Karachi : Asian Comedy King Umer Sharif’s funeral was offered Wednesday at a Clifton park in Karachi and later he was buried next to the grave of Shireen Jinnah, sister of Quad-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah at Karachi’s Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard.

Earlier on Wednesday, Umer’s body, draped in Pakistan national flag in was brought to Karachi from Istanbul.

Sharif was on his way to USA for his treatment and breathed his last in Germany where his health had deteriorated on Saturday, four days ago.

According to media reports, Umer Sharif’s body was carried from Istanbul to Karachi via Turkish Airlines Flight TK-708. Before, his body was moved from German capital Munich to Istanbul on Tuesday.

Umer Sharif, 66, was born on April 19, 1955. Umer has been a pioneer of stage acting and made the world to acknowledge his art by bossing comic stage drama industry of specifically Sub Continent and across the world in general.

He received national awards for best director and best actor in 1992 for his drama Mr. 420. He received ten Nigar awards and is the only actor to receive four Nigar awards in a year.

He was also a recipient of the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz for his contributions as a comedian, actor and producer in the entertainment industry.

The veteran actor’s medical condition had become a subject of national concern last month after he made a video appeal to Prime Minister Imran Khan to help him secure a visa to travel abroad for medical treatment.

The federal government had assured him that it would help and the Sindh government also stepped in, sanctioning Rs40 million for his treatment.

Politicos, actors and artists from across the border were seen mourning Umer Sharif’s demise.

Pakistan’s President Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan and his cabinet members, heads and leaders of opposition parties and almost every prominent artist from media and showbiz industry had passed their condolences on Umer’s death.

India’s most famous comic artist Kapil Sharma, as well as Johnny Lever had expressed their grieves terming Umer Sharif as ‘one and only of his kind’.

Umer was indeed one of his own kind, disseminating smiles upon sad faces, and his demise has created an unprecedented vacuum.