SIALKOT: The journey of a Daska-based youth for greener pastures ended with his burial in native town on Wednesday.

Huzaima Naseer, 26, remained under treatment in Germany for bone cancer for one and a half years and died on Nov 4.

Huzaima had left Pakistan for Europe via Iran and Turkey one and a half years ago with some of his fellows in Daska after paying money to some human smuggler.

The family told Dawn when the group was trying to cross into Iran, Iranian security forces opened fire on them and some bullets hit Huzaima. Underrated by non-life threatening injuries, he went ahead dodging the forces while his other fellows gave up the journey.

Weeks later he succeeded to reach a camp established at German border for the refugees. By the time, his injuries had developed into fatal bone cancer due to the lack of treatment and rest.

The German authorities shifted him to the Cologne University Medical Hospital where he was treated till his last breath last week.

His family remained in touch with him through telephone. They said Huzaima pleaded them to take him back to Pakistan for he wanted to spend his last days with them.

The German officials arranged a flight for him to Pakistan on humanitarian grounds on Nov 1 but had to cancel it due to his worsening health conditions.

The flight was rescheduled for Nov 5 but he breathed his last on Nov 4.

Huzaima is just an addition to dozens of the people who returned to their native homes in Gujranwala division in coffin from Turkey and other parts of Europe.

Huzaima died of bullet wounds, while several others have died in containers or drowned after their agents threw them into the sea.