Congress sarpanch passed away.

Sarthal (Kishtwar), Dec 15: - Congress Sarpanch from Pura Sarthal, district Kishtwar Mr. Chowdhary Abdul Kareem passed away yesterday due to prolong illness.

Senior Congress Leader and MLA Inderwal, Ghulam Mohammad Saroori has expressed profound sorrow and grief over the sad demise of Mr. Chowdhary Abdul Kareem, who was a great human being passed away at Pura Sarthal (native village of MLA G M Saroori).

He described late Chowdhary Abdul Kareem as honest, pious, hard worker and down to earth social activist who throughout his life tirelessly worked for the betterment and uplift of the down trodden sections of the society in Pura Sarthal. He remembered the departed soul as a noble man who lived a pious life.

Saroori conveyed his heartfelt condolence to the bereaved family members and prayed to the Almighty Allah for blessing peace to the departed soul beside a place for him in heaven. He also prayed to Almighty Allah to give strength to the family members of the deceased to bear irreparable loss.

Meanwhile a condolence meeting was held in which Sarpanches and prominen citizen including Mohd Aslam Saroori, Haji Ghulam Mohammad Lone, Rakesh Kumar, Thakur Surinder Singh, Abdul Subhan Hajam, Mohd Shafi Saroori, Sher Singh, Gh Nabi Lone, Zakir Khan, Sanaullah Butt, Kailash Kumar, Dalinder Kumar, Master Mohd Amin, Ikhlaq Dev, Janki Nath, Chowdhary Ibrahim, Ghulam Mohd Kohli, Chowdhary Sarwar, Chowdhary Baji, Thakur Jugal Bhandari, Mushtaq Hap, Mohd Iqbal Keen, Piyaray Lal Sharma, Tariq Wani, Ghulam Qadir Sheikh, Ch Issaq, Ch Masoodi, Shamsa Din, Abdul Latief, Mohd Amin Naik, Ghulam Mohd Kohli, Farooq Want, Akhtar Hussain Tatani, Shahid Rashid Mattoo, Zahid Hussain, Noor Din, Roashan lal, Nazir Ahmed, Gh Mohd Tappal, Basher Ahmed Ahanger, Mohammad Saleem, Abdul Hameed, Shahnawaz Ahmed, Abdul Jabbar, Farooq Ahmed Kiraypak, Ch Abdul Rashir Kandar, Mohd Iqbal Teli, Sarfraz Khan, Asgar Khangi, Haji Gh Mohd Mir, Haji Abdul Latief, Haji Gh Hussain, Bashir Ahmed Sirwal, Mohd Ramzzan Wani, Hafiz Farooq Ahmed Drought, Ch Noor Maey, Ch Hasham Din, Haji Qayoom, Gul Mohammad, Mahan Chand, Ghulam Haider Company, Musarat Naik, Safdar Wani, Firoz Din Malik, Parvez Ganie, Sher Mohd, President IYC Inderwal Mohammad latief Mughal, Vice President IYC Inderwal Shaikh Basharat and others were present.

They said that Late Chowdhary Abdul Kareem was also a social worker besides an efficient and honest Sarpanch who worked for welfare of poor sections of the society beside as icon for the next generation of Pura village who had leave no stone unturned for the betterment of Pura village district Kishtwar.

They conveyed their sympathies with the bereaved family. A two minutes silence was also observed as a mark of respect to the departed soul. They prayed for peace and courage to the bereaved family to bear the irreparable loss.