Dr Imran Farooq's body to arrive on Saturday

Party suspends political and organizational activities for 3 days, to resume after burial of Dr Imran Farooq.

KARACHI: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) on Wednesday announced suspending all its political and organisational activities for three days, from November 4 to 7, 2010, to honor the death of Dr Imran Farooq.

The funeral prayer for the deceased leader will take place on November 4 in London, after which the body will be flown to Pakistan for burial, a press release said.

The body will arrive in Karachi on Saturday and the funeral prayer will be held at Jinnah Ground in Azizabad, and the burial will take place at Yasinabad graveyard

The Soyem will be held on November 7.

Dr Imran Farooq was murdered in a knife attack in the Edgware district of London on September 16, 2010.

This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:

Correction: Nov 5, 2010

Due to a typographical error, an earlier version of this article misstated the date of Dr Imran Farooq's assassination as Sept 7, 2010. The correct date is Sept 16, 2010.