Notable religious leader Senator Sajid Mir passes away

Notable religious and political leader Senator Professor Sajid Mir passed away at the age of 86 on Saturday after a heart attack, his family said.

-  Tariq Butt

The senior cleric and politician reportedly suffered a heart attack. Born on Oct.2, 1938, in Sialkot, Mir pursued his higher education at the University of the Punjab, Lahore.

Professor Mir served as a senator continuously from 2003 to 2015, and prior to that, he was also a member of the upper house of the parliament from 1994 to 2000. Mir was elected as a Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) in 2021, which was his fifth time contesting the Senate election on the party's ticket. He had also served as a senator from March 2009 to March 2015.

However, he never applied for the ticket, and PML-N supremo Nawaz Sharif always called him to offer it,” a party spokesman said.