ANP leader Haji Adeel passes away at 70

PESHAWAR (92 News) – Awami National Party (ANP) leader and Senator Haji Muhammad Adeel passed away in Peshawar due to kidney failure on Friday. He was 70. His funeral prayers will be offered at 4.00 pm at Jinnah Park in Peshawar today. Haji Adeel served as a Senator from March 2009 to March 2015. During his political career he served as finance minister and deputy speaker in the provincial government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa. He represented Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the National Finance Commission of Pakistan. Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed condolences on the sad demise of senior ANP leader and seasoned politician Haji Adeel. Sympathising deeply with the deceased's family, the Prime Minister prayed to Almighty Allah to bless the departed soul with eternal peace and grant courage to the family to bear the irreparable loss with fortitude. He said that the contributions and services of the late politician for strengthening of democracy in the country, are indeed praiseworthy. The Prime Minister said that late Haji Muhammad Adeel believed and worked for promotion of democratic norms in Pakistan.