Soyem of wife of last ruler of Khairpur State held

SUKKUR: The Soyem of Aelya Talpur, wife of the former ruler of Khairpur State Mir Ali Murad Khan Talpur and mother of prince Mahadi Raza Talpur, was held on Monday at the Faiz Mahal Khairpur.

Politicians, members of civil society and others attended the Soyem. Aelya died at the Sindh Institute of Urology and Transplantation (SIUT) on Thursday. She was in her late 70s and left two sons and a daughter behind.

The body was shifted to the family’s residence known as Takri Waro Bungalow in Kot Diji where the funeral prayers were held on Friday. Aelya, known as Begum Sahiba, was the daughter of the eminent philosopher and religious scholar Allama Rasheed Turabi.