KARACHI: Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research (PILER) Executive Director Karamat Ali passed away on Thursday. He was 78.

According to family sources, labour rights leader Karamat Ali was admitted in a private hospital for treatment where he breathed his last. The deceased has left behind two daughters and a son.

PPP chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, former President Dr Arif Alvi and others expressed grief and sorrow over demise of the labour right activist Karamat Ali.

Expressing their condolence the bereaved family, they also prayed for the departed soul be in eternal peace.

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Earlier, The Ministry of Religious Affairs has confirmed that 35 Pakistanis died due to heat wave during Hajj.

Director General of Hajj Mission of Pakistan, Abdul Wahab Soomro, the temperature during the Hajj was recorded at 50 degrees, making it a difficult Hajj.

He said that 4 Pakistanis died in Mina, 3 in Arafat and 2 in Muzdalifah, while 20 Pakistani pilgrims died in Makkah and 6 in Madinah.