Two members of the provincial assembly (MPAs), one from Punjab and the other from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, passed away from Covid-19 on Wednesday, a day after Sindh minister Ghulam Murtaza Baloch died from the disease.while ex-MNA of PML-N Sheikh Tahir Rashid died on cancer in Multan on Wednesday
In KP, ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf's (PTI) Mian Jamshedud Din Kakakhel died in the morning at Islamabad's Kalsoom Hospital. He was on a ventilator after having tested positive for the novel coronavirus last week, according to Radio Pakistan.
Kakakhel, 65, was elected to the provincial assembly from Nowshera in 2018.
Information Minister Shibli Faraz said he was "deeply saddened" over the passing away of the PTI leader. In a tweet, he said Kakakhel's services for the party would be "remembered forever".Later in the day, PML-N MPA from Wazirabad, Punjab, Shaukat Manzoor Cheema also passed away from the virus, his colleague in the Punjab Assembly, MPA Bilal Farooq Tarar confirmed.
Cheema had been undergoing treatment at the Pakistan Kidney And Liver Institute (PKLI) in Lahore.
"His condition had significantly improved a few days back ... he was taken off the vent. Deteriorated all of a sudden today," Tarar wrote on Twitter.
Former member of National Assembly and activist of PML-N Sheikh Tahir Rashid on Wednesday died of cancer in Multan. He was a son of Sheikh Rashid Ahmed Jhajhri,MNA/Member Majlid-e-Shoora who was very close to General Zia-ul-Haq
Sheikh Tahir Rashid EX MNA Multan's younger brother Ex-Mayor Multan Sheikh Tariq Rashid was elected MNA from NA 149 Multan in 2012 defeating PPP's candidate Liaqat Dogar Ex-MNA. Prior to Sheikh Tariq Rashid his Father Late Sheikh Muhammad Rasheed was elected MNA then Sheikh Tahir Rashid got elected twice as MNA. Therefore, Sheikhs from Multan have been elected four times from this seat.