Sardar Ayaz Sadiq, Speaker of Pakistan’s National Assembly, will represent Pakistan at the funeral of former Prime Minister and BNP Chairperson Begum Khaleda Zia on Wednesday.
The announcement was confirmed by Pakistan’s Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar through his verified X account.
Begum Khaleda Zia passed away on Tuesday morning at Evercare Hospital in Dhaka after battling illness for 37 days. Her funeral will take place at her ancestral home in Majumdar Bari, South Sripur, Fulgazi, Feni.