By Ubeyd Rahman / Lahore, World Bulletin

A former emir of Balochistan Province and ex-deputy president of Jamaat-i-Islami and also former member of National Assembly, Maulana Abdul Haq Baloch, passed away at a private hospital in Pakistan on Tuesday.

Maulana Baloch was recently operated upon and went into a coma.

Jamat-e Islami emir Syed Munawar Hasan, former emir Qazi Hussain Ahmed, deputy presidents Chaudhry Muhammad Aslam Saleemi, Prof Khurshid Ahmad, Prof Ghafoor Ahmad, Sirajul Haq, Liaquat Baloch and Dr Fareed Ahmad Paracha paid tribute to the late leader and offered their condolences.

Maulana Baloch was a religious leader who got contemporary education as well.