Former IJT leader passes away

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LAHORE: A former head of the Islami Jamiat-e-Talaba (IJT), Zafar Jamal Baloch, died at a hospital Thursday morning, after a protracted illness.

He had been suffering from cancer and heart ailment for long. Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Amir Senator Sirajul Haq, former JI chief Syed Munawar Hasan, JI acting chief Liaqat Baloch and other party leaders and JI Information Secretary Amirul Azeem, have expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of Zafar Jamal Baloch.

The Namaz-e-Janaza was held at Mansoora after Asr prayers.