{"id":6375,"date":"2022-02-23T11:34:25","date_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:34:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=6375"},"modified":"2022-02-23T11:35:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-23T11:35:46","slug":"senior-ppp-leader-rehman-malik-passes-away-at-70-in-islamabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/senior-ppp-leader-rehman-malik-passes-away-at-70-in-islamabad\/","title":{"rendered":"Senior PPP leader Rehman Malik passes away at 70 in Islamabad"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former senator Rehman Malik passed away on Wednesday in Islamabad due to coronavirus-related complications, his spokesperson Riaz Ali Turi confirmed. He was 70.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Deeply devastated to say that former interior minister [and] PPP’s senior leader, Abdul Rehman Malik, passed away,” he tweeted.<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Malik was put on a ventilator\u00a0after his health deteriorated due to Covid-related complications.<\/p>\n

Malik had tested positive for the coronavirus in January. At that time, his spokesperson said the former senator had initially been shifted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Islamabad after his condition deteriorated. However, his condition had continued to worsen and doctors subsequently put him on a ventilator on February 1.<\/p>\n

The spokesperson said the virus had affected Malik’s lungs and the former senator had been complaining of breathing problems after contracting Covid.<\/p>\n

Talking to the media, Malik’s nephew Waqas Malik said the former senator’s funeral prayers would be held at the mosque in Islamabad’s H-8 sector at 2:30pm tomorrow.<\/p>\n

Political career<\/h2>\n

Rehman Malik obtained a master’s degree in statistics from the University of Karachi in 1973 and was awarded an honorary PhD from the same institution in 2012.<\/p>\n

He had a long career as a politician and held many portfolios, including his term as interior minister from 2008 to 2013.<\/p>\n

He was also a recipient of the Sitara-i-Shujaat for his services in the Federal Investigation Agency and the Nishan-i-Imtiaz.<\/p>\n

Leaders offer condolences<\/h2>\n

Condolences poured in from PPP stalwarts and political leaders from other parties on Malik’s passing.<\/p>\n

PPP co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari paid tribute to Malik, saying he was a “hardworking and capable interior minister”.<\/p>\n

He added that Malik’s services to the country were unforgettable and the PPP leadership and workers shared in his family’s grief.<\/p>\n

Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed expressed his grief over news of the demise and extended condolences to the departed’s family.<\/p>\n

Punjab Governor Chaudhry Sarwar offered his condolences on the former interior minister’s death.<\/p>\n

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PPP Senator Saleem Mandviwalla said he was “deeply saddened” on hearing the news and praised his former peer as a “good man and amazing politician”.<\/p>\n

“Rehman Malik’s death is a great loss for the country’s politics. The vacuum created by Rehman Malik’s demise can never be filled,” he said, adding that his services for the PPP will always be remembered.<\/p>\n

“I am deeply saddened by the demise of former interior minister Rehman Malik. May God forgive him and grant patience to his family,” senior PML-N leader Ahsan Iqbal tweeted.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader and former senator Rehman Malik passed away on Wednesday in Islamabad due to coronavirus-related complications, his spokesperson Riaz Ali Turi confirmed. He was 70. “Deeply devastated to say that former interior minister [and] PPP’s senior leader, Abdul Rehman Malik, passed away,” he tweeted. Earlier this month, Malik was […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":6376,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[4727,1201,3950,183],"class_list":["post-6375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan","tag-covid","tag-pakistan-peoples-party","tag-university-of-karachi","tag-pm-imran-khan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6375","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6375"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6375\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6375"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6375"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6375"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}