Funeral prayer in absentia held for Syed Munawar Hasan.

ISLAMABAD -- A funeral prayer in absentia was held here on Sunday for Syed MunaAwar Hasan, a former chief of the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI).

People from different walks of life including representatives from various political and religious parties performed the funeral prayer.

Naeb Ameer JI and former MNA Mian Muhammad Aslam led the prayer. The funeral was arranged by Jamat-e-Islami Islamabad.

Syed MunaAwar Hasan, a former chief of the Jamaat-i-Islami, pasAsed away on June 26 in Karachi after a long illness. He was 78.

He was admitted to a private hospital in North...

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