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pir-pagara1KARACHI: The spiritual leader of the Hur tribe and chief of Pakistan Muslim League-Functional (PML-F), Shah Mardan Shah II, Pir Pagara, has been laid to rest beside the grave of his grandfather Shah Mardan Shah I in Pir Jo Goth, on Thursday.

Earlier, funeral prayers Pir Pagara, were offered in Pir Jo Goth in Khairpur on Thursday led by Hazrat Siraj Ahmed Gilani, also known as Pir of Jhang..

Thousands of mourners reached Pir Jo Goth in Khairpur to attend the funeral of Pir Sahib Pagara on Thursday.

Pir Pagara passed away in London due to cardiac arrest in Wellington Hospital, London, on January 10. He was taken to London on January 5 for a lung infection.

Mourners surrounded the body at the funeral procession as they performed the last rites of the late Pir Sahib Pagara.

Followers who wanted to come close and view the body for the last time were kept away by people wielding sticks due to security and to avoid any untoward incident.

Among the prominent politicians who attended the funeral included Prime Minister Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah, former Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mehmood Qureshi, former Sindh Assembly Speaker Syed Muzaffar Hussain Shah, Prime Minister’s son Abdul Qadir Gilani, Federal Minister Khuda Bux Rajar and MPAs including Imtiaz Sheikh, Jam Madad Ali and Khan Muhammed Mehr.

A delegation of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) led by Dr. Sagheer Ahmed also attended the procession.

 

Copyright Business Recorder, 2012

 

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