Slain MQM lawmaker buried in Lahore

MQM MNA Tahira Asif Died in Lahore by dawn-news LAHORE: Member of National Assembly belonging to the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) Tahira Asif, who was gunned down in an attack in Lahore, was buried on Friday in a local graveyard near her residence in the city's Wafaqi colony area in Johar Town. Strict security arrangements were in place for the funeral which was attended by a large number of people including Pakistan Muslim League - Nawaz's (PML-N) Provincial Food Minister Bilal Yasin, Pervaiz Rafique of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), opposition leader in the Punjab Assembly Mian Mehmoodur Rasheed belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) and a delegation of the Pakistan Muslim League- Quaid (PML-Q) among others. The lawmaker was buried next to the grave of her father at the Kamal Shah graveyard. Tahira Asif was wounded in a gun attack in Lahore on Wednesday and was shifted to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in a critical condition where she was undergoing treatment. The legislator succumbed to her wounds on Thursday following which her party, the MQM, had announced a three-day mourning and also demanded the arrest of the killers withing three days. CCPO Lahore had constituted two teams head by SP CIA and SP investigation respectively to probe the incident. Police sources had claimed that two suspected had been arrested and were being held at an undisclosed location for questioning.