National Assembly (NA) former deputy speaker and Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) leader Dr Ashraf Abbasi passed away on Sunday. She was 89.
Her funeral prayer will be offered at 10 am today (Monday) in Larkana.
The deceased was the mother of Dr Safdar Abbasi.
President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed grief over the demise of Abbasi and prayed for the departed soul and the bereaved family.
Abbasi was a medical doctor. She was elected as West Pakistan Assembly member in 1962 and 1965. In 1970, she was elected as MNA on a PPP ticket.
She served as NA deputy speaker twice from1973 to 1977 and 1988 to 1990.
