JI leader Munawar Hasan laid to rest.

Karachi -- Jamaat-e-Islami former Emir Syed Munawar Hasan was laid to rest in Sakhi Hasan graveyard of Karachi on Saturday.

JI chief Senator Sirajul Haq led the funeral prayer of the former Emir at Eidgah Ground Nazimabad. Thousands of workers of the JI, leaders from different religious and political parties and people from all walks of life attended the funeral prayer.

Syed Munawar was the name of an ideology and his death was a loss not only to Pakistan but entire Muslim world, said Senator Siraj while addressing the gathering.

Whether it was the matter of the US invasion of Afghanistan or Indian atrocities in Kashmir, the late JI leader stood firm against the Muslim genocide and led movements in staunch opposition of the so-called world powers without caring the internal and external pressures, said Senator Siraj. Infect, he added, Syed passed all his life fighting against the imperialistic forces...