Former Jamaat-e-Islami chief Syed Munawar Hassan died at a local hospital on Friday at the age of 78, where he had been receiving treatment for the past few weeks.
According to reports, Hassan was admitted to a local hospital where he was shifted to the intensive care unit after his condition deteriorated.
Hassan was born in August 1941 in Delhi. After partition in 1947, he moved with his family from Delhi to Lahore and then, from Lahore to Karachi, where he pursued his education and politics.
The former Jamaat-e-Islami leader began his career with the National Students Federation (NSF) and became its president in 1959. He joined the Islamic Jamiat Students Organization in June 1960 and went on to become its president in 1963.
Hassan was respected by his peers in politics and was respected by his rivals. He was the fourth Jamaat-e-Islami leader to lead the party from March 2009 to 2014.
After his death, Jamaat-e-Islami leaders and activists rushed to the hospital where he breathed his last. No announcement has been made yet regarding his funeral prayers.
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