A large number of members of different religious organisations and loyalists of Qadri gathered at Liaqat Bagh hours before the funeral prayers and chanted slogans against the present government.
Pir Syed Haseenud Din Shah led the funeral prayers. Sarwat Ijaz Qadri of Sunni Tehreek, Pir Muneeb Rehman, Pir Naqeeb ur Rehman, Mufti Hanif Qureshi and many other religious scholars attended funeral prayers. The law enforcement agencies in twin cities had made tight security arrangements in order to avert any untoward incidents. All roads leading to Liaqat Bagh and adjacent areas were completely closed for traffic.
Heavy contingents of police were deployed at Liaqat Bagh and in nearby areas as well as at the route of funeral procession and the different of parts of the twin cities. The Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT) administration had blocked all roads leading to the Red Zone where foreign missions, embassies and sensitive government buildings are located by placing containers and deploying heavy contingents of police.
The city police had closed the road from Rawal Dam roundabout to Red Zone for traffic. Similarly, the road from Serena Hotel to Diplomatic Enclave was also sealed through containers and the roads from NADRA headquarters towards Shahrah-e-Dastoor were also sealed. The ICT administration also deployed a heavy contingent of Rangers at Athal village and also conducted air surveillance of the area through a helicopter. Traders' organisations in the garrison city closed down shops in protest against the execution of Mumtaz Qadri. The owners of shops in main markets in Rawalpindi were completely closed and educational institutions also remained closed.