Lt Gen (retd) Faiz Ali Chishti, a former corps commander and federal minister, passed away on Monday at the age of 97 after a prolonged illness.
Chishti had been undergoing treatment at a hospital due to heart and lung complications.
Lt Gen Chishti had served as a corps commander. Following his retirement from the armed forces, he also held the position of a federal minister.
Recently, the president of Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society, Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qayyum, had also visited General Chishti in the hospital. Chishti has also been the president of the ex-servicemen society. Until his demise, he was the current patron-in-chief of Pakistan Ex-Servicemen Society.
His funeral prayers will be offered tomorrow at 3pm in Rawalpindi, where family, friends, and colleagues are expected to gather to pay their final respects.
The former corps commander also gave an exclusive interview to Samaa TV two months ago.
