Religious affairs minister and JUI-F MNA Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in Islamabad road accident – Pakistan
Religious affairs minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor died in a road accident in Islamabad on Saturday, capital police mentioned.
Police mentioned on Twitter that the minister’s automotive was “hit by a Hilux Revo” whereas he was travelling from Mariott in direction of the Secretariat Chowk.
Five folks had been travelling in the Hilux Revo and they, together with their automobile, have been taken into custody, police added.
Meanwhile, the minister was shifted to Poly Clinic Hospital, however he didn’t survive the accident, the police assertion mentioned.
It is just not clear but whether or not the minister was travelling alone or there have been different passengers in his automotive.
Mufti Shakoor was an MNA of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) from the erstwhile tribal areas.
Condolences
Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed sorrow and regret over Mufti Shakoor’s demise, a statement issued by the Prime Minister’s Office said.
The premier extended his condolences to the deceased’s family and prayed for him, the statement said, adding that Shakoor was one of the “dynamic and ideological leaders” of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl and a good person.
PM Shehbaz praised his performance as the religious affairs minister.
Separately, the premier tweeted from his account that he was deeply saddened to hear about the “sudden death of my friend, colleague and an important member of the cabinet, Mufti Abdul Shakoor”.
The premier remembered him as a “practising scholar, an ideological political activist and a pious person”.
PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry and Faisal Javed also extended their condolences
and prayed for Mufti Shakoor.
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