Pak teenager killed at Texas school laid to rest in Karachi

The body of a 17-year-old female Pakistani exchange student killed in the latest mass shooting incident in the US was today laid to rest.

Sabika Sheikh was among 10 students and staff who were killed on Friday at Santa Fe High School in Texs. The alleged shooter is 17-year-old Dimitrios Pagourtzis, who is being held on capital murder charges.

She was today laid to rest at the Azimpura graveyard in Shah Faisal Colony after funeral prayers were offered at Karachi's Hakeem Saeed Ground, Dawn News reported.

The body of the teenager arrived at cargo complex of Karachi airport this morning from Houston, Texas. The body was received by family members and officials of US Consulate at the airport.

Sabika was studying in Texas on a US State Department scholarship under the Kennedy-Lugar Youth Exchange and Study (YES) programme.

She had been attending classes at the school since August last, and said that getting accepted into the US programme to study was the best thing that ever happened to her.

Sabika, the eldest of three sisters, was to return home in Pakistan in three weeks, by Eid ul-Fitr. Her host family said their time with her was "such a precious gift."