Jumáh Journal--Qurán Khwani and Dua maghfirat

You will recall that on 27th December (When Ghazza bombing started) Pakistanis were "doing their thing" on the first anniversary of Benazir's assasination, May Allah forgive her.
There was Qurán Khwani and Fateha, the usual cultural cum religious observation for such occasions.
There is no doubt that the "thawab" of some good deeds can be, by prayer, "assigned" to a departed soul and that forms the basis of this act. The grieved family/person is the one doing this (he/she is the one who is hurt) and so it is understandable, but asking a hafiz or person who may not even know the "marhoom" to recite Qurán, is that reasonable?
The professionals (like Hafiz saheb or Mullaji etc. who is only interested in the food afterwards), in my opinion have no place unless they are genuinely affected by the loss, the passing soul was a friend or well-known etc.
Friends, yes and family yes.
The next problem is "Khatam"
There is no doubt that after finishing Qurán a dua has more chances of being "answered" by Allah SWT, so The Qurán should be recited. But 15 or 20 people read it by parts, each person recites may be one or two Juz, right? The whole Qurán is not recited by one person.
So the Khatam is considered to be "collective". Some would "give" after reciting to one designated person who after "recieving" the total Qurán, then makes dua for the thawab to be sent to the departed soul.
May be Allah accepts it that way or He, Jalla Jalalahu may accept dua anyway.
To me it has always posed the problem of"is it reasonable"?
Now, in India Hindus have their clergy (Mahant or pandit) who recites "shabd" because others do not know (and they are just as much fond of sweets)
It is quite possible that Muslims did the same thing (learning from Hinhus?) especially when they (at least in some cases) did not know how to recite Qurán (Forgive me to say so but many Muslims in fact do have that problem). This is purely my "conjecture" so please do not quote me. These are things happening here in the West also and so I look at these things with a more critical attitude.
I am sure many Ulama have written a lot about these things and quoted ahadeeth, I have not quoted anything. I am just mentioning what I have seen and made (good or bad) observation.
Many Arabs specially Shafei or Hanbali are amazed at this "Qurán Khwani" and in some masajid object to this process thereby hurting the feelings of Indian/Pakistani/Bangladeshis. I am not sure if that is called for but I am sure you are all aware of these happenings in every major town in America. I personally see no harm in that, and many people now just recite Qurán get together and thus "join" collectively for "Tázia" and people (usually friends of the family) bring food so the "host" does not have to cook etc.. I feel this is very appropriate, so I do not "öbject" to Qurán Khwani.
Personally I see this as a means of "sharing" the grief and of course making dua-e-maghfirat, which is the uncontested right thing to do.