Hakim ali zardari diedinhouse
Owais muzaffar.
ISLAMABAD, May 24: Hakim Ali Zardari, a veteran politician and father of President Asif Ali Zardari, died after a protracted illness at the intensive care unit of the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) here on Tuesday.
Hakim ali zardari diedinhouse
He was 81. A senior physician at Pims told Dawn that Hakim Zardari had died because of multiple organ failure. He had been on a ventilator for the past three months. He was brought to the hospital after he had suffered a brain haemorrhage at his residence in Islamabad.
He left behind a son and two daughters -- MNAs Dr Azra Fazal Pechuho and Faryal Talpur.
Soon after the news of his death, a number of PPP leaders and workers reached the hospital to offer condolences to his family, particularly Dr Azra.
His body was later taken to his native town of Nawabshah in a C-130 plane.
Presidential spokesman Farhatullah Babar, who accompanied the body, told Dawn by telephone that all family members, including President Zardari, had already arrived in Nawabshah.