Death
Major General Qassem Pasha Al-Nasser died in 4 October 2007 at the age of eighty two. A prestigious formal and public funeral ceremony was held, with the representative of HM King Abdullah II bin al-Hussein and members of the Jordanian people. Major General Al-Nasser has six sons: Sami, Mahmoud, Sameh, Kamal, Jamal, and Mohammad Amin, and three brothers: Dr. Adnan, Brigadier General Adel, and Professor Marwan. Throughout his life, he worked for the issues of his people and country, and devoted himself and the whole of his life to the benefit of Jordan and the Arab world.
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