LAKKI MARWAT 16 April (Online): Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor, who had died last night in a road accident in Islamabad, was laid to rest on Sunday in Tajbi Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Lakki Marwat district.<\/p>\n
The federal minister and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl (JUI-F) leader had died in a road accident in the capital\u2019s Red Zone area on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n
According to the police, the minister, 55, was heading towards Secretariat Chowk on Constitution Avenue when his car was hit by a Hilux vehicle with five passengers on board.<\/p>\n
The minister was immediately shifted to the Polyclinic Hospital in a critical condition, but he couldn\u2019t be resuscitated. At the time, police said all the five occupants of the other vehicle had been arrested and shifted to a nearby police station for investigation.<\/p>\n
Mufti Shakoor\u2019s funeral prayers in Lakki Marwat were attended by many JUI-F workers, politicians and locals of the area. MNA Mohsin Dawar and JUI leader Maulana Muhammad Anwar were also present.<\/p>\n
Hailing from Lakki Marwat, Mufti Shakoor was a vocal JUI-F leader and was known for his fiery speeches against his political rivals, especially the PTI. He had won the National Assembly seat of NA-51 in the 2018 general elections from the platform of the Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a first information report (FIR) was registered in Islamabad against five suspects involved in the road accident.<\/p>\n
The FIR was filed late on Saturday night at Islamabad\u2019s Secretariat police station on the complaint of Haji Qudratullah under Sections 279 (rash driving or riding on a public way), 322 (punishment for qatl-bis sabab) and 427 (mischief causing damage to the amount of fifty rupees) of the Pakistan Penal Code.<\/p>\n
In the FIR, Qudratullah said that the minister was visiting his house for Iftar yesterday. He said Mufti Shakoor had left for Parliament Lodges at 8:22pm.<\/p>\n
However, the complainant said his cook received a call from Mufti Shakoor\u2019s driver at 10pm regarding the minister\u2019s death. The complainant said that the driver told his cook that the minister was driving his government car, a Toyota Corolla, when a Hilux crashed into it due to the other driver\u2019s \u201cinattentiveness and carelessness\u201d.<\/p>\n
Qudratullah noted that as the matter was of a \u201chighly sensitive degree\u201d, \u201cjustice should be served\u201d to the victim by \u201cconsidering every aspect\u201d and taking action against those present in the Hilux.<\/p>\n
Late last night, Islamabad police had shared pictures of Islamabad Inspector General Akbar Nasir Khan and Chief Commissioner Muhammad Usman Younus visiting the area where the accident took place.<\/p>\n
The minister\u2019s ravaged black Corolla could be seen in the background as police and government officials inspected the scene.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LAKKI MARWAT 16 April (Online): Religious Affairs Minister Mufti Abdul Shakoor, who had died last night in a road accident in Islamabad, was laid to rest on Sunday in Tajbi Khel area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Lakki Marwat district. The federal minister and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam Fazl […]<\/p>\n
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