Wadi-e-Hussain

Wadi-e-Hussain وادیء حسین
Details
Location	Gadap Town, Karachi
Country	Pakistan
Coordinates	24.976294°N 67.240607°E / 24.976294; 67.240607
Type	Public
Owned by	Syed Muhammad Aalam Zaidi
No. of graves	26,500 (approximately)
Website	www.wadi-a-hussain.com

Wadi-e-Hussain (Urdu: وادئ حسین, The Valley of Hussain) is a large cemetery situated in the northern part of Karachi, along the Karachi–Hyderabad Motorway.^[1] It is the first cemetery in Pakistan to have an online presence.^[2]

Wadi-e-Hussain has a dedicated section for children's graves and is a well-known burial site for Shiite Muslims. The cemetery is also adorned with special lights on occasions such as Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha and Mid-Sha'ban.

Blocks

The graves at the cemetery are divided into approximately ten blocks, 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
• Hazrat imam Ali Raza

Notable burials

• Zeeshan Kazmi – Karachi Police officer
• Allama Dr. Syed Zameer Akhtar Naqvi – Religious scholar
• Professor Ustad Sibte Jaafar Zaidi – Academic
• Syed Ali Aslam Jafri – Justice of the Sindh High Court
• Mahmood Ali – Radio/television and theatre artist
• Khan Muttaqi Nadeem – Lawyer, poet, author
• Mehnaz – Radio/television singer
• Naseer Turabi - Poet
• Mustafa Zaidi - Civil servant and poet

References

1. Oonib Azam & Essa Malik (15 December 2014). "Online funeral service :Mourn your loved ones with your virtual presence". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 7 April 2020.
2. Mehreen Naveed Chawla (5 June 2016). "Grave Concern Special Report". The Daily Dawn. Retrieved 7 April 2020.

Panoramic view of Wadi-e-Hussain Cemetery