Lahore, 25th November: Senior PPP leader Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar, passed away at his Lahore residence on Wednesday.
Baaghi TV: According to reports, PPP leader and former defence minister who passed away today in Lahore was 74-years-old.
Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar, who was suffering from Alzheimer disease was admitted to the Shalimar Hospital, a health facility he and his family helped to develop.
His funeral prayers were offered after Zuhr Nawaz at the T-Block mosque in Lahore’s Defence Housing Authority on Wednesday.
رہنما پیپلز پارٹی و سابق وفاقی وزیر چودھری احمد مختار کی نماز جنازہ میں اہم شخصیات کی شرکت#baaghitv #pakistan #lahore @MediaCellPPP @PPPPunjab_SM pic.twitter.com/LWB2lybF0M
— Baaghi TV باغی ٹی وی (@BaaghiTV) November 25, 2020
Former President Asif Ali Zardari expressed sorrow over the demise of Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar and paid tribute for his services to the party. Asif Zardari said that the PPP leadership and workers were saddened by the demise of Ahmed Mukhtar. Chaudhry Ahmad Mukhtar was a brave, courageous and loyal companion.
چودھری احمد مختار باہمت ،بہادر اور وفادار ساتھی تھے ، آصف زرداری
آصف زرداری کا چودھری احمد مختار کے خاندان سے اظہار تعزیت
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) November 25, 2020
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari expressed sorrow over the demise of former Federal Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar and said that he was a steadfast and experienced leader and the capital of the party.
ان کا انتقال سے بہت غمزدہ ہوں، ہم ان کی کمی کو ہمیشہ محسوس کریں گے: بلاول بھٹو زرداری
دعاگو ہوں، اللہ تعالیٰ مرحوم کو اپنے جوار رحمت اعلیٰ مقام عطا فرمائے: بلاول بھٹو زرداری
پی پی پی چیئرمین نے سوگوار خاندان سے دلی تعزیت کا اظہار اور ان کے لیئے صبرِ جمیل کی دعا کی ہے
— PPP (@MediaCellPPP) November 25, 2020
As a resident director of Service Group of Industries in Gujarat since 1987, he continued to support his elder brother Chaudhry Ahmed Saeed in service group politics, but for the first time in 1990, he contested the general election from Gujarat against Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain on a PPP ticket.
A businessman by profession, Mukhtar entered politics in 1990 as a member of the PPP. He was elected to the National Assembly in 1993 and was appointed Minister for Commerce till 1996 during the tenure of Benazir Bhutto. In 2008 he was appointed Minister for Defence.
He leaves behind a wife, two sons and a daughter.
Other notable personalities who offered condolences on Twitter at the death of such a great leader are:
Very sorry and sad to lose Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar. He was a fine man, solid friend and party loyalist, held many offices in the PPP, including party Secretary General. Praying for his soul and family in their grief. 🙏 اللّٰہ پاک ان کو جنت الفردوس میں اعلی مقام عطا فرمائے آمین pic.twitter.com/Q4LA0rewiv
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) November 25, 2020
