LAHORE: A teenage son of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) senior leader Qamar Zaman Kaira has passed away in a road accident on Friday, a party spokesperson said.
According to the PPP spokesperson, Kaira’s son Usama Qamar died in the traffic accident, which took place in his hometown Lalamusa. Usama was a student at the Government College Lahore.
Rescue sources said Usama’s vehicle was moving at a high speed when it rammed into a tree, resulting in fatal injuries.
Kaira, who is the president of the party’s Punjab chapter, was at a press conference after attending a meeting of senior PPP leaders when he received the tragic news.
The party spokesperson said that Kaira immediately departed for his hometown after hearing about the accident.
In a message released by the spokesperson, PPP chairperson Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and co-chairperson Asif Ali Zardari expressed their grief over Usama Qamar’s untimely death and offered their condolences to the PPP leader and his family.
Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa also expressed his heartfelt grief on the sad demise of Usama Qamar. “May Allah gives strength to bereaved parents and family to bear this irreparable loss,” said the army chief.
