KARACHI – The funeral prayers for Tariq Umar, the elder brother of Sindh Governor Mohammad Zubair and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s senior leader Asad Umar, will be performed on Monday.
Tariq Umar was one of the six sons of Major General (retd) Ghulam Umar, who was a close aide to General Yahya Khan. He was suffering from lung cancer and was under treatment at a private hospital in Karachi; he breathed his last on Sunday.
His funeral prayers will be offered after Asr prayers at Sultan Masjid in DHA, Karachi. He will be buried at the army graveyard at Chanesar Goth.
Asad Umar and Zubair Umar took to the microblogging site Twitter to thank their followers and party supporters for sending in condolence messages.
https://twitter.com/Asad_Umar/status/1010858736133591040?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Ftribune.com.pk%2Fstory%2F1741539%2F1-brother-sindh-governor-ptis-asad-umar-passes-away-karachi%2F
https://twitter.com/RealM_Zubair/status/1010988472625188864
Moreover, former Punjab chief minister Shehbaz Sharif extended condolences to Tariq’s family in a Twitter message.
https://twitter.com/CMShehbaz/status/1010786401611370496
