Death
Ajmal Khattak, who had been ill since last year, died at a local hospital in Peshawar on Sunday, February 7, 2010. He was 85. He had left politics since long and had been residing at his native village, in Akora Khattak. He was laid to rest a day after his death. On 12 May 2012, Khattak's shrine was blown up by unknown militants in Akora Khattak village.
Read more about this topic: Ajmal Khattak
Famous quotes containing the word death:
“Men are fools that wish to die!
Is t not fine to dance and sing
When the bells of death do ring?”
—Unknown. Hey Nonny No! (L. 24)
“Farewell deare flowers, sweetly your time ye spent,
Fit, while ye livd, for smell or ornament,
And after death for cures.
I follow straight without complaints or grief,
Since if my sent be good, I care not, if
It be as short as yours.”
—George Herbert (15931633)
“...there is death in the pot!”
—Bible: Hebrew, 2 Kings 4:40.