QUETTA: Leading educationist and religious scholar Prof Fazal-i-Haq Mir passed away after a prolong illness on Friday. He was 78.

Mr Haq, who was secretary of Tameer-i-Nu Trust and principal of Tameer-i-Nu Public College, was popularly known as Agha Jan.

His funeral prayer at the College Ground was attended by thousands of people, including provincial minister Tahir Mehmood, Mir Jan Muhammad Khan Jamali, MPAs, and leaders of different political parties.

Prof Mir was born on Nov 22, 1942 in Jammu and migrated to Quetta along with his family after the creation of Pakistan.

The educational institutions he established considered among the best in the country.

Published in Dawn, March 24th, 2018