PP-30 loses third sitting MPA

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SARGODHA: Punjab Assembly member Chaudhry Tahir Ahmad Sindhu died here on Sunday following a cardiac arrest. He was 50.

Elected from PP-30 in the 2013 general election as an independent candidate, Sindhu joined the PML-N. Earlier he resigned as assistant commissioner to join the electoral politics.

Falling in Kot Momen tehsil, the PP-30 has lost third sitting MPA, all belonging to the ruling party, since the 2008 general election.. First Fakhar Iqbal died of a cardiac arrest. Then his brother Zahid Iqbal perished in a car crash.

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2018

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