By Senior government official and former interior minister Rehman Malik died at age of 70 on Wednesday morning.
The PPP senator had been hospitalized in Islamabad as he had developed COVID-19-related complications and his lungs had been seriously impacted, his representative, Riaz Ahmad Turi, affirmed.
He is survived by his widow and two children.
On February 1, PPP Senator Sehar Kamran had reported on Twitter that Malik’s condition had decayed due to which he was put on a ventilator.
Malik had tested positive for the Covid in January. Around then, his representative said the former senator had at first been moved to the emergency unit of a private hospital in Islamabad after his condition weakened. For that, as it may, his condition had proceeded to decline and specialists hence set him on a ventilator on February 1.
The representative said the infection had impacted Malik’s lungs and the former senator had been complaining of breathing issues after contracting Covid.
Malik, who had gotten an honorary doctorate from the University of Karachi, filled in as the interior minister of the country from 2008 to 2013. He was probably the nearest helper of former premier Benazir Bhutto.
Owing to his administration, the public authority of Pakistan had granted him one of the highest civilian awards in the nation – Sitara-e-Shujat (the Star of Bravery).
He likewise got one of the most renowned civil decorations – the Nishan-e-Imtiaz (the Order of Excellence) – from the state.
Condolences
Following the fresh insight about his death, sympathies began pouring in from all political circles of the country.
“I’m profoundly disheartened by the demise of former interior minister Rehman Malik. May Allah forgive him and grant tolerance to his family,” PML-N pioneer Ahsan Iqbal composed on Twitter.
“Profoundly disheartened to know about the abrupt end of Senator #RehmanMalik. A tremendous misfortune without a doubt. May Allah SWT rest his spirit in harmony. Sincere sympathies to the family” expressed MPA Sindh Assembly Mumtaz Ali Chandio.
