Funeral prayer of MQM worker, Waqas Shah, was offered Thursday at Jinnah ground in Azizabad area of Karachi after Zuhr prayer.
Waqas Shah worked at party’s information department and was killed a day earlier during a shooting incident near Nine Zero. The funeral prayer of the slain MQM worker was offered at Jinnah Ground in Azizabad area. MQM workers chanted slogans when Waqas Shah’s body was brought to the prayer ground.
MQM Raabta Committee and a large number of women workers were also present during the funeral. Waqas was buried in ‘Shuhda Qabristan’.
Funeral prayer in absentia of MQM worker was also offered in Sukkur and was attended by party workers while wearing black armbands. On the other hand, case of Waqas’s murder has been registered with Azizabad police station.
On Wednesday, a heavy contingent of Rangers raided Nine Zero, the headquarters of MQM, in Karachi’s Azizabad neighborhood, prompting a protest by party activists and a subsequent call for a day of “peaceful mourning” across the country. A number of party workers, including MQM’s Rabita Committee member Amir Khan, were detained during the raid.
MQM spokesperson Wasay Jalil alleged that Shah, 25, was killed in straight fire by Rangers personnel during the raid.
However, Rangers Director General (DG) Major General Bilal Akbar said the MQM activist did not die of gunfire by Rangers personnel.
