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Pakistan High Commission will arrange transport the body of late Zeeshan Akbar
Counter-terrorism Police are leading the investigation into the death of Zeeshan Akbar, 29, who was stabbed repeatedly just before midnight on Thursday, 7th April 2017 in Australia. Akbar arrived in Australia on a student Visa in 2008 and was on a Skilled Regional Visa at time of his death. He was working at the service station at the time of death.
The boys, aged 15 and 16, allegedly entered a Queanbeyan service station in the early hours of Friday morning and stabbed Pakistan-born 29-year-old employee Zeeshan Akbar. On Sunday, 8th April teenagers charged over a fatal stabbing and violent rampage in Queanbeyan have been extradited by an ACT magistrate to face court in New South Wales.
We hope that Police will be released his body which would be sent home to Pakistan to be buried. Deputy Head of Mission Dr. Muhammad Khalid Ejaz issued a condolences message and said The High Commission for Pakistan is actively engaged with all the concerned Australian authorities and the family of the late Zeeshan Akbar regarding the handling and transportation of the dead body to Pakistan.
The High Commission would like to clearly state that there is no need for the
collection of donations for the funeral or transportation cost of the dead body
by any group or individual. Consul General of Pakistan in Sydney Abdul Majid
Yousfani also issued a statement in this tragic incident. He said in his
message that I assure to the Pakistani community in Australia that the matter
will be taken care of. The Consulate General of Pakistan will be transporting
the body of the deceased to Pakistan according to entire satisfaction of the
family / Next of the Kin.
It is clarified and re-affirmed that the
Consulate General does not need any financial assistance from the community for
transportation of the human remains of the deceased.It is highlighted that in
the past cases, the High Commission of Pakistan in Canberra and the Consulate
General of Pakistan in Sydney arranged repatriation of the bodies of the
deceased to Pakistan from within its resources and without any assistance from
the community. May Allah rest the soul of the decease Zeeshan Akbar and provide
courage to the bereaved family. Ameen.
