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Ex-PM Jamali passes away

News Desk

Dec 02

Former prime minister (PM) Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali passed away at the age of 76 on Wednesday.

The former premier was battling for life on Sunday after being placed on a ventilator following a heart attack and severe breathing problems.

The senior politician was under treatment at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi for the respiratory complications.

MNA Mir Khan Muhammad Jamali said that the former PM had suffered a heart attack on Friday.

He said that Mir Zafarullah Jamali was immediately shifted to a local hospital in Chak Shahzad and later moved to the AFIC in Rawalpindi, where he breathed his last on Monday.

PM JAMALI:

Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali served as the 15th PM of Pakistan from 2002 until his resignation in 2004.

Originally a supporter of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), Jamali emerged from the politics of Balochistan under military governor Rahimuddin Khan during the 1970s.

He was also affiliated with the now ruling Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

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