Srinagar (KNO) : A senior party leader Prof. Liaqat Ali Khan from Kotli, AJK residing in Watford, UK after a minor illness passed away in a local hospital in Watford yesterday. With the spread of the news of the demise of this true nationalist and gentleman, the party leaders and members in and outside the state of Jammu Kashmir got saddened.
In this connection a condolence meeting was hurriedly organized at Maqbool Manzir, the party headquarters in Srinagar Kashmir under the chairmanship of party head Mr. Muhammad Yasin Malik. All other senior party leaders and many members participated in the condolence meeting. While paying rich tributes to the deceased party leader, chairman said that the gap left with the death of Prof. Liaqat can’t be fulfilled as the party has today lost a dedicated and a true nationalist leader who represented Kashmir liberation struggle in his best capacity at Diplomatic level for the last four decades.
Chairman said that Prof. Liaqat besides many other portfolios has held the post of Zonal Gen. Sec. and served the cause and the party to his best. Terming his death as his personal loss, Yasin Malik also prayed for his elder brother Showkat Ali Khan, who breathed his last on Monday this week in Kotli, AJK. Yasin Malik said that the whole family of Prof. Liaqat are working for Kashmir freedom for which they will be remembered for long. While extending condolences to party leaders in UK and his family, Yasin Malik and the participants prayed for Jannah for the deceased soules.
Prof. Liaqat left behind his widow, a son and two daughters. The nimaz-e-jinaza of Professor Liaqat Ali Khan was offered this afternoon in a local mosque in North Watford, UK. Besides a large number of Kashmiri community and leaders of many other parties, the Jinaza and funeral was attended Zonal President Mr. Sabir Gul along with all JKLF leaders in UK. (KNO)