Amjad took over the reins from his father Ghulam Farid and uncle Maqbool and took the family name forward, carving a more popular and less niche identity for himself and his family. The Sabri family rose to fame in the 1970s, when the dynamic duo of Ghulam Farid Sabri and Maqbool Ahmed Sabri redefined the old genre of qawwali singing. He was shot three times,” police surgeon Rohina Hasan said. “Amjad Sabri expired on the way to the hospital. “Two attackers riding a motorcycle intercepted his car and targeted Amjad Sabri, who was driving,” Sindh police chief Allah Dino Khawaja told reporters soon after the incident.Īmjad was rushed to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
His killing was widely condemned across the country. The 45-year-old was hit by three bullets.Īmjad was the scion of the great Sabri Brothers, known for their qawwali singing around the world. Two unidentified gunmen shot at the windscreen of Amjad’s car as it drove off a bridge in Liaquatabad Market area. Renowned qawwal Amjad Sabri was shot dead on a busy street in Karachi on Wednesday as he was on his way to perform at an iftar in Pakistan’s financial hub.
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