Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Irfan Siddiqui passed away in Islamabad on Monday after battling illness for the past two weeks, PakGazette News reported.
Siddiqui had been undergoing treatment at a private hospital in the federal capital, where his condition deteriorated before his death.
He served as the PML-N’s parliamentary leader in the Senate and was known as one of party president Nawaz Sharif’s closest aides.
The veteran legislator was also a member of the Business Advisory, Human Rights, Information and Broadcasting, Interior and Narcotics Control, and National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination commissions.
He was also a member of the Senate Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs. The PML-N stalwart was elected to the Senate from a general seat in Punjab.
The PML-N legislator was also a columnist for Daily Jang.
President Asif Ali Zardari expressed deep sorrow over the demise of Senator Irfan Siddiqui. In his condolence message, the President paid tribute to the late Senator’s notable services for promoting and strengthening democracy in Pakistan. He also prayed for the eternal peace of the soul of the deceased.
Meanwhile, Home Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed his condolences to the bereaved family of the senior PML-N leader. He paid rich tribute to the senator’s outstanding contributions in the fields of journalism and politics, saying that Senator Siddiqui upheld high traditions both as a journalist and as a politician.
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz expressed deep grief and sadness over the demise of Senator Siddiqui and said Pakistani politics has lost a distinguished and worthy politician.
This is a developing story and is being updated with more details.
