GB agriculture minister Janbaz Khan succumbs to Covid-19.

GiLGIT -- Gilgit-Baltistan (G-B) Minister for Agriculture Janbaz Khan was reported to have died on Thursday, a week after he was diagnosed with Covid-19.

'He had been on a ventilator for four days,' said a doctor at Gilgit's city hospital where the 64-year-old minister was admitted.

'He had a heart related disease, besides diabetes,' said the doctor - also treating Malik Miskeen, another seasoned politician from district Diamer.

The veteran politician belonged from the Diamer district and is also said to be the...

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