Religious scholar Talib Jauhari passes away.

KARACHI -- Widely respected religious scholar and orator Allama Talib Jauhari passed away at a private hospital on Sunday night after a long illness. He was 80.

Sources said the wellknown Shia scholar, whose speeches during Muharram used to be televised regularly, had been under treatment at the intensive care unit of the hospital for the past 15 days. He left behind three sons to mourn his death.

According to the Majlis-eWahdatul Muslimeen media cell, Allama Jauhariwas born on Aug 27, 1939 in Patna, Bihar. He obtained his early education from his father,MaulanaMohammad Mustafa Jauhar.In 1949 he migrated to Pakistan along with his father. Later he left for Najaf, Iraq, where he...