Qazi Hussain Ahmed funeral prayer held in Peshawar

Peshawar: The funeral prayer for former Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) chief Qazi Hussain Ahmed was held in Peshawar on Sunday.
The funeral prayers were led by JI Chief Syed Munawar Hassan and were attended by several political leaders including Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) Chief Fazlur Rehman, Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Central President Javed Hashmi and Maulana Samiul Haq.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed’s body was then shifted to Nowshera where he was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard.
The funeral was attended by a large number of JI workers, supporters and sympathisers.
Qazi Hussain Ahmed, 74, passed away in Islamabad early on Sunday morning after experiencing a heart attack. He was the head of the JI for almost 22 years, had decided to step down from his post in 2010.
