KARACHI: President Pakhtun-khwa Milli Awami Party (PkMAP), Balochistan, Senator Usman Kakar passed away in Karachi on Monday. He was 60 years old.
For the past few days Senator Kakar was under treatment at Combined Military Hospital, Quetta, after he got injured by falling down. He was shifted to a private hospital in Karachi the previous night.
Kakar was born on July 21, 1961, in district Qila Saif Ullah. He did his Masters in Economics and got LLB degree. He started his political career during his student life. He joined Pakhtunkhwa Students Organisation in 1977 and became its central leader. After completing his education he took part in practical politics from PkMAP platform. He contested the election for the Balochistan Assembly seat in 2002 but lost it. In 2015, he was elected as Senator and after remaining in the Upper House for six years he got retired from the Senate this year.