Earlier, his funerals were attended by a large number of legal fraternity members, political workers and civil society activists, including AJK Prime Minister Sardar Abdul Qayyum Niazi and three of his predecessors, in the town's Quaid-e-Azam Stadium.
A condolence reference was also held on the occasion, where speakers from different walks of life paid glowing tributes to the veteran leader for his qualities and contribution to the society as a celebrated jurist and a farsighted political leader.
Terming Mr Mallick as an institution in himself, they said his unblemished character and commitment to cause will continue to offer guidance to the youngsters aspiring to join legal profession or politics.
“Justice Abdul Majeed Mallick was an esteemed jurist and an insightful politician enjoying complete grip on all aspects of the longstanding issue of Jammu and Kashmir,” observed PM Niazi in his speech.
He maintained that while as a judge Mr Mallick had delivered par excellence judgments in accordance with the law and constitution, as a devoted political figure he had religiously pursued his mission to ensure true democracy and good governance in AJK and freedom of occupied Kashmir.
“His services for the supremacy of law and justice as well as for the emancipation of our oppressed brethren across the divide will be remembered for long times to come,” Mr Niazi added.
Others who spoke at the condolence reference were former prime ministers Chaudhry Abdul Majeed and Haji Yaqoob Khan, PPP regional president Chaudhry Muhammad Yasin, minister for local government and rural development Khawaja Farooq Ahmed, supreme court CJ Raja Saeed Akram, high court CJ Sadaqat Hussain Raja, former apex court CJs Azam Khan and Syed Manzoor Hussain Gillani, Manzoor Qadir of JKLL, Rafiq Dar of JKLF, Mahmood Saghar of APHC and former JIAJK chief Abdul Rashid Turabi in addition to several representatives and office bearers of different bodies of lawyers.
Muslim Conference supreme leader Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan, who was among the attendees, however declined to speak on the occasion, saying his time should be given to some other speaker.
The AJK government had declared a holiday in all three districts of Mirpur division to allow
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