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KARACHI, Oct 15 (APP):Senior leader of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) and former speaker of the Sindh Assembly Agha Siraj Durrani passed away here on Wednesday. He was 72.
In a statement issued by the Sindh CM House spokesperson, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah expressed deep sorrow and grief over Durrani’s passing. Shah called Durrani “a sincere, loyal and principled leader of the party, saying he played an important role in strengthening the Sindh Assembly and stabilising democracy.
“Agha Siraj Durrani made public service the axis of his politics,” he said, expressing his condolences to the bereaved family.
Chief Minister said the services of the late Agha Siraj Durrani will always be remembered.
Born in 1953, Durrani completed his matriculation from Karachi’s St. Patrick’s School in 1971, and subsequently received his Bachelor of Commerce degree from Karachi and his LLB degree from Sindh Muslim Law College, Karachi.
Along with his older brother Agha Salahuddin, he had contested the party-less elections, held in 1985, from Shikarpur and lost. He had served two consecutive terms as the Sindh Assembly speaker, from 2013-2018 and from 2018-2023.
The burial of late Agha Siraj Durrani will be held at his home town, Garhi Yasin in Shikarpur district.