Srinagar, Nov 20 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir Awami Action Committee has expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of the aunt of Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir Dr Moulvi Muhammad Umar Farooq who passed away today morning after a brief illness. The deceased was the spouse of the Late Moulvi Ali Muhammad Jan, the elder brother of the organisation’s founder Shaheed-e-Millat Mirwaiz Moulvi Muhammad Farooq.
AAC in a statement expressed condolences to Mirwaiz-e-Kashmir and to the deceased's sons Molvi Khalid Umar and Molvi Hamid Ali and all members of Mirwaiz family in this hour of grief and sorrow and prayed for Jannat-ul-Firdous to the departed soul.
The funeral prayer was led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq after he was allowed by the authorities. A large number of people from all walks of life participated in the nimaz e jinazah . Later, the deceased was buried in the ancestral family graveyard .
AAC in the statement paid tributes to the deceased, describing her as a deeply caring compassionate and very pious woman who had earned a prominent position in the family as the kind and loving matriarch whose death is a huge loss to the family.
Note: According to family sources, the condolence of the deceased will continue for three days at her ancestral house "Bait Al-Hamd" in Kursoo Rajbagh. There will be no congregational fatheha khawni.(KNS)