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Former senior bureaucrat passes away

By News Desk
December 03, 2020

ISLAMABAD: Zubair Shafi Ghauri, former senior bureaucrat and elder brother of Aamir Ghauri, Editor The News Islamabad, passed away on Wednesday morning in Lahore.

He suffered a heart attack three weeks ago and went through two stenting procedures at Punjab Institute of Cardiology. A civil servant from the 15th Common, Zubair Ghauri recently retired from Pakistan Railways as Additional General Manager (Traffic). He was a published writer and poet with special interest in history and archaeology.

His funeral prayers will take place after Zuhr prayers today (Thursday) at 105-B, Revenue Employees Cooperative Housing Society, near University of Management & Technology (UMT), Johar Town, Lahore.