BAHAWALPUR: A student of the Department of Agronomy at Islamia University Bahawalpur, who had suffered severe burn injuries in the gas cylinder blast incident at the Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies and was receiving treatment at the Burn Unit of Nishtar Hospital in Multan, succumbed to his wounds on Tuesday.
Syed Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmad Shah’s funeral prayer was held in his ancestral village Haveli Naseer Khan in Lodhran.
Vice Chancellor Professor Dr. Naveed Akhtar, Dean Professor Dr. Tanveer Hussain Turabi, Director of Academics Professor Dr. Jawad Iqbal, Director of Student Affairs Professor Dr. Abdul Raouf, Chairman of the Agronomy Department Professor Dr. Mohammad Aoun Samar Raza, Director of Advanced Studies and Research Professor Dr. Asif Naveed Ranjha, Director of Cholistan Institute of Desert Studies Dr. Mohammad Abdullah, Registrar Muhammad Shaji-ur-Rehman, Chief Medical Officer Dr. Muhammad Usman Cheema, Director of Media and Public Relations Dr. Shahzad Ahmed Khalid, along with faculty and st
udents, expressed their condolences and prayed that may Allah grant forgiveness to the deceased and patience to the bereaved family.