ISLAMABAD, Sept 1: Malik Lal Khan Awan, father-in-law of Dawn’s senior correspondent Qudssia Akhlaque, passed away in Lahore on Friday after protracted illness.

He was a former industrialist and is survived by his wife and 10 children, five daughters and five sons.

He was buried in the Bagh-e-Rehmat graveyard in Lahore. Malik Lal Khan was the father of Advocate Mahmood Awan, a former economic correspondent of The Nation.