Zakir Naik’s father passes away

Controversial Islamic preacher Zakir Naik’s father Abdul Karim Naik, a physician and an educationist, passed away at his home here early this morning after suffering a cardiac arrest. He was 87.

“He suffered a cardiac arrest at 3.30 a.m. at his home in Mazgaon and could not recover from that. Abdul had been keeping unwell from sometime. He was laid to rest at a graveyard in the same area,” an associate of Dr. Zakir Naik said.