KARACHI: Altaf grieved

Published March 3, 2002

KARACHI, March 2: Mohammed Aslam Abrahani, brother-in-law of the chief of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement, Altaf Husain, died here on Friday after a protracted illness. He was 56.

He leaves behind wife, three sons and a daughter.

His funeral prayer was offered in Jinnah Ground, Azizabad. He was laid to rest in Issa Nagri graveyard near Hasan Square.

Soyem on Sunday after Zuhr at the MQM headquarters, “Nine-Zero,” Azizabad. For ladies at the late Mr Aslam’s residence: 305-J, Roofi Lake Drive, Block 18, Gulistan-i-Jauhar.

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