PPP loyalist and former Pakistani High Commissioner to UK Shamsul Hasan passes away

In a tweet, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari condoled Hasan's demise, saying an "immense source of strength and guidance for me left us today".

"Journalist, diplomat, democrat, family friend, good bye uncle Wajid," Bilawal wrote. "Nothing will be the same without you."

Journalist, diplomat, democrat, family friend, good bye uncle Wajid. Immense source of strength and guidance for me left us today. Nothing will be the same with out you. إِنَّا لِلَّٰهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ pic.twitter.com/1oHrxzNKuy

— BilawalBhuttoZardari (@BBhuttoZardari) September 28, 2021

Accoridng to Pakistan's state news agency APP, Hasan passed away in London after a prolonged illness.

Bilawal also shared his text conversation with Hasan last year, in which the former diplomat had reported being unwell.