Transitions: Baloch nationalist leader passes away at 86

Nawab Khair Baksh Marri, age 86, was born in Kohlu, Balochistan in 1928.

KARACHI: Baloch nationalist leader and politician Nawab Khair Baksh Marri has passed away in Karachi on late Tuesday, Express News reported.

Marri, age 86, was born in Kohlu, Balochistan in 1928. He was under treatment at a private hospital in Karachi.

According to Express News correspondent Wakeel Rao, Marri was pronounced dead by his family sources.

Family sources have not yet decided the place and time of the burial but are of the view that the leader will be buried tomorrow at his home town.

The body of the deceased leader is still at the hospital and will be sent to his home town on Wednesday morning.