ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali passed away at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi on Wednesday, Dhani Bux Jamali, a close relative, confirmed while talking to Arab News.
The 76-year-old politician was rushed to the hospital after he suffered a cardiac arrest nine days ago.
According to the local media, he was on ventilator for the last four days but could not recover despite the medical treatment.
“His funeral will be offered at his native town Rojhan Jamali in Jaffarabad district in Balochistan,” said Dhani Bux Jamali.
The former prime minister belonged to the southwestern province and began his political career from there in the 1970s.
He also served as Balochistan’s chief minister twice during his career.
Jamali was counted among the top Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leaders, though he left the party after the 1999 military coup by General (r) Pervez Musharraf and became prime minister after winning his constituency in the 2002 general elections.
Pakistan’s army chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa and several political figures expressed their condolences at the ex-prime minister’s death.
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Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali passes away in Rawalpindi
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Former prime minister Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali passes away in Rawalpindi
- The 76-year-old politician began his career from Balochistan and twice served the province as chief minister
- Jamali suffered a cardiac arrest nine days ago and was taken to a leading medical facility for treatment
Pakistan weekly inflation rises 5.19% year on year as Ramadan begins
- Out of 51 items, prices of 17 items increased, 12 items decreased and 22 remained stable
- The Sensitive Price Index for the week ending on Feb. 19 increased by 1.16 percent, data shows
KARACHI: Short-term inflation, measured by the Sensitive Price Index (SPI), rose 5.19 percent year-on-year in the week ending Feb 19, the statistics bureau said on Friday, reflecting higher prices of perishable food items at the start of Ramadan.
The SPI, which comprises 51 essential items collected from 50 markets in 17 cities, is computed on a weekly basis to assess the price movement of essential commodities at a shorter interval of time to review the price situation in the country.
The SPI for the week ending on Feb. 19 increased by 1.16 percent, the year-on-year trend depicted an increase of 5.19 percent, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) data.
The development came as the holy fasting month of Ramadan began in the South Asian country on Feb. 19, which often sees an increase of prices of fruit, vegetables and other necessary items.
“During the week, out of 51 items, prices of 17 (33.33%) items increased, 12 (23.53%) items decreased and 22 (43.14%) items remained stable,” the PBS said.
Major increase was observed in the prices of Bananas (16.05%), Electricity Charges for Q1 (15.41%), Garlic (5.86%), Chicken (5.49%), Onions (3.83%), Tomatoes (3.82%), Diesel (2.69%), Petrol (1.93%), Beef (1.03%), LPG (0.75%), Mutton (0.69%) and Long Cloth (0.28%), according to the PBS.
The items whose prices decreased included Eggs (11.78%), Potatoes (2.24%), Wheat Flour (2.02%), Pulse Masoor (1.47%), Sugar (0.96%), Vegetable Ghee 2.5Kg (0.72%), Pulse Gram (0.58%), Cooking Oil 5 Litre (0.19%), Gur (0.16%), Vegetable Ghee 1Kg (0.11%), Rice (0.08%) and Mustard Oil (0.07%).
