Nawab of Junagarh Muhammad Jahangir Khanji passed away in Karachi, his personal assistant told Aaj News on Thursday. He was 67.

He was under treatment at a private hospital for the last several days. The Nawab of Junagadh was admitted to the infirmary with complaints of having lung problems. But later he was diagnosed with cancer. Khanji is survived by a son and daughter.

The funeral prayers of Khanji would be offered at 3:30pm on Friday at the Junagadh House in Karachi.

Sindh Governor Kamran Tessori was grieved over the death of Jahangir. He prayed for the departed soul and the family.

“Nawab Muhammad Jahangir Khanji was a friendly and loving person. Today we have lost a good friend due to his death,” he said in a statement.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also expressed his grief over the death of Nawab of Junagadh. He offered his condolences to the relatives and family of Khanji

He prayed for Jahangir’s honour and high rank.

Khanji was a staunch advocate of the Junagarh issue. He was the grandson of Nawab Mahabat Khan, who signed an agreement of accession to Pakistan in October 1947. Junagarh was one of the princely states that opted to ally with Pakistan before partition, but India occupied the territory in November 1947.

“Junagarh had a territory of 4,000 square miles and a 100-mile coastline along the Arabian Sea with many ports. Among the 562 princely states in the Sub-continent, Junagarh was the sixth richest and a welfare state which provided free education to its citizens and took responsibility to provide healthcare facilities to all of them,” Khanji told a press conference on November 09, 2023.

When the PTI was in power, he demanded that the-then prime minister should become an ambassador of Junagarh and raise the issue of liberation of the state from Indian occupation at all international fora.

The Nawab said that Junagarh was part of Pakistan and it would remain so.