BAHAWALPUR: Collective funeral prayers of 125 victims of the oil tanker fire tragedy were offered on Tuesday at Ahmedpur Sharqia.

The funeral prayers were attended by members of parliament of Bahawalpur division, civil officials and thousands of people of the area.

Later, the bodies of the victims were dispatched for burial in six mass graves.

All coffins have been tagged so that after the completion of DNA test they can be handed over to their legal heirs.

Earlier, bodies of 24 victims were handed over to the families of the deceased after their identification.— Radio Pakistan