Altaf Hamid Rao.
MIRPUR (AJK), (Parliament Times) : A local victim of the recent Greece boat disaster Muhammad Yousaf was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard native village Mian Muhammad town in outskirt of Mirpur city on Monday.
His body was drove to the town from Islamabad airport Sunday night.
A large number of people from various parts of the district including relatives, high ranking officials of Mirpur division and district administration attended funeral prayer offered at his native Mian Muhammad town.
The extremely over-loaded boat with over seven hundred persons including about 350 Pakistan, which include hundreds of the illegal immigrants hailing from Kotli and Mirpur districts had drowned after it capsized in Greece sea water while allegedly moving to nearest European countries.
Extremely tragic scenes were witnessed as soon the body reached his home.
The deceased left behind a widow and four siblings including two sons and two daughters in his survivors.
The ill-fated Yousaf had allegedly paid Rs. 2.02 million to the human smugglers for the sake to moving abroad only for the sake of better future through the above alleged unlawful means, informed authoritative official sources told APP here on Monday quoting the ongoing investigations into the scam.