Prof. Abdul Wahid Qureshi, the former Vice Chancellor of both Central University and Kashmir University, has passed away due to a cardiac arrest at SKIMS in Soura.
Family sources informed Kashmir Despatch that this morning, Prof. Qureshi experienced chest pain at his Srinagar residence and was immediately taken to SKIMS, where doctors declared him brought dead.
The family further stated that his last rites will be held at his ancestral graveyard in Karnah. Family departed for Karnah at 7:30 a.m., and a date for a condolence meeting at Sadrabal, Srinagar, will be announced soon.
