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  • Body Of Ayaz Soomro Brought Back To Pakistan

    Ayaz Soomro File photo Ayaz Soomro

    The body of PPP MNA and former provincial law minister Ayaz Soomro was on Thursday brought back from United States after he died in Manhattan two days back. His funeral prayers would be offered in Larkana at 2:00 PM today.

    His body was sent back to Pakistan through Emirates — Flight EK-202 — via Dubai.

    The body was received by the family members at Jinnah International Airport Karachi and would be shifted to Larkana via ambulance.

    The funeral prayers would be attended by the provincial ministers, PPP leaders and other people. He would be laid to rest beside his parents in family graveyard in Shahdadkot.

    Another funeral prayers of Ayaz Soomro who breathed his last on Tuesday were offered in a Brooklyn mosque yesterday.

    His family and friends joined the funeral prayers held in Makki Masjid in Brooklyn after Asr prayers.

    The PPP’s MNA breathed his last at a hospital in Manhattan, New York on Tuesday. His family said he will be laid to rest in Larkana, his native town.

    He was born on 31 December 1958. He was elected as the member of the National Assembly on PPP’s ticket from NA-204 (Larkana) in general election, 2013.

    Earlier, he was elected as an MPA from PS-37 Larkana in 2002. He served as law minister Sindh during Qaim Ali Shah’s tenure.