Wadi-e-Hussain ( ur, وادئ حسین, ''The Valley of Hussain'') is the largest organized and the first online cemetery in

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, located in the northern part of the coastal city of

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on Karachi–Hyderabad Motorway; it is connected to the city by the main highway connecting Karachi with Hyderabad. The community-run cemetery has been an inspiration for the local people in the coastal city. Apart from elders, there is a specific column/place for the children who die in their early ages. However, the cemetery has been a common burial cite for the local

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. The graveyard is also decorated with the special lights on special occasions such as

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etc.

Services

The services offered by the Wadi-e-Hussain management are as follows: * Ambulance Service for the transportation of the dead bodies. * Primary arrangements for the funeral. * Reservation of the grave at Wadi-e-Hussain Cemetery. * Transportation of the family members and other relatives. * Finishing of the grave with all the prescribed material.

COVID-19

All graveyards shall remain closed on Shab-e-Barat between nights of 8/9 April-2020 due to lock down amid

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outbreak, following the instruction, Management of the graveyard has cancelled the well known community celebration of Shab-e-Barat at Wadi-e-Hussain and advised the people to observe their Rituals individually and offer prayers by enlisting allotted number of grave at the web-site.

Blocks

There are approximately ten blocks in which the graves are divided, some of which are as follows: * Block Hazrat Ali * Block Hazrat Salman-e-Farsi * Block Hazrat Imam Zain-ul-Abideen * Block Hazrat Hurr * Block Zaid Shaheed * Block Awn and Muhammad A small block is also created at the side consisting the graves of new b

Notable Burials

* Allama Dr. Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi - Religious Scholar * Professor

Ustad Sibte Jaafar Zaidi Sayyid Sibte Jaffar Zaidi ( ur, سيد سبط جعفر زيدى) or commonly known as Ustad Sibte Jaffar (Urdu: اُستاد سبطِ جعفر) (born 1957) was a Pakistani professor, poet, advocate, principal, religious reciter, writer and soc ...

- Academic *

Syed Ali Aslam Jafri Syed Ali Aslam Jafri (13 October 1943 – 29 September 2021) was a Pakistani jurist, professor of law, social worker, Justice of the Sindh High Court, Federal Ombudsman for Insurance, Director General of Sindh Judicial academy and principal of Si ...

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of the

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* Social Activist Syed Khurram Zaki - Public Orator * Syed Jafar Hussain Abidi - Social Activist, Nazim, Historic *

Mahmood Ali Syed Mahmood Ali (1928 – 11 July 2008; Urdu:سید محمود علی) was a Pakistani radio, film, television and stage artist. Early life and career Mahmood Ali was born in Hyderabad Deccan in 1928. Mahmood Ali began his career with th ...

- Radio/Television Artist and Stage Artist *

Khan Muttaqi Nadeem Khan Muttaqi Nadeem (Urdu خان مطقی ندیم) (8 March 1940 – July 2006) was born in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, and was an advocate lawyer, poet and author. Education and work Khan Muttaqi Nadeem had an LLB and LLM degree from isl ...

- Advocate Lawyer, Poet, Author *

Mehnaz Mehnaz Begum (1958 – 19 January 2013) was a Pakistani TV, radio, and film singer. She was well known as a film playback singer in the 1970s and 1980s. She was the recipient of Nigar Awards.Syed Shabbir Hussain Naqvi * Syed Mohammad Wizarat ibn Syed Maqsood Hussain - Religious Scholar & Honest Banker In addition to graves of different people, there are two selective points with in the graveyard where Alams are hoisted, a large number of people gather there for praying.

References

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