MUZAFFARABAD, June 16: Abdul Khaliq Ansari, the founder of the Jammu Kashmir Plebiscite Front, was laid to rest in southern Mirpur district on Sunday, a day after his death. He was 87.
Earlier in the day, about 2,000 people attended his funeral at the Quaid-i-Azam Stadium, Mirpur.
Prominent among those who attended the funeral were AJK Prime Minister Chaudhry Abdul Majeed, former AJK prime minister Barrister Sultan Mahmood, Supreme head of Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Amanullah Khan, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation League president Abdul Majeed Malick, AJK Supreme Court Chief Justice Muhammad Azam Khan, PML-N MPA Muhammad Rafique, National Liberation Front chairman Shaukat Maqbool Butt and former ambassador Arif Kamal.
