Karachi (May 23, 2018): The flight carrying Sabika Sheikh’s body, the girl who was killed in Texas school shooting, will land in Karachi in the wee hours of Wednesday (today)
The plane will land at Jinnah International Airport at 3:55. The funeral would be held at Hakeem Saeed Ground and the deceased would be laid to rest in Azeempura Graveyard, said her family.
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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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