SIALKOT: Jamaatud Dawa Chief Hafiz Muhammad Saeed onSundayledthefuneralprayersinabsentiaforthose killed in an unprovoked shelling by the Border Security Force (BSF) of India in border villages of Sialkot.

The funeral prayers were held at the ground of Government Allama Iqbal College for Women here under the auspices of the JuD.

Earlier, addressing a public meeting in Sialkot, the JuD chief strongly criticized the Indian BSF for targeting the innocent people living along the border villages.

He expressed complete solidarity with the local people affected by the unprovoked Indian mortar shelling.

Mr Saeed said that a befitting reply should be given to India to halt its hostilities along the Sialkot Working Boundary and the Line of Control (LOC). Correspondent