Former Ameer of the JI Qazi Hussain Ahmed led the funeral prayers. Thousands of JI workers, leaders of JI from all the provinces and political leaders and delegations of all the religious and political parties besides people from all walks of life joined the funeral.
Prominent among those who attended the funeral prayers were former President, Rafiq Ahmed Tarar, JI Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan , JUI (F) central leader Hafiz Hussain Ahmed, JI Azad Kashmir Chief Abdul Rashid Turabi, JI NWFP Ameer Siraju-Haq , JI Sindh Amerr Asad-ullah-Bhutto, Chief of Muttahida Jihad Council Syed Salahuddin, Secretary Information Punjab Shoaib- bin-Aziz, labour leader Khurshid Ahmed. Veteran journalists, Majeed Nizami, Senior journalist, Mustafa Sadiq and Mujibur Rehman Shami were also present on the occasion.