Jang Group founder Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman’s wife passes away at 95

KARACHI: The wife of late Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman — Mehmooda Khalil-ur-Rahman — has passed away in Karachi at the age of 95.

Her funeral prayers will be offered in Karachi today after Friday prayers.

She was the mother of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and the grandmother of Geo Television Network CEO Mir Ibrahim Rahman.

Keeping in view the COVID-19 situation, the family of the deceased have requested people to pray for her from home.

Ms Rahman is survived by a son and four daughters, 24 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Various leaders shared their condolences with the Rahman family upon hearing the tragic news.

Taking to his official Twitter handle, Prime Minister Imran Khan said: “My prayers [and] condolences go to the Mir family on the passing of Mir Shakil ur Rehman’s mother and Mir Ibrahim’s grandmother.”

The wife of late Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman — Mehmooda Khalil-ur-Rahman — has passed away in Karachi at the age of 95.

Her funeral prayers will be offered in Karachi today after Friday prayers.

She was the mother of Jang/Geo Editor-in-Chief Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman and the grandmother of Geo Television Network CEO Mir Ibrahim Rahman.

Keeping in view the COVID-19 situation, the family of the deceased have requested people to pray for her from home.

Ms Rahman is survived by a son and four daughters, 24 grandchildren, and 22 great-grandchildren.

Various leaders shared their condolences with the Rahman family upon hearing the tragic news.

Taking to his official Twitter handle, Prime Minister Imran Khan said: “My prayers [and] condolences go to the Mir family on the passing of Mir Shakil ur Rehman’s mother and Mir Ibrahim’s grandmother.”

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