Ex-MNA Ghulam Noor Rabbani Khar passes away

Muzaffargarh: Former provincial minister and former MNA Ghulam Muhammad Noor Rabbani Khar passed away on Monday.

This news was confirmed by the family sources. 

According to family sources, Ghulam Muhammad Noor Rabbani Khar was suffering from kidney disease and he was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Lahore.

It is pertinent to mention here that Noor Rabbani Khar was the father of former foreign minister Hina Rabbani Khar and MNA Raza Khar. 

Noor Rabbani Khar was the brother of former Punjab governor Ghulam Mustafa Khar.

According to family sources, the funeral prayers of the late Noor Rabbani Khar will be offered at Sanawan.

Noor Rabbani Khar was elected as the member of the National Assembly for the first time from two constituencies, NA-137 and NA-138, in 1990 general election. He was re-elected to the National Assembly for the second time in 1997 general election.

He couldn't run in the 2002 general election because he did not have an undergraduate degree to his name.

He contested for the seat of National Assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party from NA-177 (Muzaffargarh) in 2013 general election, but was unsuccessful.

He was re-elected as the member of the National Assembly on a ticket of Pakistan Peoples Party from NA-177 (Muzaffargarh) in by-election held in September 2013. The seat had become vacant after Jamshed Dasti who won it in 2013 election vacated it in order to retain the seat he won in his home constituency NA-178 (Muzaffargarh-III).