LAHORE - Qul ceremony and Quran Khawani for Begum Rehana Majid Nizami, wife of Managing Director and Editor-in-Chief Nawa-i-Waqt Group Majid Nizami and mother of Ms Rameeza Majid Nizami, Deputy Managing Director and Managing Editor Nawa-i-Waqt Group was held with due solemnity at 43-Mason Road on Sunday morning. A large number of people, elite of the city and representatives from doctors, lawyers, politicians, bureaucrats, journalists, ulema, social workers, women, relatives, family friends, admirers and people from all walks of life attended the ceremony. After Quran khawani, 'dua was led by renowned scholar Allama Ahmad Ali Kasuri who prayed for the departed soul to rest in peace in heaven. He also prayed for the solidarity and integrity of the country and the nation. Later, the participants met Majid Nizami and conveyed him their condolence. Prominent among those present were PML-N Quaid Nawaz Sharif, Editor daily The Nation Arif Nizami, Senator Ishaq Dar, City Nazim Mian Aamer Mehmood, former Punjab Governors Mian Mohammad Azhar, Ghulam Mustafa Khar, Shahid Hamid, former federal Minister Sartaj Aziz, Shoaib Nizami, Humayun Akhtar, Chairman Senate Farooq Naek, PPP Secretary Information Fauzia Wahab, Senior Minister Sindh Pir Mazharul Haq, Malik Hakmeen Khan, former Jamaat-i-Islami Amir Qazi Hussain Ahmad, former Chairman Senate Waseem Sajjad, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Ch Jaafer Iqbal, PPP leader Raja Riaz, Imtiaz Rafi Butt, Mian Misbahur Rehman, Dr Khalid Ranjha, Salim Saifullah, Nasrullah Dreshak, SM Zafar, Tanvir Ashraf Kaira, Qasim Zia, Raja Munawar, Rana Mashhood, Fakhar Imam, Dr Javed Iqbal, Mian Munir, Mian Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, Justice (r) Aftab Farrukh, Justice Khalilur Rehman, Justice (r) MH Sial, Provincial Mohtasib Khalid Mehmood, Khurshid Mehmood Kasuri, Khawaja Saad Rafique, Nawaz Gondal, Javed Qureshi, Munir Ahmad Khan, Azizur Rehman Chan, Ahmad Riaz Sheikh, Eng Salimullah Khan, Rehmat Khan Verdag, Col (r) Jamshed Tarin, Saeed Ahmad Sharqpuri, Syed Ahmad Saeed Kirmani, Dr Asif Kirmani, Ihsan Wyne, Manzoor Gillani, Mohammad Ali Durrani, Saeed Akbar Newani, Syed Naseebullah Shah Gerdezi, Labourer leader Khurshid Ahmad, Seth Abid, Akram Zaki, Pir Nobahar Shah, Haider Ali Mirza, Gen (r) Zulfiqaur, Ihsanullah Waqas, Tikkah Khan of Akhbar Farosh Union, Aslam Zar, Akram Shaheedi, Dr Safdar Mehmood, Shoaib bin Aziz, artiste Shujaat Hashmi, Prof Dr Mumtaz Ahmad of KEMU, Dr Zafarullah Chaudhry, Ch Munir, Sahibzada Fazle Karim, Amirul Azeem, CCPO Lahore Pervaiz Rathor, Ali Raza, Zahid Hussain Gardezi, Dr Rafique Ahmad, Dr Sarfraz Naeemi, Mujibur Rehman Shami, Attaul Haq Qasmi, Dr Prof. Mugheesuddin Sheikh, Dr Ahsan Akhtar Naz, Irshad Haqqani, Sharif Farooq, Col (r) Syed Amjad Hussain, notable columnists, staff of Nawa-i-Waqt Group and many others. Prominent among the ladies were Begum Kalsoom Nawaz Sharif, Sarwat Shahid Hamid, Dr Parveen Khan, Shaista Pervaiz Malik, Begum Mian Ihsan, Begum Shamim Aftab Farrukh, Begum Shamim Niazi, Begum Surraya Khurshid, Begum Sartaj Aziz and many others.