Pakistan – Page 2

3Jun

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Ghulam Murtaza Baloch, politician

Ghulam Murtaza Baloch ‑ a Pakistani politician who had been a Member of the Provincial Assembly of Sindh, from September 2016 to June 2020 – died on 2 June 2020 after contracting Covid-19. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) from Constituency PS-127 Karachi-XXXIX in by-polls held in September 2016. He was re-elected to Provincial Assembly of Sindh as a candidate of PPP from Constituency PS-88 (Malir-II) in 2018 Pakistani general election. On 15 October 2018, he was inducted into the provincial Sindh cabinet of Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and was appointed as Provincial Minister of Sindh for labour and human resources. On 2 June 2020, he died due to COVID-19. In May 2020, he had tested positive for ...

29May

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Fakhruddin Syed, journalist

Fakhruddin Syed, a Pakistani senior journalist of 92 News, died of COVID-19 on 28 May 2020. He had been admitted to the Hayatabad Medical Complex Peshawar after contracting the coronavirus and had been suffering from fever and severe chest pain for the week preceding his death.

25May

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Hussain Ahmad Kanjo, politician

Hussain Ahmad Kanjo, a Pakistani politician and former provisional minister for science and technology (2002 - 2007), died of COVID-19 in Pakistan on May 24, 2020.

21May

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Syed Fazal Agha, politician

Syed Muhammad Fazal Agha –a Pakistani politician from Pishin District of Balochistan province of Pakistan who served as Governor of Balochistan from August 18 to October 12 1999 – died on 20 May 2020 after contracting COVID-19. He also served as Deputy Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan from 1988-1991 from Balochistan. He was a member of the Provincial Assembly of Balochistan from 13 August 2018 till his death. Syed Fazal Agha was born in Killi Huramzai, Pishin District.He had political affiliation with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (F). He participated in the 2008 election and 2013 elections but did not succeed. He was successful in the 2018 elections and was elected as member of Provincial Assembly of Balochistan for PB-20 (Pishin-III). ...

20May

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Shaheen Raza, politician

Shaheen Raza Cheema ‑ a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab from August 2018 to May 2020 ‑ died of Covid-19 on 20 May 2020. She was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab as a candidate of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) on a reserved seat for women in 2018 Pakistani general election and hailed from Gujranwala. Raza died in Lahore from COVID-19 on 20 May 2020. Reportedly, she caught the virus while visiting a field hospital for coronavirus treatment in Gujranwala. She was 60 years old at the time of her death and suffered from diabetes and blood pressure issues.

8May

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Zafar Rasheed Bhatti, journalist

Zafar Rasheed Bhatti – a Pakistani journalist . died on 27 April 2020 at the age of 70 in Islamabad after contracting coronavirus. Bhatti joined Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) in 1984 after having worked in Pakistan Press International and Nawaiwaqt. He remained associated with APP until 2010. During his association with APP, he worked as chief reporter of the news agency and served as president of the APP's employees' union.

7May

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Dr Tariq Shafi, haematologist

Dr Tariq Shafi ‑ a British Pakistani cancer consultant ‑ succumbed to Covid-19 on May 6, 2020. Dr. Shafi was the lead consultant for haematology at Darent Valley Hospital in Dartford. He routinely volunteered his time and spoke frequently at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital and Research Centre in Pakistan. Dr. Shafi attended Cadet College Hasan Abdal, and received his Bachelor of Medicine from King Edward Medical University in Lahore, Pakistan in 1984. Dr. Shafi continued to assist his patients over the phone after he himself had been diagnosed and was placed under quarantine. Dr. Tariq Shafi lost his life to coronavirus disease 2019 on May 6, 2020. . He is believed to be the first doctor and sixth health care worker from Kent to di...

7May

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Noman Ahmed, OPD attendant

Noman Ahmed – a Personal Support Worker and an OPD Attendant at Al-Khidmat Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan – died on May 6, 2020, due to COVID-19. Noman was 32 years old. Noman Ahmed, worked as an attendant at Al-Khidmat Hospital in Orangi Town, run by Jamaat-i-Islami's charity wing. After he was diagnosed with the virus, he was admitted to an isolation ward at the Dr. Ruth Pfau Civil Hospital Karachi where he remained under treatment for 10 days. He was put on a ventilator but his health subsequently improved and he returned home after being discharged. However, his condition deteriorated again a few days ago, resulting in his death, according to Dr. Merajul Huda Siddiqi, a central leader of JI. Source: Dawn Please help us in adding details.

2May

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Haji Allah Yar Ansari, politician

Haji Allah Yar Ansari a Pakistani politician who was a member of the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab between 1997 and 1999 died on May 1, 2020, at the age of 77 due to COVID-19. Born in Khushab District, Allah Yar received his Intermediate in 1962 from the Government College Joharabad. He was elected to the Provincial Assembly of the Punjab in 1997. He was also businessman who was serving as the vice president of the Pakistan Muslim League and as president of Jamiat Al-Ansar since 1988. He served as a councillor in a municipal corporation in Sargodha from 1987 to 1997. Ansari remained quarantined at home, but was later shifted to hospital when his condition deteriorated and he succumbed to the virus.

26Apr

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Javed Iqbal, Otorhinolaryngologist

Javed Iqbal – an Otorhinolaryngologist at Hayatabad Medical Complex/Khyber Girls Medical College, Peshawar, Peshawar, Pakistan – passed away after suffering from COVID-19. It was reported on 25 April 2020. Javed was 55 years old. Source: DAWN Please help us in adding details.