A former provincial minister Syed Umeed Ali Shah passed away here on Wednesday after a protracted illness. An official statement here said that the deceased was the elder brother of Provincial Minister, Syed Ali Nawaz Shah Rizvi. It said that the `Namaz-i-Janaza' and the burial of late Syed Umeed Ali Shah will take place on June 21 at his ancestral village Syed Bhoral Shah in Tando Allahyar.