KARACHI: Highly praised qawwali maestro and Sufi singer, Amjad Sabri has been laid to rest beside his father, Ghulam Farid Sabri, in Paposh Nagar graveyard in the city. A huge crowd of fans, supporters, friends and family members gathered from across the city to attend his final funeral proceedings earlier in the day today. Pakistan is in mourning after losing a name like Amjad Sabri, in an assassination attempt by unidentified assailants on Wednesday in Liaquatabad area. Many crowded to touch the ambulance, a gesture of reverence for the deceased. Shops and businesses in the Liaquatabad and Nazimbad areas shut down for the day. Thousands gather to attend singer’s last rites Mohammad Farooq Khan, a 36-year-old who contracted polio as a child, said he had walked 12 kilometres from the city’s north on his crutches to attend the singer’s last rites, reported the AFP. “Allah has brought to here to participate in the funeral of that great man,” he ...