Ikram Ullah Khalil
PESHAWAR / CHARSADDA: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa caretaker Chief Minister, Muhammad Azam Khan died apparently due to cardiac arrest at a local hospital here on Saturday.
According to doctors and his family sources, Azam Khan was brought to a local hospital at Peshawar the other day after feeling severe pain in chest and expired during treatment process at Intensive Care Unit.
Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Haji Ghulam Ali, Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi, Caretaker Chief Minister Justice retired Maqbool Baqir, KP’s caretaker government cabinet members and other parties leaders and bureaucrats attended his funeral prayer.
Azam Khan was brought to a local hospital at Peshawar the other day after feeling severe pain in chest and expired during treatment process at Intensive Care Unit. He took oath as the interim chief minister of Khyber Pakthunkhwa on January 21 this year, following the dissolution of the KP Assembly in the same month by the then Chief Minister Mahmood Khan.
He was nominated to lead the province by the opposition parties and his name was unanimously approved by the outgoing PTI government as well. Azam Khan was a retired bureaucrat of Pakistan Administrative Officer and served on various key positions. He had served as minister of interior, capital administration and development in the interim cabinet of former caretaker prime minister Nasir-ul-Mulk in 2018.
He was highly qualified and was a Barrister-at-Law from Lincoln’s Inn, London. From October 2007 to April 2008, Azam Khan had served as a finance, planning and development minister in KP in the cabinet of CM Shamsul Mulk. He also served in key posts in both the federal and provincial governments and earned great name of being highly competent and honest bureaucrat.
From September 1990 to July 1993, Azam Khan also served as the chief secretary KP. He was also chairman of the Pakistan Tobacco Board. The politicians and civil society have condoled the death of Azam Khan and prayed for his eternal peace.
President Dr. Arif Alvi expressed deep sorrow over Khan’s passing, emphasizing his integrity and commitment. Caretaker Prime Minister Anwaarul Haq Kakar termed the KP CM an honest and pious person. He prayed for the deceased’s family.
Caretaker Interim Information Minister Murtaza Solangi remembered Azam as a ‘gentleman’ and ‘polite’ person. In the same way, e caretaker Interior Minister Sarfraz Ahmed Bugti prayed for Khan’s family. Governor Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Haji Ghulam Ali has expressed heartfelt grief and sorrow over the demise of Caretaker Chief Minister, Muhammad Azam Khan. Governor KP went to Parang District Charsadda and attended the funeral prayers of Muhammad Azam Khan.
He also condoled with family members and prayed to rest the departed soul in eternal abode with peace. He also praised services of Muhammad Azam Khan as a Chief Minister and Chief Secretary. Sindh Governor Kamran Khan Tessori showed his profound grief on Khan death and prayed for deceased’s elevated ranks. PPP leader Faisal Karim Kundi also prayed for bereaved family saying he was ‘deeply saddened by the loss’.
Caretaker Minister for Local Bodies and Irrigation Engineer Amer Durrani expressed grief and sorrow over the demise of Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan on Saturday. I his condolences he prayed Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and grant courage to bereaved family members to bear this irreparable loss with fortitude. Provincial President Awami National Party (ANP) Aimal Wali Khan Saturday condoled the sudden death of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam Khan.
In a condolence message, the Provincial President of the Awami National Party Aimal Wali Khan expressed that he deeply saddened by the death of Caretaker Chief Minister Pakhtunkhwa Azam Khan, Late Azam Khan, Aimal Wali Khan said, was a gentle and hardworking person All leadership of the Awami National Party and party workers shared grief over the sudden death of Muhammad Azam Khan and expressed condolences with his family. Aimal Wali Khan said that we all standby with the bereaved family in this moment of sorrow.
May Allah raise the ranks of late Azam Khan and grant patience to his family to bear this irreparable loss of life, Aimal Wali Khan said. He expressed his heartfelt sorrow over the death of caretaker Chief Minister Muhammad Azam.
KP govt announces three-day mourning: Due to the sudden death of caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan, the provincial government has announced a three-day mourning period with deep sorrow and regret.
Mourning was announced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from November 11 to 13, 2023. The national flag of Pakistan will be flown at half-mast on all government offices, buildings of the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa during the said period. All Government offices will remain open on Monday November 13, 2023.
