Pakistan minister, wife found dead

Karachi, Feb 01: Sindh Planning and Development Minister Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and his wife Fariha Razak Haroon were found dead at their home in the Defence locality of Karachi on Thursday.

Bijarani, a veteran leader of the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), was the Planning and Development Minister in Sindh province, According to the reports.

"The couple was found dead in their room," said the spokesman without elaborating on the cause of death.

A spokesman for the Chief Minister House also confirmed that the bodies were identified as Mir Hazar Khan Bijarani and his wife Fareeha Razzaq Haroon.



The cause of death is yet to be ascertained. He had served both in the federal and provincial governments.