ISLAMABAD: Former Acting Prime Minister of Azad Kashmir and leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Chaudhry Muhammad Uzair passed away.
Chaudhry Muhammad Uzair passed away in Islamabad hospital this morning, after the funeral prayer in Islamabad, the body of Chaudhry Muhammad Uzair was sent to Haveli Kahuta.
PPP leader Qamar Zaman Kaira, former federal minister Sardar Muhammad Yusuf, former prime ministers Sardar Tanveer Ilyas, Sardar Atiq and Yaqub Khan also participated in the funeral prayer.
Chaudhry Uzair was a member of the assembly and a senior minister for 3 times, he was also acting prime minister once.
On the other hand, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his deep grief over the death of Vice President of Azad Jammu and Kashmir chapter of Pakistan Muslim League-N and former senior minister Chaudhary Muhammad Uzair.
Praying for peace for the departed soul and patience for his family, the prime minister remembered him as an active politician in AJK politics.
With the death of Chaudhary Uzair, the AJK politics has become bereft of a shining star, the prime minister remarked.
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Earlier, Sessions Court granted bail to former Azad Kashmir Prime Minister Sardar Tanveer Ilyas and ordered his release.
The session court heard the case of illegal use of diplomatic passport on the former prime minister of Azad Kashmir Tanveer Ilyas.
