A survey has revealed that Christians bear the lowest costs when burying their loved ones. DESIGN: FAIZAN DAWOOD/ ESSA MALIK
While charities are always at hand to help out, a survey has revealed that Christians bear the lowest costs when burying their loved ones. The Hindus and Sikhs of K-P do not have enough shamshaan ghats and the Muslims of Lahore must fork out an extra fee to use marble.
Here will compare the average costs for a funeral in five cities of Pakistan:
Lahore
Death certificate: Rs100*
(*After a month Rs400+50p/day charged by UCs)
Post-mortem: Free
Morgue: Rs800/24hrs
Muslims
Grave digging: Rs2,000
Bricked grave: Rs1,000
Marble for grave: Rs25,000
DHA marble
grave fee: NA
Model Town marble
grave fee: Rs6,000
Miani Sharif graveyard
marble grave fee: Rs20,000
(*According to the rules of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) and Model Town societies, a spouse and their parents and
children are allowed to be buried but not married daughters.)
Christian
Grave: Rs5,000
Katcha grave: Rs10,000
Marble grave: Rs15,000
Hindu
Cremation: Rs10,000
(*Wood 240kg, desi ghee 2kg)
Coffin: Rs3,000
Sikh
Cremation: Rs10,000
(*Wood 240kg, desi ghee 2kg)
Coffin: Rs3,000
Islamabad-Rawalindi
Rawalpindi
Death certificate: Rs200
Post-mortem: Free
Morgue: Rs600/night
Islamabad
Death certificate: Rs150
Post-mortem: Free
Mortuaries: Rs500/night
Grave digging: Rs300
Muslims in twin cities
Grave digging: Rs2,000
Katcha grave: Rs8,000+
Slabs: Rs5,500
Shroud: Rs2,000
Marble: Rs4,500
Christians
Burial service: free
Katcha grave: Rs8,000
Coffin: Rs4,000
(*Graveyards in H-9, Gora Qabristan,
Pirwadhai)
Hindus
Cremation: Rs15,000
(incl. 335kg of wood, 9kg of coconut,
5kg ghee)
Sikhs
Cremation: Rs15,000
Sikhs also use the same Shamshaan ghaat in Pindi
Karachi
Death certificate: Rs300-Rs500
Post-mortem: Free
Morgue: Rs2,000-Rs4,000/day
(*Edhi cold storage = Rs500 for 72 hours)
Muslims
Grave digging: Rs3,500
Shroud package: Rs600
Hearse: Rs4,000+/bus
Katcha grave: Rs4,000
Tombstone: Rs700
Marble works: Rs25,000+
(*The shroud, a small flask of perfume, rosewater, camphor, white powder, soap and cotton set costs up to Rs1,500 but some charitable organizations provide it for Rs600.)
Christians:
Burial service: up to Rs1,000
Katcha grave: Rs4,000
Pucca grave fee: Rs10,000
Marble works: Rs120,000
(cross, 3 tiers etc)
Coffin: Rs3,000
Hindus
Cremation: Rs6,502
(*Wood 10 maunds: Rs4,000)
Shamshan Ghat fee: Rs1,500
Offerings: Rs1,002
Burial: Rs3,500
Sikhs
Cremation: Rs6,502
(*Wood 10 maunds: Rs4,000)
Shamshan Ghat fee: Rs1,500
Offerings: Rs1,002
Burial: Rs3,500
Parsis
Funeral, including Rs25,000+
Sarosh prayers,
priests, ambulance
and material*
(*depending on a 3-day or 4-day service)
Tower of Silence/Dakhma = NA
If a Parsi dies out of Karachi the family can either bury or cremate their loved one there or fly the body to Karachi for the Dakhma)
Frayan Doctor
Peshawar
Death certificate: Rs80
Post-mortem: Free
Morgue: Rs1,000/day
Muslims
Grave digging: Rs4,000
Katcha grave: Rs5,000
Slabs: Rs3,500
Shroud: Rs1,800
Coffin: Rs5,000*
Marble works: Rs10,000
(*includes accessories such as rosewater, kafan sheet, soap)
Christians
Coffin, grave digging: Rs1,000
Hindus
Cremation: Rs6,000*
Burial: Rs10,000
*(includes khairat and Prasad)
Sikhs
Body transportation
to Attock: Rs70,000
Coffin: Rs5,000
Published in The Express Tribune, January 27th, 2013.
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The cremation cost is very high in Pakistan. How the survivors come up with this kind of money, particularly the minorities.
Are there any plot schemes like DHA, Baharia, Askari, Falcon, etc etc...
Miani Sharif graveyard should be closed permanently.The area has been in use for more than 100 years.There is no more room over there.