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Jamsheed Markar passes away in Karachi
Veteran Pakistani diplomat Jamsheed Markar passed away in Karachi on Thursday.
Isphanyar Bhandara confirmed the news to Dawn, saying that Markar, 95, had been quite frail of late.
Markar served the country as a diplomat for an illustrious 30-year-long career in more countries than any other diplomat including the United States, Ghana, France, Japan and Geneva.
Markar, born in 1922 to a Parsi family with ties to Pakistan's shipping and pharmaceutical business, attended The Doon School in India's Uttarakhand state for his early education. He later attended Forman Christian College University in Lahore.