QUETTA, April 19: Mir Mohammad Ibrahim Bhootani, elder brother of former provincial minister Sardar Mohammad Saleh Bhootani and Balochistan Assembly’s Deputy Speaker Mohammad Aslam Bhootani, died of a severe heart attack in Karachi on Thursday.

According to family sources, Mir Mohammad Ibrahim was buried in the ancestral graveyard in Dureji in the afternoon.

They said that a number of Balochistan Assembly members and tribal and political leaders expressed shock and grief over his death.

Those who attended his funeral prayers included Balochistan Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, Chief Minister Jam Mir Mohammad Yousuf, provincial ministers Prince Faisal Daud, Mir Abdul Rehman Jamali, Mir Mohammad Asim Kurd, Mir Amanullah Notezai, Mir Abdul Ghafoor Lehri and Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo.