KARACHI: Pakistan Peoples' Party (PPP) MPA Sharmila Farooqui's father Usman Farooqui passed away in Karachi early on Tuesday morning. The PPP leader Sharmila Farooqui confirmed the death of her father in a Twitter post which read: "Together forever Papa. Your heart will beat with mine."

Usman Farooqui served as chairman of the Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM). Former president and PPP co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari and other PPP leaders expressed grief and sadness over the demise of the MPA's father.