Paposh Nagar Graveyard

Paposh Nagar Graveyard is one of the oldest graveyards located in Paposh Nagar, Karachi, Pakistan.

In 2011, the cemetery drew attention as the site of a criminal case.

In February 2017, the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation banned burial in Paposh Nagar Graveyard due to a lack of availabile space. But despite the ban, people are illegally burying corpses.

Necrophilia case (2011)

Notable burials

• Ibn-e-Safi (1928–1980), fiction writer, novelist and poet of Urdu
• Mulla Wahidi (1888–1976), writer and journalist
• Ibn-e-Insha (1927–1978), writer
• Mohsin Bhopali (1932–2007), poet
• Mufti Rashid Ahmad Ludhianvi (1922–2002), Islamic scholar
• Dr. Mohammad Ali Shah (1946–2013), orthopaedic surgeon
• Ghulam Farid Sabri (1945–2011), Qawwali singer
• Maqbool Ahmed Sabri (1930–1994), Qawwali singer
• Amjad Sabri (1976–2016), Qawwali singer
• Zaheen Tahira (1949–2019), film and television actress, producer and director
• B. M. Kutty (1930–2019), journalist, public servant, politician
• Quraish Pur (1932–2013), scholar, writer, novelist, columnist and media expert

• Qasim Razwi (1902–1970), Sardar / General of Hyderabad State Razakars

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