LAHORE: The funeral prayer of widely known lawyer and human rights advocateAsma Jahangir was offered at Gaddafi Stadium here in Lahore on Tuesday.
Maulana Haider Farooq Maududi led the funeral prayers which were attendedby scores of men, women and children.
Asma’s body was transported to her house in Gulberg from the hospital whereit had been kept in a morgue.Her funeral procession then marched towards Gaddafi Stadium, with mournerssurrounding the van carrying her body.
According to media reports, Asma will be laid to rest at her family’sfarmhouse in Bedian.
Jahangir, who co-founded the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan passedaway on Sunday after suffering a cardiac arrest.