Hakim Ali Zardari passes away

Rais Hakim Ali Zardari, father of President Asif Ali Zardari, passed away Tuesday morning after protracte illness in a hospital in Islamabad.
He was 81, hospitalized after being seriously ill since the last few weeks and his condition deteriorated in the last few days, as his different organs of the body had failed to work, while the doctors struggled to save his life by keeping him on ventilator, however, he succumbed to the illness.
Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar confirmed media that Hakim Ali Zardari breathed his last at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where he was getting treatment since March.
Rais Hakim Ali Zardari (the father of President Asif Ali Zardari) Hakim Ali Zardari was born in 1930. He is a great landlord and agriculturist of Nawabshah District.
Hakim Ali Zardari also took part in politics and was elected as Member District Council Nawabshah in the start of his political career. He was elected as Member National Assembly (MNA) on Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) ticket from in General Election 1970. He resigned from PPP due to differences from some party office bearers and joined Awami National Party (ANP). He contested in non-party based General Election 1985 in the period of General Ziaul Haq but he could not succeed.
He joined PPP again after the marriage of his son Asif Ali Zardari with Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto. He contested the General Election 1988 on PPP ticket and was elected as MNA from electoral constituency of Nawabshah District. After election the Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto appointed him as the Chairman Public Accounts Committee.
He also contested in General Election 1990 for the post of MNA from Nawabshah but could not succeed. He was once again elected as MNA from Nawabshah in General Election 1993 on PPP ticket. He did not participate in General Election 1997, 2002 and 2008 following the policies and instructions of Central Working Committee of PPP.