LAHORE/KARACHI: Member of National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Tahira Asif, who was gunned down in an attack in Lahore, was buried on Friday in a local graveyard near her residence in the city’s Wafaqi colony area in Johar Town.
Strict security arrangements were in place for the funeral which was attended by a large number of people including Provincial Food Minister Bilal Yasin, Pervaiz Rafique of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and a delegation of the Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q) among others.
The lawmaker was buried next to the grave of her father at the Kamal Shah graveyard.
Tahira Asif was wounded in a gun attack in Lahore on Wednesday and was shifted to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in a critical condition where she was undergoing treatment.
The legislator succumbed to her wounds on Thursday following which her party, the MQM, had announced a three day mourning and also demanded the arrest of the killers within three days.
CCPO Lahore had constituted two teams head by SP CIA and SP investigation respectively to probe the incident.
Police sources had claimed that two suspected had been arrested and were being held at an undisclosed location for questioning.
Sindh Assembly condemns the killing
Meanwhile Sindh Assembly on Friday unanimously passed a resolution condemning murder of Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Member of National Assembly (MNA) Tahira Asif. The session started with speaker Agha Siraj Durrani in the chair.
MQM members attended the session wearing black ribbon and protested against the incident. The MQM members also staged walkout from the House to protest the killing of their party member.
The law makers offered Fateha (prayer) for the departed souls of Tahira Asif, Nasrullah Shajih and those who passed away in Sehwan.
MQM’s Khawaja Izharul Hassan presented a resolution against the killing of MNA Tahira Asif in Lahore.
Criticising the Punjab government on this occasion Khawaja Izharul Hassan said how the system can be justified as democratic where mothers and sisters were falling prey to bullets. He termed killing of Tahira Asif as a barbaric act. Izhar said that Tahira Asif was a brave daughter of Punjab.
Addressing the House, MQM’s Muhammad Hussain said that Punjab government turned a cold shoulder to the killing of Tahira Asif.
Sindh Information Minister Sharjeel Memon demanded of the Punjab government to bring the culprits to book.
PML-N’s Irfanullah Marwat said that blaming anyone without concrete evidence was wrong.
The House unanimously passed the resolution condemning the murder of Tahira Asif.
After staging walkout, MQM’s lawmakers also held protest outside the Sindh Assembly building.
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