KARACHI, Nov 2: Syed Mansoor Bokhari died here of a massive heart attack on Friday morning and was buried at the Defence Housing Authority graveyard. He was 74.

Attending the funeral were people from different professions and quite a few retired people. There were also some people whom he had quietly helped at one time or the other.

Mansoor Bokhari, son of Ahmad Shah Bokhari (better known as Patras) was born in Peshawar. He was an honours graduate from St.Stephens College, Delhi. He worked for Pakistan Tobacco Company and then joined EMI (Pakistan) where he worked for two decades as its managing director, in which capacity he helped a number of struggling singers and composers. Under his stewardship EMI did quite a few pioneering things, one of which was the recording of the holy Quran.

Mansoor Bokhari, who had a brain haemorrhage seven years ago which affected his power of speech, was learning once again to read and write when fate cut short his efforts.

Mansoor Bokhari has left behind his wife, three daughters and two sons, all except one are abroad. One of his daughters is working for the United Nations, an organization her grandfather once served as Under secretary-general. Soyem will be held on Saturday at his residence in Clifton between Asar and Maghrib.