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Former PML-N Senator Taj Afridi Dies in a Tragic Motorway Accident
Motorway police said the former PML-N senator died after a vehicle malfunction caused his car to veer off the M-1 motorway.
- On Friday, former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz senator Taj Muhammad Afridi died in a vehicle crash on the M-1 Motorway near the Colonel Sher Khan Interchange, according to the National Highways and Motorway Police.
- Preliminary investigations suggest the car suffered a sudden mechanical fault while traveling from Islamabad to Peshawar, causing the driver to lose control and plunge into a roadside drainage channel.
- Afridi served as a senator from 2015 to 2021 and later as caretaker provincial minister for relief, rehabilitation and resettlement in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, alongside his career as a business figure.
- Senate Chairman Syed Yousaf Raza Gilani expressed grief and called the death "a significant loss for the nation as well as parliamentary circles," extending condolences to Afridi's family.
- Motorway Police and rescue teams provided immediate care at the scene; the driver sustained minor injuries while authorities continue investigating the exact mechanical causes of the crash.
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