Pesco XEN passes away

Published October 22, 2016

Peshawar: An executive engineer (XEN) of Peshawar Electric Supply Company, Shoaibullah Khan Babar, died here on Friday due to a cardiac arrest.

He was son of Col Bashirullah Babar and brother of Saifullah Khan Babar, general manager of Cherat Cement Company.

The deceased was buried the same day at his ancestral village Pirpai in Nowshera district.

KP governor Iqbal Zafar Jhagra, political and social figures and government functionaries attended his funeral in large number.

They prayed to Almighty Allah to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and provide courage to the bereaved family to bear this loss.

His Qul will be held on Oct 23 (Sunday) at Pirpai.

Published in Dawn October 22nd, 2016

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