KARACHI, Nov 5: The city’s twice elected mayor Abdul Sattar Afghani, who died here on Saturday, was laid to rest in Mewashah Graveyard on Sunday.

Mr Afghani, a Jamaat-i-Islami leader, was a sitting member of the National Assembly.

He had been admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital where he remained under treatment for about a week before he breathed his last. His death was caused by kidney failure.

Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal President Qazi Hussain Ahmed, who is also Amir of the Jamaat-i-Islami, visited the late Afghani’s house in Moosa Lane, Lyari, and offered his condolences to the bereaved family. Later, he led the funeral prayers performed in Kakri Ground.

On the occasion, Qazi Hussain briefly spoke to the mourners to pay glowing tributes to person and services of the late city father.

He observed: “Despite keeping the top slot of the city administration for some eight years, he never indulged in corruption or nepotism. Till his death, he lived in the same small house from where he had started his political career.” He said the people like Mr Afghani had always remained a source of inspiration for many who did not like power politics.

A large number of people from all walks of life were present at the funeral of the former mayor. Prominent among them, besides Qazi Hussain Ahmed, were JI Naib Amir Prof Ghafoor Ahmed, PML-Q Senator Nisar Memon, Bostan Ali Hoti, former Karachi nazim Niamatullah Khan; PPP leaders Rashid Rabbani, Rafiq Engineer, Arif Baloch, Waqar Mehdi and Najmi Alam; Pakistan Tehrik-i-Insaf leader Zubair Khan, PML-N’s Tariq Khan, JUP’s Mohammad Ahmed Siddiqui, Shabbir Abu Talib and Amanullah Khan; JUI-F’s Maulana Abdul Karim Abid and Dr Naseer Swati; leader of the opposition in City Council Saeed Ghani, JUI’s Dr Mairajul Huda Siddiqui and Birjees Ahmed; Shia Ulema Council’s Allama Nazir Abbas Naqvi, MMA leaders Nasarullah Shaji, Maulana Umer Sadiq, Younus Barai, Laeeq Khan, MQM’s Nawab Mirza and Abdul Aziz Bantwa; PDP’s Bisharat Mirza, ANP’s Amin Khattak, SSP’s Qari Shafiqur Rehman, ex-MNA Muzaffar Ahmed Hashmi, JI’s Rafiq Ahmed Khan, Dr Pervez

Mehmood, Mohammad Shahid, Abdul Wahab, Ahmed Qasim Parekh, Malik Fayyaz, Dr Misbahul Aziz, Muslim Pervez, Sarfaraz Ahmed, Malik Abdul Rahman, Aziz Memon and Younus Sohan.