Body of Umer Sharif lands in Karachi amid tight security

Several people are expected to attend the funeral of the legendary comedian Umer Sharif, who left the world on 2nd October at the age of 66.

In this regard, the provincial Sindh government has made elaborate security arrangements for the funeral prayers and burial of Umer Sharif.

Sharif passed away on October 2, two days after he was hospitalised in Nuremberg with pneumonia. His body will be flown to Pakistan on October 4. He will be buried at Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard, as he wished.

Umer was en route to Washington in a German air ambulance that took off from Karachi on September 28. His stay in Germany, which was expected to be brief, was prolonged by the in-flight fever. He passed away after his condition worsened during dialysis.

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His son, Jawad Sharif, said as per his father’s last wishes his burial would be in the graveyard at the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in Clifton Karachi. “His body will be flown from Germany to Karachi tonight and his funeral prayers will be held in a mosque in Clifton followed by his burial at the Mazar,” he added.

Jawad Sharif, during the conversation on the show, hosted by Nida Yasir, shared how his father always taught him to show kindness and love towards people.