Federal Education Minister Shafqat Mehmood’s mother passed away on Tuesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel. The funeral prayers will be offered in Rahim Yar Khan.

Prime Minister Imran Khan, Speaker National Assembly Asad Qaiser and members of treasury benches during the National Assembly session also offered fateha for the departed soul.

Shafqat Mehmood tweeted and shared the news of the sad demise of his mother and said, “My dear mother passed away today. She was like a rock for the family and would be deeply mourned. Allah janat naseeb karay.”

https://twitter.com/Shafqat_Mahmood/status/1277920517345820672

The TV channel also reported that former chairman Chairman Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) Syed Raghib Abbas Shah’s wife breathed her last on Tuesday and her funeral prayers will be offered in her ancestral area in Hyderabad.