Deputy Director Libraries bereaved

Srinagar, Mar 11: Master Abdul Ahad Sheikh of Tahab, Pulwama, passed away on Wednesday after a brief illness. He was 86.

He was the father of Deputy Director in the Directorate of Libraries and Research, Sheikh Zahoor-ul-Haq.

He is also survived by another son, Ghulam Rasool Sheikh, and a daughter, Tasleema Shaheen.

Family members said that Abdul Ahad Sheikh, son of the late Haji Ali Muhammad Sheikh, was a diabetic patient and had been bedridden for the past year.

Abdul Ahad Sheikh had served in the School Education Department (SED) and retired as a headmaster.

He was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard near the main market in Tahab, Pulwama.

His Rasm-e-Chahrum will be observed on Saturday.