Funeral prayers for children offered

Author: inp

Funeral prayers were offered on Monday for two children who died from alleged food poisoning after dining at a restaurant in Karachi.

Ahmed, 18-month-old, and Muhammad, 5, lost their lives on Sunday afternoon allegedly due to food poisoning after dining at a restaurant in the city’s Zamzama area the previous night.

The funeral prayers of the brothers were offered at a mosque in Karachi’s Defence.

Speaking to the media outside the mosque, relatives of the two children demanded that the food inspector be arrested and an inquiry into the incident be completed at the earliest.

A post-mortem of the two brothers was completed on Sunday night. A representative of Jinnah Hospital said the brothers apparently died due to food poisoning.

Published in Daily Times, November 13th 2018.

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