KARACHI: Senior politician and former Speaker National Assembly Illahi Bux Soomro passed away on Wednesday.
Family sources say that Soomro died of a heart attack in a private hospital in Karachi where he was admitted due to health problems.
His dead body will be taken to his native village Jacobabad for funeral prayers.
Soomro served as the 16th Speaker of the National Assembly of Pakistan and belonged to an influential political family of Sindh.
Throughout his career, he held various federal ministries, including the Ministry of Industry and Production, Ministry of Housing and Works, Ministry of Defense Production, Ministry of IT, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, and Ministry of Water and Power.
Illahi Bux Soomro was known as one of the few politicians who maintained close relations with the Presidents and Prime Ministers of Pakistan.
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