Makhdoom Khaleeq-uz-Zaman, senior leader of the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP), passed away on Monday. He was suffering from multiple illnesses, including diabetes, hypertension and kidney issues, and being treated at a private hospital of Karachi.
The late PPP leader belonged to the famous political and spiritual Makhdoom family of Hala.
He was younger brother of the late Makhdoom Amin Fahim who served as a federal minister in various tenures and headed the Pakistan PPP when Benazir Bhutto was in exile.Khaleeq was also the uncle of the current spiritual leader of the Sarwari Jamaat, Fahim’s son Makhdoom Jameel-uz-Zaman.
The late PPP leader was once a close political associate of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto and played an active role in the Movement for Restoration of Democracy during the dictatorial regime of General Ziaul Haq.
During 1990s, however, Khaleeq developed differences with Benazir and joined her brother Mir Murtaza Bhutto. After the murder of Murtaza, he largely remained inactive in politics.
