Pakistan's Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor dies in road accident in Islamabad

Pakistans Religious Affairs Minister and a Jamiat UlemaiIslam Fazl leader Mufti Abdul Shakoor died in a road accident in Islamabads Red Zone area Dawn reportedAs per the local police the minister 55 was heading towards Secretariat Chowk on Saturday evening on Constitution Avenue road when his vehicle was hit by a Hilux vehicle with five passengers on boardFollowing the accident the minister was immediately shifted to the Polyclinic Hospital in critical condition but he couldnt be resuscitatedThe Inspector General of Police with other senior officers reached the scene of the accident and the hospital soon after receiving the informationThe police said all five occupants of the other vehicle were arrested and shifted to a nearby police station for investigation It is still unclear if the minister was alone in the vehicle or if there were some other people with him as well A police source however said the minister was driving the car reported DawnSources in the hospital said the minister suffered a serious head injury leading to his death They said the body of the deceased had been handed over to the family after a postmortemAs per Dawn the JUIF leader was known for his fiery speeches against his political rivals especially PTI He had won the National Assembly seat of NA51 in the 2018 general elections from the platform of the Muttahida MajlisiAmal He hailed from Lakki MarwatAlso Read Uttar Pradesh man hacks to death parents teen sister in AzamgarhPakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences to the family of the deceased and prayed for himPrime Minister Shehbaz Sharif extended his condolences to the family of the deceased and prayed for himTerming him a practical scholar an ideological political activist and a good human being Sharif tweeted I am deeply saddened and saddened to hear of the sudden death of my friend colleague and important member of the cabinet Mufti Abdul Shakoor He was a practical scholar an ideological political activist and a good human being May Allah grant forgiveness to the deceased and patience to the bereavedPresident Arif Alvi Foreign Minister Bilawal BhuttoZardari National Assembly Speaker Pervaiz Ashraf and several other political figures also condoled over the sad demise of the minister PTI leaders Fawad Chaudhry and Faisal Javed also extended their condolences and prayed for the departed soulThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever