- Source: Paposh Nagar Graveyard
Paposh Nagar Graveyard is one of the oldest graveyards located in Paposh Nagar, Karachi, Pakistan.
In 2011, the cemetery drew attention as the site of a criminal case.
In February 2017, Karachi Metropolitan Corporation has banned burial in Paposh Nagar Graveyard due to lack of availability of space. But despite the ban, people are illegally burying corpses.
Notable burials
Ibn-e-Safi (1928–1980), fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu
Mulla Wahidi (1888–1976), writer and journalist
Ibn-e-Insha (1927–1978), writer
Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007), poet
Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ludhianvi (1922–2002), Islamic scholar
Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah (1946–2013), orthopaedic surgeon
Ghulam Farid Sabri (1945–2011), Qawwali singer
Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1930–1994), Qawwali singer
Amjad Sabri (1976–2016), Qawwali singer
Zaheen Tahira (1949–2019), film and television actress, producer and director
B. M. Kutty (1930–2019), journalist, public servant, politician
Quraish Pur (1932–2013), scholar, writer, novelist, columnist and media expert
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Paposh Nagar Graveyard
- Amjad Sabri
- Kasim Razvi
- List of cemeteries in Karachi
- Gora Qabaristan, Karachi
- Old British Cemetery (Gilgit)
- Quraish Pur
- B. M. Kutty
- Bani Israel Graveyard
- Karachi War Cemetery
