Cardiac arrest: JI Karachi naib ameer passes away

Shaikh Rafeeq passed away from cardiac arrest.

KARACHI: The naib ameer of Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Karachi, Shaikh Rafeeq, passed away due to cardiac arrest. His funeral prayers were offered at Jamia Masjid Muhammadi in Gulistan-e-Jauhar, Block No. 6. Party leaders, including Sindh chief Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqui and JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman, attended the funeral prayers. Later, the deceased JI leader Shaikh Rafeeq was laid to rest at Pehlwan Goth graveyard in Gulistan-e-Jauhar.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 29^th, 2013.