KARACHI: Former hockey ace Anwar Ahmed Khan who breathed his last on Friday evening after protracted illness, was laid to rest at the Gizri graveyard here on Saturday.

Earlier, the funeral prayer of the deceased were offered at Uzma Mosque in KDA scheme No 1 and was attended by a large number of people including former Olympians, internationals, customs officials, eminent sports organisers, relatives and friends.

Prominent among them were Anwar’s contemporary Abdul Waheed Khan, former member Customs Mushtaq Kazmi, Islahuddin Siddiqui, Zafar Ahmed Khan, Hanif Khan, Iftikhar Syed, veteran athlete Mohammad Talib, former Test wicket-keeper Wasim Bari, former KCCA secretary, Siraj-ul-Islam Bokhari, Safdar Abbas, Shahid Ali Khan, Ayaz Mahmood, Qamar Ibrahim, Jamil Ahmed Khan, Jamshed Sultan, Pervaiz Iqbal, Khalid Paracha, Shoaib Rifat, Karachi Hockey Association (KHA) secretary Farooq Khan, Jawaid Iqbal and Ehtisham Warsi.

Fateha and Soyem of the deceased will be held at Uzma Mosque between Asr and Maghrib prayers on Sunday. Arrangements for ladies have been made at his residence.