DERA GHAZI KHAN: Sardar Fateh Muhammad Khan Buzdar, father of Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar, died of cardiac arrest at THQ Hospital in Taunsa Sharif on Monday. He was 80. He was a three-time former MPA. He had started his political career as an independent candidate in 1985 while he won the 2002 and 2008 general elections on PML-Q tickets. He also remained chief of the Buzdar tribe after the death of his father Sardar Dost Muhammad Khan Buzdar. Sardar Fateh Buzdar obtained MA degree in Political Science from the University of Karachi in 1964. He was a farmer by profession. His funeral prayer was offered at the Government College, Taunsa Sharif, which was attended by CM Sardar Usman Buzdar, Jahangir Tareen, provincial ministers Sardar Mohsin Leghari, Mehmoodur Rasheed, Sardar Hasnain Bahadur Dareshak, CM spokesman Dr Shahbaz Gill, the Punjab chief secretary, the IGP, MNAs Kh Sheeraz Mehmood, Sardar Jafar Leghari, Ashraf Khan Rind, Ghulam Murtaza, Raheem Khar, Malik Qasim Hinjra Alamdar Qureshi, Ahmed Ali Olakh, Sardar Ahmed Ali Dareshak, the commissioner, the regional police officer, the deputy commissioner and other officers.His funeral prayer was also offered at Barthi, which was attended by Provincial Minister Samiullah Chaudhry, chief of Qaisrani tribe Sardar Mir Badshah Qaisrani, Sardar Ahmed Ali Dareshak, principal secretary to chief minister, additional chief secretary, heads of various departments and thousands of tribesmen. Later, he was buried at his native graveyard of Tuman Buzdar.Agencies add: President Arif Alvi, Leader of Opposition in National Assembly Shahbaz Sharif and Opposition Leader in Punjab Assembly Hamza Shahbaz Sharif among others offered their condolences over the demise of Sardar Fateh Muhammad Buzdar and prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul. Shahbaz Sharif telephoned Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar and expressed condolence. The PML-N president prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul. Shahbaz said that many people including Usman Buzdar telephoned him and expressed condolences when his father Mian Sharif had died.