Guard who served Jinnah passes away

Raheem Baksh, who served as a guard to Pakistan's founding father Mohammad Ali Jinnah breathed his last at the age of 92 in Sadiqabad on Monday.

Baksh was unwell over the past few years and his funeral prayers were attended by officials comprising DPO Rahim Yar Khan Umar Farooq, Assistant Commissioner Abbas Raza and Chairman Baldia Chaudhry Shafiq, Geo News reported.

The guard was accorded a ceremonial honour by a police contingent and was laid to rest in his native village of Chak 124.