The funeral procession of three slain PPP workers and an activist of PSF were offered at their respective areas here on Saturday. According to police, the funeral prayers of three PPP activists namely Farhan alias Gudo, Anees Siddiqui alias Munna Behari and Umer Hayat, who were targeted in the limits of Mominabad police station on Friday, were offered in different parts of Orangi Town including Urdu Chowk area and sector 10 and 11.
The deceased were buried at local graveyard. The funeral processions were attended by the PPP leaders including MNA Abdul Qadir Patel and others. DSP Tariq Malik said the case in this regard was not registered yet as the PPP committee is presently discussing the issue and later they would register a case.
Needless to mention, Chief Minister Syed Qaim Ali Shah had given assurance to the protesters, who tried to approach CM House with corpses of the victims but faced strong resistance from law enforcers to express resentment against the said killings. The protesters took the bodies near Fountain Roundabout where CM had assured to take stern action against the nominated persons. Meanwhile, a PSF activist namely Syed Hussain son of Aziz Khan, who was killed at Scout Colony, Gulshan Iqbal, was laid to rest at Super Highway graveyard. His funeral prayers were offered at Ali Town, Sohrab Goth, where PSF leaders Zulfiqar Kaimkhani, Faisal Fateh, Bashir Khan and others were present. The victim Syed was the student of Sociology department of Karachi University and was active worker of PSF.