Briefs

Former Pakistan Interior Minister Dies Of COVID-19

Islamabad: Pakistan’s former Interior Minister Rehman Malik succumbed to COVID-19 on Wednesday.

The 70-year-old Malik, on ventilator support after suffering from COVID-related complications, has been in hospital since early February.

A senior Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader, Malik was the federal Interior minister from 2008 to 2013 in the PPP-headed  government.

He was very close to former Pakistan PM Benazir Bhutto and played a key role in the investigation into her assassination.

Pakistan reported 43 deaths and 744 COVID cases on Wednesday.

OB Bureau

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