PTI MPA-elect Tariq Dreshak passes away in Multan

MULTAN: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) MPA-elect Tariq Khan Dreshak passed away at a private hospital in Multan on Sunday.

He was suffering from brain hemorrhage and was on a ventilator in the hospital for the last three days after his condition deteriorated, according to a report of the state-run Radio Pakistan.

Dreshak had been declared elected on a provincial assembly constituency (PP-296) from Rajanpur.

The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) would now announce a by-poll on this PA seat which fell vacant after his death.