Srinagar, July 14 -- Senior National Conference (NC) leader and former Jammu and Kashmir minister Sheikh Mustafa Kamal passed away on Tuesday after a brief illness.
He was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Srinagar for past several days.
Confirming his demise, the National Conference said, "Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal Sahib, party's Additional General Secretary and a former Minister, passed away after a short illness. Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi raji'un."J&K Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said his uncle had been unwell for some months but his condition took a turn for the worse 4 days ago.
"My father's younger brother Dr Mustafa Kamal passed away earlier this evening at Paras hospital in Srinagar. Uncle Mustafa had been unwell for...