Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away

Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away. He was most trusted companions of Benazir Bhutto.

Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away.

Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away.

Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes awayHe will laid to rest this afternoon.

Fahim had been ailing for some time and had returned to Pakistan late last month to spend some time family and friends.

He had been brought to Karachi via an air ambulance on the 26th of October.

Prior to his return, the senior leader and veteran politician had been receiving treatment in Germany, England and the UAE.

In light of his deteriorating health he wished to return home to Pakistan for a few days.

Born in 1939 on the 4th of August in Hala, district Matiari, Amin Fahim contested elections 8 times between 1977 and 2013.

During the first tenure of Late Benazir Bhutto Amin Fahim served as Federal Information Minister between 1988 and 1990.

After the 2008 elections Amin Fahim given the portfolio of Federal Minister for Trade and Industries.

Makhdoom Amin Fahim was a PPP loyalist who never left the party from the first days of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto till the time of his death.

When Bhutto’s grandson Bilawal took over the helm of affairs of the party.

Fahim said to one of the most trusted companions of Benazir Bhutto.

After Benazir assassinated, Fahim felt sidelined by Asif Ali Zardari.

Apart from passed over for the position of party chief, Fahim’s name also dropped as PPP’s candidate for prime minister in 2008.

Senior PPP leader Makhdoom Amin Fahim passes away.

Despite the snub, Fahim stuck to the party and later appointed federal commerce minister.

Condolences started to pour in with several politicians voicing their grief over the demise of the senior leader.

Prior to his return, the senior leader and veteran politician had been receiving treatment in Germany, England and the UAE.