{"id":75639,"date":"2025-05-26T17:19:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:19:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=75639"},"modified":"2025-05-26T17:19:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-26T12:19:17","slug":"former-sindh-governor-kamaluddin-azfar-breathes-his-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/former-sindh-governor-kamaluddin-azfar-breathes-his-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Sindh governor Kamaluddin Azfar breathes his last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Former Governor Sindh and Senior Pakistan Peoples Party <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/ppps-waqar-mehdi-wins-sindh-senate-seat\/\">(PPP)<\/a> leader Kamaluddin Azfar passed away at age of 95, according to family.<\/p>\n<p>He was admitted to <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/karachi-family-poisoned-5-year-old-boy-dies-6-others-hospitalized\/\">Ziauddin Hospital<\/a>, where he breathed his last due to prolonged illness. His funeral timing shall be announced upon the arrival of his sons from abroad.<\/p>\n<p>He joined the party in the early days of it and was a close aide of former Prime Minister Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto. He also acted as the president of PPP Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>He serves as senator from Sindh but resigned after being appointed as Governor of Sindh in 1995 by the then Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. He also served as the Finance Minister of Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>Kamal Azfar was also a legal expert and had authored several works on constitutional law and governance. His colleagues often referred to him as a \u201cgentle statesman\u201d with a deep understanding of Pakistan\u2019s political and legal framework.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"695\" data-end=\"882\">\u201cShrewd and seasoned politician whose services will always be remembered,\u201d said the Chief Minister of Sindh, Syed Murad Ali Shah, upon the demise of ex-PPP leader.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"884\" data-end=\"1202\">Mr Shah extended his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for the departed soul\u2019s elevation in ranks. \u201cKamal Azfar\u2019s political insight and dedication to democratic values left an indelible mark on Sindh\u2019s political landscape,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1771\">Kamal Azfar was also a legal expert and had authored several works on constitutional law and governance. His colleagues often referred to him as a \u201cgentle statesman\u201d with a deep understanding of Pakistan\u2019s political and legal framework.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Former Governor Sindh and Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Kamaluddin Azfar passed away at age of 95, according to family. He was admitted to Ziauddin Hospital, where he breathed his last due to prolonged illness. His funeral timing shall be announced upon the arrival of his sons from abroad. He joined the party [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":75641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14811,2],"tags":[29043,29042],"class_list":["post-75639","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-karachi","category-pakistan","tag-former-sindh-governor","tag-kamaluddin-azfar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75639","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75639"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75639\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75642,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75639\/revisions\/75642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75639"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75639"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75639"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}