Senior politician and former interior minister Rehman Malik passed away at the age of 70 on Wednesday morning.
According to his spokesperson, Riaz Ahmad Turi, Malik had been hospitalised in Islamabad due to COVID-19 and his lungs had been severely affected.
According to his family Senator Rehman Malik was shifted to a private hospital in Islamabad on February 1 for treatment of post-Covid lungs infection where he breathed his last on Wednesday morning.
Rehman Malik had recently recovered from coronavirus, but his health suddenly deteriorated on February 1 and was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital, private TV channels reported.
Rehman Malik served as the Interior Minister from March 25, 2008 until March 16, 2013.
Rehman Malik was born on December 12, 1951 in Sialkot. Prior to his entry in national politics, he had pursued a successful career in the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) as a special agent, eventually becoming the Additional Director General of the FIA in 1993 until 1996.
In 2013, he lost his ministerial appointment after a Supreme Court’s hearing against the dual nationality case, which also influenced his decision of resigning from the Pakistan Senate, also the same year.
May Almighty Allah rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to members of the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude.
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