Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman's wife Mehmooda Khalil-ur-Rahman passes away at 95

KARACHI: Mehmooda Khalil-ur-Rahman, the wife of late Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman, who was the founder of Jang and Geo Group, has passed away.

Ms Rahman died in Karachi at the age of 95. She was the mother of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and the grandmother of Geo Television Network CEO Mir Ibrahim Rahman.

Her funeral prayers were offered in Karachi today after Friday prayers. The funeral prayers were offered at Rahmania mosque on Tariq Road. Relatives, senior journalists, media persons, politicians, and important personalities from the social and literary world attended the funeral.

The family of the deceased have requested prayers from home due to coronavirus standard operating procedures.

Ms Rahman is survived by a son and four daughters, 24 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Condolences start pouring in

Condolences have started pouring in from prominent figures across the country, expressing grief over the passing away of Mehmooda Khalil-ur-Rahman.

“My prayers and condolences go to the Mir family on the passing of Mir Shakil ur Rehman’s mother and Mir Ibrahim’s grandmother,” the Prime Minister Imran Khan wrote on Twitter.

Federal Information and Broadcasting Minister Fawad Chauhdry, President Arif Alvi, Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill, Federal Minister for Interior Sheikh Rashid, Adviser to the Prime Minister on Accountability Shahzad Akbar and other politicians offered their condolences on Twitter as well.

The federal information minister said that the Ms Rahman had a big role to play in the formation of the Jang Group and helping it reach its peak.

President Alvi said that Ms Rahman had a special place in her heart for him and his family. 

Expressing grief over the demise of Ms Rahman, Rashid said his sympathies and prayers are with her family.

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman and PML-N's Shehbaz Sharif and Marriyum Aurangzeb and Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Farrukh Habib, too, expressed grief and sorrow over Ms Rahman's demise and prayed God will grant her forgiveness and patience to her family.