Syeda Fatimee, Assistant Director Foreign Office, and her husband Syed Shoaib Hassan died in Hunza due to gas leakage at a local hotel room on late Friday. Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua expressed grief over the sad demise of the couple.
In a statement, the foreign minister conveyed his condolence to the grieved family and prayed for the departed souls. "Very sad on tragic death of young, bright officer, Syeda Fatimee, (just returned from language training), and her husband Syed Shoaib Hassan, (an engineer), today. Visited their inconsolable families. A great loss for MOFA family. May Allah grant the newly married couple Jannah," the foreign secretary said in a tweet.
Syeda Fatimee who had tied the knot in November was assistant director audit at Consular Affairs Division of Ministry of Foreign Affairs while her husband Syed Shoaib Hassan was an engineer in a private firm.