LAHORE: Former PIA managing director/chairman Chaudhry Ahmad Saeed died on Friday. He was around 80.

Tahir Khaliq, a friend of Saeed family, told Dawn that Mr Saeed died of cancer in a private hospital of Karachi.

He said he was battling with throat cancer for quite sometime. Recently he was shifted to Karachi from Lahore for treatment, he said.

A PIA spokesperson said Mr Saeed’s casket would be flown to Lahore by a PIA flight on Saturday morning. Hr said the funeral prayers would be held on Saturday at 4pm in FC College ground.

Mr Saeed remained PIA MD (2001-03) and chairman (2003-05) during the Musharraf regime. He was the brother of former defence minister Ahmad Mukhtar.

Published in Dawn, September 29th, 2018