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12Oct

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Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan dies aged 85

Renowned scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, known as the "father of Pakistan's nuclear bomb", died at 85, after being hospitalised with COVID-19, authorities announced on Sunday. The atomic scientist was praised and celebrated as a national hero for transforming his country into the world's first Islamic nuclear power, although known by the West as a dangerous rebel responsible for smuggling technology to rogue states. Khan had been admitted to KRL hospital in August with COVID-19, After being permitted to return home several weeks ago, he was transferred back after his condition deteriorated. He died after being transferred to the KRL Hospital in Islamabad with lung problems, state-run broadcaster PTV reported. Pakistan's President Arif Alvi wrote in a tweet he was "deeply saddened to...

16Jul

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Medics, Pakistan, Profiles

Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, educationist

Dr Mustafa Kamal Pasha, the Vice Chancellor of Multan’s Nishtar Medical University, died of coronavirus on July 15, 2020. He was on a ventilator since July 6. Dr Pasha, 61, tested positive for Covid-19 last month and was admitted to Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi Institute of Cardiology. An epitome of selflessness, Dr Pasha had transferred and assigned himself to the coronavirus ward of the Nishtar Hospital as the number of positive cases had started to shoot up, APP reported. The University of Health Sciences, Lahore, said that Dr Pasha “lost his life as a frontline soldier in the war against Covid-19”. Pakistan Today

27Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Syed Munawar Hasan, politician

Syed Munawar Hasan ‑ a Pakistani politician and the former Ameer (President) of Jamaat-e-Islami political party – died on 26 June 2020 from coronavirus complications. He served as a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan in 1977. He died on 26 June 2020 after prolonged illness. Munawar Hasan was born in Delhi, British India on 5 August 1941. At the time of the partition of India, he migrated with his family and settled in Karachi. He obtained a Master's degree in sociology in 1963, and in Islamic Studies in 1966 from the University of Karachi. Munawar Hasan joined the National Students Federation, a student group, and was elected its president in 1959. The real change appeared in his life when he came closer to the activists of Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba Pakistan ...

22Jun

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Noteworthy, Pakistan, Profiles

Talib Jauhari, religious scholar

Talib Jauhari ‑ a Pakistani Islamic scholar, poet, historian and philosopher of the Shia Sect of Islam – died due to Covid-19 complications on 21 June 2020. Talib Jauhari supported ethnic and sectarian harmony his sermons used to be composed on observance of Allah's orders, pursuing the way of Prophet Muhammad and love and respect for Ahlybait. He was not only respected among the Shia community in the Indo-Pak Subcontinent but Sunnis also used to attend his lectures due to his Tafseer-e-Quran in a logical way. He was also a promoter of Shia Sunni unity in Pakistan. "His book Hadees-e-Karabla is one of the few Maqtal written in Urdu and has been considered as one of the most well compiled sources to the traditions related to the Event of Karbala." ...

21Jun

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Mufti Muhammad Naeem, cleric

Mufti Muhammad Naeem ‑ a Pakistani cleric and Islamic scholar who served as Chancellor of Jamia Binoria – passed away on 20 June 2020 due to Covid-19 complications. His paternal family came from Surat in Indian Gujarat. His grandfather was born a Parsi who adopted Islam. Naeem was born in 1958. He co-founded the Deobandi seminary Jamia Binoria. He was executive member of Wifaq ul Madaris Al-Arabia, Pakistan. He died in Karachi on 20 June 2020 because of a heart attack. However Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah revealed in a speech at Sindh Assembly that Mufti Naeem, Talib Jauhri and Munawar Hasan, all the three clerics died past week were due to Covid-19. He is survived by his wife, three sons and two daughters. Earlier in 2014, his son-in-law, Masood Beg, was kil...

12Jun

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Noteworthy, Pakistan, Social Media

Tariq Malik, TV star

9Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir, politician

Sardar Dur Muhammad Nasir ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from May 2013 to May 2018 died on 8 June 2020 due to Covid-19. He was born on 15 September 1958 in Duki District, Pakistan. He did Matriculation. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) from Constituency PB-14 Loralai-I in 2013 Pakistani general election. After Nasir contracted the coronavirus, he isolated himself at his residence in Duki. He was later shifted to a hospital in Karachi when his condition deteriorated, where he died on 8 June.

5Jun

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Pakistan, Profiles, United Arab Emirates

Amad Uddin, PRO

Amad Uddin, who was working as PRO with Dubai's Al Rais Group, passed away on June 5 after suffering from Covid-19 in the United Arab Emirates.Hailing from Khas Dir in Pakistan, this University of Karachi alumni was admitted to a hospital in Dubai after being diagonsed with coronavirus. His wife, as per a social media post on May 16, 2020, by a relative, had also tested Covid-19 positive.On his Facebook page, Mian Mujahid Shah writes, "My beloved Mama jee, Amad Uddin, left for his havenly abode this evening at a hospital in Dubai. The martyred soul fought COVID-19 bravely till the very end. He was the person who not only cared for his family but all who sought his help. The departed soul was one of those very few who could not see anyone in trouble and was always the first one to lend ...

4Jun

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High Profilers, Pakistan, Profiles

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema, politician

Shaukat Manzoor Cheema ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a Member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab, from 2008 to May 2020 – died of Covid-19 on 3 June 2020. Cheema was born on 15 January 1954 in Wazirabad. He graduated in 2005 from University of the Punjab and held a Bachelor of Arts degree. Cheema was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Muslim League (N) (PML-N) from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in 2008 Pakistani general election. He received 41,217 votes and defeated a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party. He was re-elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of PML-N from Constituency PP-104 (Gujranwala-XIV) in 2013 Pakistani general election. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of the...

4Jun

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Mian Jamshed Uddin Kakakhel, politician

Mian Jamshed ud Din ‑ a Pakistani politician hailing from Nowshera District and belonging to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf – succumbed to Covid-19 on 3 June 2020. He served as the Minister for Excise & Taxation in the 10th Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. On 3 June 2020 Kakakhel died from COVID-19. According to media reports, Jamshed Ud din, 65, had been undergoing treatment for several days and was on a ventilator at the Kalsoom Hospital in Islamabad.