Onlookers and journalists gather around the car driven by Sufi singer Amjad Sabri, who was killed when unidentified gunmen shot at his car, in Karachi, Pakistan, June 22, 2016. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
KARACHI (Reuters) - Thousands of mourners crowded the funeral procession of a beloved Pakistani singer on Thursday, a day after he was gunned down in the port city of Karachi in an attack claimed by a faction of the Pakistani Taliban.
Amjad Sabri, 45, was one of South Asia's most popular singers of the "qawwali", Sufi devotional music that dates back more than 700 years.
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