Pakistan is mourning one of its most famous singers, Amjad Sabri, who was shot dead in Karachi by militants.


Thousands paid their respects, throwing rose petals over an ambulance carrying his coffin. He was killed on Wednesday in an attack claimed by the Taliban.


Sabri performed Qawwali devotional music from the Sufi tradition, an Islamic practice opposed by extremists.


He will be laid to rest in Paposhnagar Graveyard next to his father, Qawwali legend Ghulam Farid Sabri.


Ahead of his funeral, mourners gathered outside his home in Karachi.


People from all walks of life, including sportsmen, actors and singers, showed up to pay their final respects, reports the BBC's M Ilyas Khan.


   
 
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