Pakistan
President, PM condole over demise of former minister Rehman Malik
Both the president and prime minister prayed for peace of the departed soul.
Islamabad: President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan Wednesday expressed their grief over the demise of former interior minister Senator Rehman Malik.
Also a senior leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Rehman Malik passed away earlier in the day, due to the coronavirus-related complications.
Both the president and prime minister prayed for peace of the departed soul.
They also sympathized with the grieved family and prayed for strength to them to bear the loss.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi also expressed his condolence over the death of the senior PPP leader and prayed for peace of the deceased soul, besides sympathising with the bereaved family.
President Dr. Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan have expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of PPP leader and former Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
Commiserating with the bereaved family, they prayed for the departed soul.
Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and Minister for Information and Broadcasting Chaudhary Fawad Hussain have also expressed grief and sorrow over the death of Rehman Malik.
As per reports, the PPP leader had been hospitalised in Islamabad as he had developed COVID-related complications and his lungs had been severely affected. He was put on a ventilator after his health deteriorated.
He is survived by his widow and two sons.
Malik had tested positive for the novel coronavirus in January and his condition continued to worsen, following which doctors subsequently put him on a ventilator on February 1.