He said that he wanted youngsters passing out from it to say that they had graduated from the Umer Sharif Institute. “I have already expressed desire that either we should name an institution after him or establish a new one,” Ghani said. Speaking to the media, Sindhi Minister Ghani said the provincial government intended to establish a training institute in the field of performing arts named after the late comedian Umer Sharif to honour his artistic services. Sindh Information Minister Saeed Ghani and Muttahida Qaumi Movement Pakistan’s MNA Kishwar Zahra also arrived at the airport's cargo terminal to receive the body. Sharif's body was shifted to his home in Gulshan-e-Iqbal from the mortuary Wednesday morning for his last rites. His two sons and other relatives received his body at the airport. Sharif's wife Zareen Ghazal also arrived back in Pakistan on board the same plane. Over 200 police personnel and a bomb disposal squad had been deputed at the funeral for security, police said.Ī large number of people also showed up at Umer Sharif's residence in Gulshan-e-Iqbal to offer their condolences to the bereaved family.Įarlier, Turkish Airlines flight TK-708, carrying Sharif’s corpse, flew from Istanbul landed at the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi at around 5:33am Wednesday morning. Religion scholar Maulana Bashir Farooqi offered the funeral prayers and the casket carrying his body was wrapped in a Pakistani flag. He was 66.Ī large number of people including political and social leaders, as well as people from the entertainment industry, attended the funeral held at a park named after him in the Clifton neighbourhood. Sharif passed away in Germany on Saturday after battling serious health problems.
KARACHI: Legendary comedian and prominent television personality Umer Sharif was buried on Wednesday in the cemetery adjacent to the shrine of Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazi after his funeral prayers were offered at a park in Karachi’s Clifton neighbourhood.
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