Allama Nasir Abbas laid to rest in Multan

MULTAN: Slain leader of Tehrik-e-Nifaz Fiqa Jaffaria (TNFJ) Multan chapter Allama Nasir Abbas was laid to rest here at Dargah Shams Tabraiz on Tuesday, Geo News reported.

The funeral prayers of Allama Nasir Abbas were said in the vicinity of Dargah Shams Tabraiz, Multan today followed by his burial at the same place.

Earlier, his body was flown to Multan where his relatives and mourners gathered around his body and staged a sit-in at Choungi no. 9. The protesters demanded the government to arrest the culprits responsible for his killing.

The sit-in continued for more than nine hours after which his body was taken to his residence in Shamsabad.

It may be mentioned that the TNFJ Multan leader was on his way to Jauhar Town when he was gunned down by unknown assailants riding motorcycles near the FC College on Sunday night. Allama Nasir Abbas was killed in the attack, however his companion Ghulam Abbas and driver Munawwar escaped unhurt.

The postmortem report of Allama Nasir Abbas had revealed that he was shot four times.

According to the postmortem report conducted at Jinnah Hospital, Lahore, the bullet wounds to Allama Abbas’s head and neck proved fatal. He was shot in the back of the head, near the heart and in his neck and shoulder.

Allama Nasir Abbas’s murder case was registered against two unidentified motorcycle riders in the Garden Town police station. The case under terrorism and murder sections was registered on the compliant of Allama Nasir Abbas’s driver.