KARACHI: Former Jamaat-e-Islami Ameer Syed Munawar Hassan has passed away in Karachi.
According to media reports former JI ameer was admitted to a local hospital in Karachi being ill for medical treatment for the past few weeks. He had been shifted to an intensive care unit after his condition deteriorated. He died at the age of 78.
He was born in Dehli, India on August 5, 1941.He obtained a Master’s degree in sociology in 1963, and in Islamic Studies in 1966 from the University of Karachi.
He joined JI in 1961 as fourth Ameer of the party.