Pakistan People’s Party senior leader Senator Taj Haider passed away in Karachi on Tuesday, his party and family confirmed. He was 84 years of age.
His wife Naheed Wasi confirmed the death in a post on Facebook. She said details of the funeral would be provided later.
Nazakat Ali, Haider’s staff director, said the senator was admitted to Karachi’s Ziauddin Hospital’s intensive care unit for the last two days.
Haider served as a senator for the party from March 2012-2018 and was currently again serving in the position from March 2021-2027. He was chairman of the Senate Standing Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges and the PPP’s central secretary general.
President Asif Ali Zardari expressed his grief over the death and paid tribute to the deceased’s services to the PPP and democracy.
“Taj Haider was an important asset of the PPP. Taj Haider was one of the ideological workers of the PPP. With the demise of Taj Haider, the PPP Party has lost an important political leader,” the president was quoted as saying in a statement.
