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State of Health Pakistan: Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Minister for Agriculture Janbaz Khan dies due to COVID-19 infection
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 20 Jun 2020, 10:56 am Print
Quetta: Another key Pakistani regional minister has died after he was infected by COVID-19, media reports said.
Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Minister for Agriculture Janbaz Khan died on Thursday.
“He had been on a ventilator for four days,” a doctor at Gilgit’s city hospital where the 64-year-old minister was admitted told The Express Tribune.
“He had a heart related disease, besides diabetes,” said the doctor – also treating Malik Miskeen, another seasoned politician from district Diamer.
He is one of the founding members of the Pakistan Muslim League.
Pakistan has recorded 173856 COVID-19 cases so far.
The country witnessed the death of 3417 COVID-19 infected people
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