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Ex-corps commander Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Ali Chishti passed away

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ISLAMABAD: Former Corps Commander and Federal Minister Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Ali Chishti passed away on Monday at the age of 97 after a prolonged illness.

Chishti was undergoing treatment in the hospital due to heart and lung complications.

Lt Gen Chishti had served as a Corps Commander. After retirement from the armed forces, he also held the post of Federal Minister.

Recently, Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society President Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qayyum also visited General Chishti in the hospital. Chishti had also served as the President of the Ex-Servicemen’s Society. Until his death, he was the current Patron-in-Chief of the Pakistan Ex-Servicemen’s Society.

His funeral prayers will be offered tomorrow at 3 pm in Rawalpindi where family, friends and colleagues will gather to perform his last rites.

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