FM grieved over death of cricketer Asif Ali's daughter

ISLAMABAD: Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi on Monday expressed deep grief over the death of daughter of cricketer Asif Ali, who lost her life after fighting cancer.

"I know too well the pain and anguish of losing a loved one to cancer. My heart goes out to Asif Ali and his family who lost their beautiful child to this most merciless disease," Qureshi said in his post at Twitter.

Qureshi prayed to Allah Almighty to grant strength to the bereaved family during difficult time and said that "May another brave cancer warrior rest in peace".

The 18-month-old Noor Fatima, who was fighting stage IV cancer, breathed her last at a hospital in the United States.