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Pakistan Senate Unanimously Mourns Senator Irfan-ul-Haque Siddiqui

Tributes highlighted his work in politics, journalism, education, with PML-N members recalling earlier detention plus a posthumous controversy.

Overview

  • The upper house passed a condolence resolution moved by Leader of the House Ishaq Dar expressing profound grief over his death.
  • Lawmakers across the aisle offered tributes to his public service as an educationist, journalist, author, and politician.
  • The record noted his tenure since March 2021 as a Punjab senator, PML-N parliamentary leader, and chair of the Foreign Affairs and Federal Education committees.
  • The resolution cited his books PTI and Pakistan: From Cypher to Final Call and Qalam ko Hathkari, as well as his 2014 Hilal-e-Imtiaz.
  • PML-N’s Pervaiz Rashid said he was jailed under the Imran Khan government in a false case and that some elements tried to stir controversy over his death, causing distress to his family.