Aijaz Jakhrani’s son laid to rest

Published April 28, 2026 Updated April 28, 2026 06:55am

SUKKUR: Mir Zahid Khan Jakhrani, the 22-year-old son of MNA Mir Aijaz Khan Jakhrani, passed away during treatment at a Karachi hospital on Sunday.

He had been under treatment at the South City Hospital for 12 days and died of brain hemorrhage on Sunday, his relatives in Jacobabad said.

He was laid to rest in the Jakhrani family’s ancestral graveyard in Jacobabad.

Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah and many of his cabinet members, MNAs, MPAs, and tribal / community elders, besides Federal Minister Nawabzada Khalid Hussain Magsi, Senator Mohammad Aslam Abro and IGP Javed Alam Odho, attended the funeral and condoled the death of Zaid Jakhrani with the bereaved family.

Published in Dawn, April 28th, 2026

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