RAJANPUR: PTI MPA-elect Tariq Khan Dareshak, who died after an illness, on Sunday was laid to rest at the ancestral graveyard in village Asni.
Thousands of people, including politicians, attended the funeral of the MPA. The MPA-elect won the general election on a ticket of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf ticket from PP-296 (Rajanpur).
He was admitted to a private hospital Multan following a brain hemorrhage. He was a nephew of MNA-elect Nasrullah Khan Dareshak, and cousin of MPA-elect Hasnain Bahadar Dareshak. In 2015, he was elected as chairman Union Council Asni.
The deceased was a brother of DPO Sargodha Zubair Khan Dareshak and DSP Punjab Police Ibrahim Khan Dareshak.
PTI chief Imran Khan took to the twitter to say that he was saddened to learn of the death of PTI’s newly-elected MPA from Rajanpur: