THATTA: Renowned political figure of lower Sindh Syed Aijaz Ali Shah Sheerazi passed away in a Karachi hospital on Thursday. He had been suffering from multiple medical issues that were further complicated by Covid-19 over a couple of months.
Several thousand people from across Sindh, mostly from four coastal districts of lower Sindh, attended the funeral procession. His burial took place in the Sheerazis’ ancestral graveyard, located next to the shrine of Hazrat Shah Murad Shah Sheerazi in Thatta, in the evening.
Considered to be a political heavyweight in the lower Sindh region, Aijaz Sheerazi and several of his family members won National and provincial assemblies’ seats in the elections held since 1984.