PPP MPA's 16-year-old son killed in Karachi car crash
Initial investigations suggest the teenager’s car overturned near Village Restaurant, DHA due to overspeeding
Former provincial minister and Pakistan Peoples Party MPA Rubina Qaimkhani’s 16-year-old son was killed in a road accident in Karachi on Friday.
Initial investigations suggest the teenager’s car overturned near Village Restaurant on Karachi’s Sea View Road due to overspeeding.
A person accompanying Hamza Qaimkhani was critically injured and is undergoing treatment.
Following the incident, police and rescue officials rushed to the site and shifted the two to a private hospital.
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Sindh Home Minister Suhail Anwar Sial visited Qaimkhani’s residence to offer condolences.
Furthermore, Sial has directed DIG Traffic Karachi to submit a report on the accident.
The 16-year-old’s funeral prayers will be held today in Hyderabad.
Qaimkhani was elected to the National Assembly as a PPP candidate on a seat reserved for women from Sindh in 2002. She was re-elected in 2008 and served as federal parliamentary secretary for human rights during her second tenure as MNA.She was elected to the Sindh Assembly as a candidate of PPP in 2013. In July 2013, she became a member of the Sindh cabinet and was made provincial minister.