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Sabika Sheikh’s Body Arrives In Karachi

Karachi (May 23, 2018): The body of Sabika Sheikh, a Pakistani exchange student shot dead in Santa Fe on Friday, arrived here in the southern port city early Wednesday morning.

The foreign airline carrying the body of Sheikh, 17, from Texas was earlier delayed by at least a day. The body is now being transported to her residence.Sabika Sheikh will be buried in Azeempura Graveyard in the metropolis’ Shah Faisal Colony.

Earlier, her funeral prayers were offered in Houston. Pakistan Council General Aisha Farooqi, members of the United States Congress, Houston’s mayor and members of the Pakistani community in the US attended the funeral prayers.

Sabika Sheikh succumbed to her wounds, according to a leader at a program for foreign exchange students and the Pakistani Embassy in Washington, D.C. Megan Lysaght, manager of the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange & Study Abroad program (YES), sent a letter to students in the program confirming that Sabika was killed in the shooting.“Please know that the YES program is devastated by this loss and we will remember Sabika and her families in our thoughts and prayers,” Lysaght wrote.

She said the program would be holding a moment of silence for the girl, who is pictured beaming in a shirt that says “Texas” in a photo being shared on social media.The Pakistan Embassy in Washington, D.C., identified Sabika as a victim of the shooting on Twitter and wrote that “our thoughts and prayers are with Sabika’s family and friends.”

The tweets read, ” Ambassador Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry has expressed heartfelt condolences for the victims of the tragic incident at the Santa Fe High School in Texas this morning. Among the victims was Sabika Sheikh, a Pakistani exchange student. Our Consul General in Houston is in touch with the authorities concerned to ascertain facts.”

Meanwhile, United States Central Command (USCENTCOM) Commander Gen Joseph Votel condoled the unfortunate death of Sabika to COAS Gen Qamar Javed Bajwa by a phone call.

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