Sahibzada Fazlur Rehman Afridi, the father of former captain of national cricket team Shahid Afridi, passed away on Wednesday after a prolonged illness in Karachi. Fazlur Rehman, 67, left behind six sons and daughters each. He was suffering from cancer for so long.
He returned to Karachi after staying under treatment for two months in America but was admitted to a local hospital in emergency condition where he was declared dead. President Asif Ali Zardari, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gillani, Mian Nawaz Sharif, Shahbaz Sharif, Altaf Hussain, Imran Khan and people from different fields of life have condoled with Afridi at the sudden demise of his father and prayed for his departed soul.
