Srinagar: Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and Kashmir Ameer Dr Abdul Hamid Fayaz on Thursday met  Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani at his residence at Hyderpora in Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar.

The Ameer-e-Jamaat also accompanied by other members of the organization expressed sympathy with the octogenarian leader over the demise of his son-in-law.

A spokesperosn of Jamaat in a statement said that the delegation met the veteran leader and expressed condolences on the death of his son-in-law Ghulam Hassan Makhdoomi, who died in SKIMS on Tuesday night.

He said that the delegation comprised of Faheem Mohammad Ramzan (Secretary General), Nazir Ahmad Rana (Guidance Bureau head), Advocate Zahid Ali (Political Bureau head) and Reyaz Ahmad Nadvi (Secretary to Amir-e-Jama’at).

The delegation also enquired about the health condition of the veteran leader and prayed for the eternal peace of the deceased Makhdoomi.