Pakistan, Breaking News – PPP leader Jahangir Badar Died : Senior Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Jahangir Badar passed away in Lahore late Sunday night.
According to family sources, the former senator was rushed to a private hospital after he suffered a heart attack.
Badar was a senior leader, and had served as PPP’s secretary general, among other positions in the party. He was one of the most die-hard workers, who started his political career as a student. He became a member National Assembly from Lahore in 1988, and also served as a Cabinet minister under Benazir Bhutto.
In 2010, he was acquitted by the National Accountability Bureau in cases of misuse of authority and illegal appointments.
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“He relentlessly worked and fought for PPP… struggled heroically and was imprisoned during dictator Zia’s rule but stood by Benazir Bhutto,” said former President Asif Zardari in a statement.