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MIRPUR (AJK), Feb 3 (APP):American overseas Kashmiris’ famous abode of Brooklyn has witnessed sorrowful scenes at Kashmiri Makkah Masjid, where extraordinary number of Kashmiri and Pakistani expatriates from across the United States offered the funeral prayer in absentia for the veteran leader of Kashmir and President of Azad Jammu Kashmir, Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry who had breathed his last on Sunday in a private hospital after prolonged illness.
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry became the fifth Pakistani and Kashmiri leader to be laid to rest with full state protocol.
“This tribute was a testament to the fact that he was not merely a political figure, but a national asset”, said Sardar Sawar Khan, US based overseas Kashmiris leader while addressing the participants of the funeral prayer, a message said released to the media here on Tuesday.
Qari Usama led the funeral prayer in absentia with deep emotion and humility.
After the prayer, he offered a special supplication for the late President of Azad Kashmir.
A large number of Kashmiri leaders attended the funeral prayer in absentia besides hundreds of others from all walks of life.
Barrister Sultan Mahmood Chaudhry was influential in life, and even in death he united the nation.
His passing has left a wound in the hearts of the Kashmiri people that may never fully heal.