The funeral prayer of Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Mufti Abdul Shakoor will be offered at 12:30 pm in Islamabad, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Pakistan Democratic Movement (PDM) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other politicians will participate in the Namaz-e-Janaza to be held at Jamia Masjid Dar-us-Salam in G-6 Islamabad.
After the funeral prayer in Islamabad, his mortal remains will be taken to Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa where his funeral prayer will be offered again at 2 pm on Sunday. Later, his body will be buried in the Lakki Marwat’s graveyard.
Federal Minister for Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony Mufti Abdul Shakoor passed away in a road accident in Islamabad.
The incident occurred around iftar (Saturday evening) when the minister was headed towards Secretariat Chowk from a local hotel.
The capital's police said the minister was driving the car himself when a Toyota Hilux Revo — with five people onboard — smashed his vehicle at the driver's side. The federal minister was shifted to Polyclinic Hospital in the federal capital, but due to severe internal bleeding, he succumbed to his wounds, the police said.