The 42-year-old was shot dead in Bhangoria Goth, along with his guard on September 6, within the limits of the Azizabad police station.
Business activities in Ancholi, Soldier Bazar, Abbas Town and other Shia-dominated areas came to a complete halt after Jafria Alliance announced a three-day mourning period - a call backed by the MQM.
The funeral prayer of the deceased was offered today after Zuhr prayers at Mehfil-e-Shah-Khurasan. MQM leaders Haider Abbas Rizvi, Babar Ghauri, Dr Sagheer Ahmed along with other party members attended the prayers.
An Express News screengrab of the funeral.
According to the Mujlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen’s (MWM) spokesperson, Ali Akbar was going home with his children from his ice factory located in Bhangoria Goth, Block-2 of Azizabad, when unidentified armed men, waiting for him near the factory, opened fire at them. Akbar was shot thrice – twice in his chest and once in his abdomen – and his guard Jumman Khan was shot twice. Both men were taken to the Ziauddin Hospital in critical condition but succumbed to their injuries while receiving treatment.
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