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Funeral prayers of Senator Irfan Siddiqui offered

Funeral prayers of PML-N Senator Irfan Siddique, also a close aide of Nawaz Sharif, has been offered here after Asr prayers on Tuesday.

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Irfan Siddiqui laid to rest

ISLAMABAD: Funeral prayers of PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui has been offered here after Asr prayers on Tuesday.

The funeral was attended by a large segment of the society and politicians including Tariq Fazl Chaudhry, Ahsan Iqbal and federal information minister Attaullah Tarar.

He was later laid to rest at H-11 graveyard.

PML-N Senator Irfan Siddiqui had passed away on Monday in Islamabad after a brief illness, his son confirmed.

In a statement, the senator’s family said that Siddiqui had been receiving treatment at a local hospital in Islamabad for the past few days due to respiratory distress.

President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif have extended his condolences to the senator’s family on their loss

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