Funeral prayers for Ali Raza Abidi offered in Karachi

KARACHI - The funeral prayers for former lawmaker Ali Raza Abidi, who was assassinated last night, was offered in Karachi.

The funeral prayers were offered at Imambargah Yasrab located in the Defence Housing Authority (DHA) area. A large number of political and social personalities, including Farooq Sattar, Mayor Karachi Waseem Akhtar, Governor Sindh Imran Ismail, and others attended the prayers.

Abidi was attacked by unknown gunmen in Khayaban-e-Ghazi area of the metropolis as he was disembarking from his vehicle to enter his house.

He was rushed to PNS Shifa Hospital for treatment, however, he succumbed to his wounds.

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Ikhlaq Abidi, the father of the politician, told newsmen that gunmen were riding a motorcycle and Abidi received two bullets to his neck in the attack.

On the other hand, former MQM-P leader Khawaja Izharul Hasan called for the immediate arrest of the assailants while Dr Farooq Sattar remarked that it was a question mark on the performance of the federal and provincial leadership that such attacks are happening again.

The attack comes days after two workers of Mustafa Kamal-led Pak Sarzmeen Party (PSP) were killed and two others injured in a firing incident at a office of the political party in Gulbahar Usmania Society.

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On Dec 9, six people were injured in a cracker bomb blast targetting a Mehfil-e-Milad in Karachi's Gulistan-e-Johar on Saturday night.

Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan (MQMP) leader Faisal Sabzwari told that the religious gathering was organised by his party at Perfume Chowk in the metropolitan.

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Sabzwari, who is also an onlooker, said that the explosion occurred near a footpath, adding that Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui, the party convener, was also present on the stage.

Following the assassination of Abidi, Sindh Home Ministry has enhanced the security of the MQM leaders to bring the situation under control