Funeral held for Pakistani athlete who died in migrant boat crash

Sister Sadia Raza, centre, relative Naimatullah Hazara, left, and friend Sumiaya Kianat of female field hockey player Shahida Raza, who died in a boat accident, attend her funeral, in Quetta, Pakistan (Arshad Butt/AP)

Mourners have attended the funeral of a Pakistani female field hockey player who died in a migrant boat crash off Italy’s coast.

The vessel carrying Shahiza Raza and 170 others set sail from the Turkish port of Izmir last month.