Islamabad: The Funeral prayer in absentia of Saudi Prince Naif bin Abdul Aziz will be offered today here at Faisal Mosque right after the Zuhr prayers, sources informed.
According to an official of Ministry of Religious Affairs, the funeral prayer would be attended by the people belonging from different aspects of life including the government officials.
It is to mention here that Prince Nayef bin Abdulaziz-al-Saud passes away in Geneva on 16th June. He worked as the Interior Minister for Saudi Arabia from 1975. He remained in Switzerland from May for medical treatment. He died at an age of 78.
His funeral prayer was offered on 17th June in Makkah that was attended by Prime Minister Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani and Army Chief Ashfaq Pervez Kayani.
His funeral prayer in absentia was also offered in Lahore under Markazi Jamiat Ahl-e-Hadith Pakistan.