LAHORE: Former Air Chief, Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry passed away after he was suffered with heart attack.
Air Marshal Zafar Chaudhry was eighth Air Chief of the country who remained the Air Chief from March 3, 1972 to April 15 1074.
Chief of Pakistan Air-Force Air Marshal Mujahid Anwer Khan has expressed deep sorrow and grief over his demise.
Meanwhile, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) mourns the passing of one of its founder members, Air Marshal (Retd) Zafar Chaudhry.
In a statement issued Wednesday said, he was a committed human rights activist and he was instrumental in supporting HRCP as an independent human rights organisation in the mid-1980s, when no such body existed. Subsequently, he served on its Council and continued to come to HRCP’s office even in frail health. The Commission is indebted to him for helping establish its secretariat in Lahore.
The entire HRCP family will feel his loss keenly, in particular the friends and comrades with whom he worked so closely – among them Chairperson Dr Mehdi Hasan, Honorary Spokesperson I A Rehman, former Chairperson Zohra Yusuf, Vice-Chair Punjab Salima Hashmi and Council member Hina Jilani.
HRCP will hold a reference in memory of Air Marshal (Retd) Chaudhry on Monday 30 December 2019 in Lahore.
With input from INP
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