NCM demands H-9 cemetery at par with other graveyards

News Desk

ISLAMABAD: The National Commission for Minorities (NCM) member Albert David has demanded of the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to bring Sector H-9 Christian cemetery at par with other graveyards located in the federal capital.

In his statement, he lamented that the Christian community was forced to exhume the graves of their loved ones on their own.

David said there were no gravediggers in the cemetery and it was full of wild bushes portraying the horror scene to the visitors.

Despite repeated complaints to CDA and Metropolitan Corporation Islamabad to address the issue, he said, the civic bodies did not pay any heed to their appeals.

Afzal Hance, a member of the Christian community, while sharing his bitter experience, informed that he visited sector H-9 Christian cemetery to offer the last rituals of his sister where he observed that there were no gravediggers and it was full of wild bushes.

When contacted the quarters concerned, he received a cold response and was directed to dig out the grave with the help of kith and kin or to hire the services of some other gravediggers.