Former senator Allama Abbas Kumaili passes away in Karachi

Jafria Alliance Pakistan (JAP) chief and former senator Allama Abbas Kumaili passed away after prolonged illness in Karachi on Saturday.

The 70-year-old prominent religious scholar, a diabetic patient, was being treated at a private hospital for cardiac complications, According to Family Sources.

Kumaili also used Majlis-e-Wahdatul Muslimeen’s (MWM) platform to preach interfaith harmony among all Islamic schools of thought.

His 42-year-old son, Allama Ali Akbar Kumaili, was shot dead in Bhangoria Goth, along with his guard in September, 2014.