Bucha laid to rest

Published March 18, 2002

LAHORE, March 17: The former agriculture minister in the Ayub Khan cabinet, Malik Khuda Bakhsh Bucha, 96, who died here on Saturday, was buried in the Marraka Graveyard on Sunday.

His funeral prayers were attended, among others, by relatives, ministers, judges, civil servants and army officers.

Qul will be held at 11-C, New Muslim Town, at 4pm on Monday.

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