By Staff Reporter
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Minister of Religious Affairs, Mufti Abdul Shakoor, died in a road accident in the capital city of Islamabad on Saturday evening, police said.
“Federal Minister for Religious Affairs Maulana Abdul Shakoor died in a road accident,” said the Islamabad Capital Territory Police in a Twitter post. “He was heading towards Secretariat Chowk from Marriott [Hotel].”
Mufti Shakoor was an MNA of the Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) from the erstwhile tribal areas.
The police informed that the incident took place after a Toyota Hilux carrying five men hit the minister’s vehicle in Islamabad’s highly secured Red Zone.
“Maulana Abdul Shakoor was shifted to Polyclinic Hospital but he could not recover,” the police added.
The social media post mentioned that senior police officials were present at the site of the accident.
Islamabad police chief Akbar Nasir Khan told reporters that Shakoor was driving his car alone when he collided with another vehicle. “He died on the spot from the head injury he suffered,” Khan said.
The occupants of the vehicle that rammed into the minister’s car have been taken into police custody.
Reacting to the development, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said he was deeply saddened to hear about the sudden demise of his “friend, companion, and an important member of the federal cabinet.”
“He was a pious scholar, an ideological political activist, and a good human being,” he added. “May Allah grant forgiveness to the deceased and patience to his bereaved family.”
President Dr. Arif Alvi lauded Mufti Shakoor’s services toward interfaith harmony.
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