Funeral Prayers for JI Emir Secretary Muhammad Abrar Offered at Mansoorah
JI Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman expressed grief over his death
The funeral prayers for Muhammad Abrar, secretary to the Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan emir, were offered at Mansoorah on Tuesday. He died at the age of 72.
JI Emir Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman expressed grief over his death, extended condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul’s elevation in status in the hereafter.
Sheikh-ul-Quran wal-Hadith Maulana Abdul Malik led the funeral prayers, which were attended by senior JI leaders, former lawmakers and people from various walks of life.
Those present included Acting Secretary General Nazir Ahmad Janjua, Deputy Secretary Azhar Iqbal Hasan, Dr Farid Ahmad Piracha, adviser to the JI emir, Lahore Emir Ziauddin Ansari, Lahore General Secretary Azhar Bilal, former Punjab MPAs Syed Ehsanullah Waqas, Director Foreign affair Asif Luqman Qazi, and Chaudhry Muhammad Shaukat, Information Secretary Shakil Ahmed Turabi and Dr Zikrullah Mujahid.
JI deputy emirs Liaquat Baloch, Dr Usama Razi, Professor Muhammad Ibrahim, Mian Muhammad Aslam and Dr Ataur Rehman, JI acting Secretary General Nazir Ahmad Janjua, deputy secretaries Azhar Iqbal Hasan, Maulana Abdul Haq Hashmi, Syed Waqas Jafri, Mumtaz Sehto, Sheikh Usman Farooq, Rusal Khan Babar, President of Alkhidmat Foundation Pakistan Dr. Hafeez Ur Rahman, Information Secretary Shakil Ahmed Turabi along with other party leaders, also expressed condolences and prayed for the deceased.
Born in Sahiwal on June 1, 1954, Abrar held a bachelor’s degree and devoted decades of his life to the party’s organisational work.
He served in various organisational positions in Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab from 1975 to 1980 before becoming the party’s national organisation secretary, a position he held from 1980 to 1984.
From 1984 to 2020, he served as secretary to the JI emir, working under four successive party chiefs: Mian Tufail Muhammad from 1984 to 1987, Qazi Hussain Ahmad from 1987 to 2009, Syed Munawar Hasan from 2009 to 2014, and Sirajul Haq from 2014 to 2020.
He is survived by two sons and two daughters.