The sick celebration has been branded an “insult” to July 7 victims and their relatives.
Tanweer was one of four bombers who killed 52 people in London three years ago.
But up to 400 guests will now celebrate Tanweer’s life as a ‘martyr’ in Pakistan.
Tanweer, 22, along with Mohammad Sidique Khan, 30, Hasib Hussain, 18, and 19-year-old Jermaine Lindsay, died when they detonated rucksack bombs on three crowded Tube trains and a No.30 bus.
One villager said: “The party is kept very secret from people outside the village but everyone knows it happens every year.
“People are invited to join in blessing Shehzad Tanweer's soul by reading verses from the Koran and they call on us to remember Shehzad as a shahid (martyr).”
Andrew Dismore, MP for Hendon said: “It is absolutely appalling that his family are choosing to mark the date in this way.
“What are the Pakistan government doing about this? Five people from five different ethnic and religious groups died from my constituency on 7 July 2005 and this is a damning insult to their memory and their family members.
“Most Muslims would be absolutely horrified, as I am, that Shehzad Tanweer is being remembered by some people as a martyr.”
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