JUI-F leader Ghulam Nabi Shah passes away

MANSEHRA: Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl leader and known religious scholar, Ghulam Nabi Shah, passed away after a protracted illness.

Shah, who had contested the National Assembly elections twice on the JUI-F ticket, was admitted to a private health facility in Abbottabad last month after his condition deteriorated but he breathed his last on Saturday night.

A large number of people attended his funeral prayer at Thakara stadium.

Prominent among those who attended the funeral prayer included former federal minister Sardar Mohammad Yousuf, former senator Gen (r) Salahuddin Tirmazi and others.