A file photo of the Gilgit-Baltistan Provincial Assembly. PHOTO: EXPRESS
Family members said Sheikh was taken to a hospital after he suffered a heart attack, where he breathed his last.
The 50-year-old belonged to Nagar district of G-B, and was a senior member of Islami Tehreek Pakistan.
His funeral prayers, offered in the main Imamia mosque, were attended by governor Mir Ghazanfar Ali Khan and speaker legislative assembly Fida Nashad, among other civil and military officials.
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