Doctor Mehdi Ali Qamar Shaheed, a 'servant of humanity'.[720P]
- 10 years ago
The Canadian-American cardiologist who was assassinated in Pakistan while on a humanitarian mission at his funeral service in Vaughan, Ont., on Wednesday, June 4, 2014.
A Canadian cardiologist shot dead in Pakistan was remembered Wednesday as a selfless humanitarian who was "murdered because of his faith," with mourners making impassioned calls for Ottawa to better pressure the South Asian country on religious freedoms.
Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, had just returned to his birth country to do volunteer work at a hospital when he was gunned down by assailants in front of his wife and two-year-old son on May 26. They were visiting his parents' graves
A Canadian cardiologist shot dead in Pakistan was remembered Wednesday as a selfless humanitarian who was "murdered because of his faith," with mourners making impassioned calls for Ottawa to better pressure the South Asian country on religious freedoms.
Dr. Mehdi Ali Qamar, a member of the Ahmadiyya Muslim sect, had just returned to his birth country to do volunteer work at a hospital when he was gunned down by assailants in front of his wife and two-year-old son on May 26. They were visiting his parents' graves