Fake News: Ex-Speaker National Assembly Ellahi Bux Soomro is alive

Several media outlets reported about the death of former National Assembly speaker Elahi Bux Soomro. The reports are false.

The state-run APP published a report titled “PM condoles over demise or [sic] ex-NA Speaker Elahi Bux Soomro”.

Several other media outlets including Dunya News also published a news report on its website titled, “Former NA speaker Elahi Bakhsh Soomro passes away”.

Similar reports were also published by GNN, The Nation, UrduPoint and also spread on social media. Others media outlets, such as Samaa News, Business Recorder and state-run Radio Pakistan, initially published the news but have been taken down.

Maula Bux Soomro, a grandson of the veteran politician, issued a statement on social media that his grandfather is alive and the reports were baseless and incorrect.

It must be mentioned that Elahi Buksh Soomro wife had recently passed away on January 23, 2024.

Fact Check Pakistan concluded that news of Soomro’s passing was false.

Soomro is a prominent political figure who served as the National Assembly speaker from 1997 to 2001.