Transitions: Punjab Assembly member Kaneez Akhtar passes away

Akhtar, a PML-N member, died from complications during surgery on a fracture she had sustained in an injury

Kaneez Akhtar became a member of the Punjab Assembly on a PML-N reserve seat for Women after the May 2013 elections. PHOTO: PUNJAB ASSEMBLY

LAHORE:
A Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) member of the Punjab Assembly Kaneez Akhtar passed away in Lahore on Tuesday evening after complications during a surgery at the Services hospital.

Akhtar, 70, had sustained a fracture following an injury after which she was taken to Services Hospital for a surgery. But complications caused her death on Tuesday evening.

Hailing from Faisalabad, she was an MPA on a PML-N reserve seat.


Akhtar was a member of the standing committees on Social Welfare and Bait-ul-Maal. She had previously served as a district council member in Faisalabad between 1997 and 1999.

Her body will be shifted to Faisalabad where her funeral prayers will be offered on Wednesday at 9am. She leaves behind four children.