Shaheen Raza, a PTI MPA in the Punjab Assembly, died of COVID-19 Wednesday morning. She was 69.
According to Gujranwala Deputy Commissioner Sohail Akhtar, Raza was under treatment at Lahore’s Mayo Hospital.
Shaheen Raza had been quarantined in DHQ Hospital after she showed symptoms of COVID-19 on May 16. That is when her sample had been sent to be tested. Once it came positive, she was shifted to Mayo Hospital and put on the ventilator on the orders of Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar.
Prime Minister Imran Khan and Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar have expressed their grief at the PTI leader’s demise. Raza’s body will reach Gujranwala by evening where she will be buried under coronavirus SOPs.
Lawmakers offer their condolences to MPA Shaheen Raza’s family;
رکن پنجاب اسمبلی شاہین رضا کے انتقال پر گہرا دکھ اور افسوس ہے۔شاہین رضا کی پارٹی کیلئے خدمات ناقابل فراموش ہیں۔اللہ تعالیٰ مرحومہ کو اپنے جوار رحمت میں جگہ عطا فرمائے اور لواحقین کو صبر جمیل دے۔ آمین
— Senator Shibli Faraz (@shiblifaraz) May 20, 2020
Deepest condolences…
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)’s Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) in Punjab Assembly Shaheen
Raza has died of coronavirus.
May her Soul Rest in Peace pic.twitter.com/oz26y6oKbr— Hamza Shahbaz Sharif (@LeaderOfLahore) May 20, 2020
Really sad to hear about death of #ShaheenRaza PTI MPA due to #COVIDー19 heartfelt condolences to the family…
(Stay home Stay Safe)
— Arshad Khan Leghari (@ArshadLeghari_) May 20, 2020
Punjab MPA Ms Shaheen Raza Cheema passed away today.
إنا لله وإنا إليه راجعون
May her soul rest in peace and may Allah grant the family the strength to bear this loss. pic.twitter.com/aMBjDl1UG2— Naureen Ibrahim (@NaureenIbrahim) May 20, 2020
Moreover, Mian Muhammad Sareer, the elder brother of ANP central Secretary General, Mian Iftikhar Hussain, also died of coronavirus on Tuesday.
Mian Iftikhar Hussain had also tested positive for Covid-19 but he attended the last funeral rites of his elder brother after taking precautionary measures. It may be mentioned here that Mian Iftikhar Hussain shared the same home with his elder brother.
The ANP leader confirmed that he had tested positive for coronavirus. Iftikhar said he had quarantined himself in his home and was taking medicines for the infection.
Sindh Education Minister Saeed Ghani, Sindh Governor Imran Ismail and National Assembly speaker Asad Qaiser are some of the many political leaders who had also contracted the virus.
Pakistan has reported over 45,000 known coronavirus cases and nearly 1,000 fatalities so far.
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