Veteran leftist leader Rahim Bakhsh Azad dies
(WorldNews Pakistan)

Veteran leftist leader, journalist and literary figure Rahim Bakhsh Azad passed away on Sunday in Lyari. Azad had suffered a cardiac arrest and was subsequently shifted to hospital, where he breathed his last. He was 77. He has left behind a widow, five sons and six daughters. Azad was laid to rest at the Morho graveyard (Shershah) the same day. His funeral was attended by a large number of residents, representatives of different political parties, and labour and civil society leaders. His soyem will be held tomorrow after Asar prayer at the Hari (green) mosque, in Kumhar Wara, Lyari. Azad was born in 1942 in Lyari’s Dhobi Ghat nieghbourhood but he grew up in the Singu Lane area. He...