MIRPURKHAS, Jan 14: Balochabad union council nazim Imtiaz Ali Panhwar died in a private hospital in Karachi on Tuesday night after protracted illness. He was of 58.

His body was brought to his home in Gharibabad here on Wednesday.

His Nimaz-i-Janaza was offered at Madina Masjid which was attended by a large number of people. He was laid to rest at Kathri graveyard near here.

Mr Panhwar, a progressive landlord, was general secretary of the Sindh Abadgar Board, Mirpurkhas chapter, and president of the Citizens’ Gymkhana Mirpurkhas.