The aspiring doctor died after succumbing to injuries following a road accident, his family announced.

According to police, a pedestrian came in front of the motorcycle of Abdullah Khan Khattak, 21, at the FTC flyover.

Khattak fell from the motorbike and sustained a serious head injury, he was taken to Jinnah hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.

The deceased was a third-year student of Aga Khan University.

The university expressed grief over the loss and announced his passing away on Twitter. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic loss of our dear student and friend, Abdullah Khattak (MBBS ’24), who met with a motorcycle crash earlier today,” the official account tweeted. “Our heartfelt condolences and prayers go out to his family and friends.”

#abdullahkhattak is trending in Pakistan with more than 6,800 tweets.

His grief-stricken friends took to social media to remember him.