ABBOTTABAD: The funeral prayers of veteran politician of Hazara Division, Baba Haider Zaman were offered in Abbottabad on Thursday and he was laid to rest in his native village.
A large number of people from all walks of life including Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ghani, Senator Javed Abbasi, provincial ministers and elected representatives attended the funeral prayers.
Earlier on October 24, Baba Haider Zaman, the man behind the Hazara province movement, passed away in Islamabad at the age of 82.
He was admitted to a private hospital for a few days owing to protracted illness.
Born in 1934, Zaman grew up in a small district called Dewal Manal, near Abbottabad. He started his political career and struggles in the early 1960s.
He fought his first election in 1962, and the last election in 2013, participated in the movement of MR in 1977 and got arrested.
He also served as a provincial minister, Abbottabad Nazim and district council chairman.
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