Famous columnist Saeed Siddiqui passed away in Karachi recently. He was laid to rest in Paposh Nagar graveyard. Saeed Siddiqui columns were regularly published in Daily Jang. He was admitted to hospital on 22nd December after he was infected with Pneumonia. He was born in Delhi in 1916.
Meanwhile prominent religious scholar Maulana Mohammad Amir, popularly known as Maulana Bijli Ghar also passed away in Peshawar. He was 85 years old.
Maulana Bijli Ghar was very close of Maulana Mufti Mehmood, the father of JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman. In 1950s Maulana Bijli received his religious education from Darul Uloom Sarhad in Peshawar. Maulana Fazlur Rehman and other political, religious leaders have shown their sorrow over the death of Maulana Bijli Ghar. Maulana funeral prayers were held