Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA-elect Ghulam Abbas Khaaki passed away on Tuesday after a heart failure. Khaalki had won with 47,429 votes from PP-222, Multan 12 constituency in the elections held on July 25th. He had defeated PML-N candidate Mehdi Abbas Langah to secure the seat. According to a private TV channel, Hospital sources said that Khaaki was hospitalised three days ago after suffering a heart attack. PTI leader Jehangir Tareen in the memory of Khaaki, tweeted, “PTI MPA-elect Ghulam Abbas Khaaki passed away last night after having faced a major heart attack. His services and struggle for Naya Pakistan can never be forgotten. May Allah give him the highest ranks in Jannah and may He give sabar to the bereaved family.” Earlier this month, PTI MPA-elect from PP-296, Rajanpur, Tariq Khan Dreshak, died of brain haemorrhage at a private hospital in Multan. Published in Daily Times, August 16th 2018.