- SHIKARPUR: The funeral prayers of Veteran PPP Leader and former speaker Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani were offered in his hometown, Shikarpur, on Wednesday night
- The funeral prayers of the PPP seasoned politician were offered in his ancestral home Garhi Yaseen in Shikarpur, Sindh.
- Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah, along with provincial ministers and members of the provincial and National assemblies, attended the funeral.
- Zia Ul Hassan Lanjar, Saeed Ghani, Nisar Khoro, Imtiaz Sheikh, and others participated in the funeral prayers of the seasoned politician of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).
- Additionally, tribal elders from Sindh and Balochistan also attended the funeral in large numbers.
- Earlier in the day, Former speaker Sindh Assembly and seasoned PPP politician Agha Siraj Durrani 74, passed away in a local hospital, state television reported on Wednesday.
- Senior People’s Party leader Agha Siraj Durrani was admitted at a private hospital in Karachi for several days.
- His mortal remains shifted to his native district of Shikarpur, family sources have said.
- President Asif Ali Zardari has expressed profound grief over the sad demise of Agha Siraj Durrani and paid tribute to his political and public services.
- “Agha Siraj Durrani played prominent role in promotion of democratic values,” President Zardari said in his message.
- He expressed sympathies with the family of the departed soul.
- Chief Minister of Sindh Murad Ali Shah has also expressed deep sorrow over the death of Agha Siraj Durrani. “He was People’s Party’s sincere, faithful and principled,” chief minister said.
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