KARACHI: Azmat Sabri, brother of famed qawwal Amjad Sabri, on Thursday denied claims that Amjad and they were affiliated to any particular political party.
Speaking to Hamid Mir in Geo News program 'Capital Talk', Azmat Sabri said they were Urdu-speaking citizens of Karachi living in the Liaquatabad neighbourhood and that they received love and affection from all citizens of the metropolis.
But he said that it would be incorrect to say they were affiliated with any particular political party.
He further added that as Qawwals, they go to perform wherever they are invited.
Amjad Sabri, 45, was one of South Asia's most popular singers of the 'qawwali', Sufi devotional music which dates back more than 700 years.
Amjad Sabri was the son of renowned qawwal of the 1960’s, Ghulam Farid Sabri, and the nephew of qawwali icon Maqbool Sabri who passed away in 2011.
Last week, Sabri was travelling with an associate when two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire on his car.
He was shot multiple times and pronounced dead by medics at a local hospital where he was taken after the attack.
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