Sialkot on Tuesday.

A massive ceremony was held in the courtyard of the Sialkot district coordination officer (DCO) offices amid tight security under the supervision of former MPA Advocate Arshad Mehmood Baggu. Lawyers in the Sialkot Bar boycotted the courts on Tuesday and participated in the prayer ceremony.

Over 2,000 people are reported to have attended the funeral ceremony and they later lay flowers at the site.



Published in The Express Tribune, May 4^th, 2011.