Maulana Adil laid to rest at Jamia Farooqia

Funeral prayers of Shaykh-ul-Hadeeth Maulana Adil Khan, who was gunned down in Shah Faisal Colony in Karachi yesterday, were offered at the Jamia Farooqia, Hub River Road on Sunday.

The scholar's funeral prayer was led by his elder brother Maulana Obaidullah Khalid.

Well-known religious scholars including Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Mufti Muhammad Rafi Usmani, Maulana Hanif Jalandhari, Senator Abdul Ghafoor Haideri, Maulana Rashid Soomro, Jamia Banuria Mufti Noman and Hafiz Naeem-ur-Rehman were in attendance.

The deceased was buried in the vicinity of his father Maulana Saleemullah Khan’s grave in Jamia Farooqia.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Karachi East Noman Siddiqui said that the case would be registered under the Terrorism Act.

“Geo-fencing of the site has been completed as a result of which an investigation team is investigating some mobile phone numbers,” Siddiqui said.

The high-ranking police official appealed to eyewitnesses to come forward and record their statements regarding the incident, adding that the names of those who recorded their statements will be kept confidential.

Following Maulana Adil's assasination, Prime Minister Imran Khan issued a strong condemnation, stating that for the last three months, India has been attempting to target religious scholars from both Sunni and Shia sects to create sectarian conflict across the country.

"Condemnable targeted killing of Maulana Adil of Jamia Farooqia in Karachi this evening. My govt has known & I have repeatedly stated this on TV, since last 3 months India's attempts to target kill Aalims from Sunni & Shia sects to create sectarian conflict across the country," the premier wrote on his official Twitter handle hours after the tragic incident.

He said that the government has prevented a number of such attempts pre-emptively in last few months.

"Our intelligence orgs & law enforcement agencies will nab culprits of this murder also. Our ulema from all sects must ensure people do not fall prey to this nefarious Indian design to destabilise Pak," PM Imran said in another tweet.

The Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Qamar Javed Bajwa also strongly condemned the incident and termed it a conspiracy by the enemies of Pakistan to create unrest in the country.

The army chief directed for all possible help to be extended to the civil administration to bring the culprits to justice.

Maulana Adil Khan, along with his driver, was gunned down by unidentified assailants on a motorbike in Shah Faisal Colony. The slain scholar was associated with Jamia Farooqia, a university of Islamic studies.