Three days of mourning-the death of former Pakistan prime minister

Saturday December 29, 2007

Three days of mourning

Sharing the grief: US deputy chief of mission to Malaysia David B. Shear signing a condolence book at the Pakistan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. — AFP

KUALA LUMPUR: The Pakistan High Commission here will observe three days of mourning following the death of former Pakistan prime minister Benazir Bhutto, who was assassinated in Rawalpindi on Thursday.

Acting High Commissioner Mohammad Jamshaid Iftikhar said they opened a condolence book from 3pm to 5.30pm yesterday and would do so again on Monday from 10am to 1pm and 2.30pm to 5.30pm.

“We have three days of mourning in the Pakistan High Commission in Kuala Lumpur, like all other Pakistan high commissions abroad.

Mark of respect: The national flag of Pakistan flying at half-mast on the premises the Pakistani High Commission in Kuala Lumpur yesterday. — AFP

“The Pakistan flag will be flown at half mast to pay respect to the former prime minister and to mark the tragic loss the country has to endure,” he said in an interview yesterday.

Iftikhar said the high commission had received numerous calls from Malaysian as well as Pakistani leaders in the country.

“The office of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi called this morning and conveyed condolences and we have received many phone calls from many other leading Malaysian members of the society who share the grief,” he said