ISLAMABAD: The nation observes Mourning day today (Sunday) to express solidarity with the families of victims of recent terrorist attacks in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
The day is being observed on the direction of caretaker Prime Minister Justice Retired Nasir-ul-Mulk. The national flag is flying at half mast on the occasion.
Balochistan Government has also announced to observe three day mourning in the province in wake of tragic Mastung incident.
Meanwhile, the 129 martyrs of Friday’s terrorist attack in Mastung including Balochistan Awami leader Nawabzada Siraj Raisani have been laid to rest in their ancestral home towns and villages.
The funeral prayer of Siraj Raisani was offered in Moosa Stadium in Quetta Cantonment which was attended among others by the Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa,
Governor and Chief Minister Balochistan, provincial ministers and senior civil and military officials.
Later, his coffin was taken to his native town Kanak by helicopter where he was laid to rest in the Martyrs’ Graveyard.