PML-N leader Siddiqul Farooq passes away

RAWALPINDI: Senior Pakistan Mulsim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Siddiqui Farooq breathed his last on Sunday.

According to family sources, the seasoned politician was suffering from a heart disease.

During his political career, Farooq served as press secretary to three-time prime minister Nawaz Sharif, head of the Evacuee Trust Property Board (ETPB) and PML-N's information secretary.

His funeral prayers will be held at H-11 cemetery in Islamabad at 11am on Monday (tomorrow).

Reacting to the grim news, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief over the late PML-N leader's demise.

Conveying condolences to his family, the premier said that the PML-N had lost a sincere politician and that his services to the party would always be remembered.

Meanwhile, PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui paid homage to Farooq calling him a man of firm ideas and loyalty who showed exemplary courage in difficult times and refused to become a witness against Nawaz.

Terming his services for democracy as unforgettable, the senator said that Farooq's death was a great loss to journalism and politics.