Pakistan: Former minister, senior PPP leader Rehman Malik dies due to Covid-19 complications

He had been hospitalised as his lungs had been severely affected.

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By Web Desk

Published: Wed 23 Feb 2022, 6:29 AM

Last updated: Wed 23 Feb 2022, 6:42 AM

Pakistan's former Interior Minister, Senator and senior Pakistan People's Party (PPP) leader Rehman Malik has passed away due to complications arising from Covid-19. He was 70 years old.

The PPP senator had been hospitalised in Islamabad as he had developed Covid-19-related complications and his lungs had been severely affected, his spokesperson, Riaz Ahmad Turi, confirmed, according to local media reports.

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He is survived by his widow and two sons.

Politicians took to Twitter to express their condolences on Malik's death:

Education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai's father also mourned the death of the PPP veteran.

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Published: Wed 23 Feb 2022, 6:29 AM

Last updated: Wed 23 Feb 2022, 6:42 AM

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