Srinagar, August 8: Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Saturday expressed deep shock and grief over the demise of renowned educationist and a distinguished scholar Prof. Agha Ashraf Ali.

In a statement issued to KNS,, Bukhari termed the deceased as a visionary who had dedicated his whole life in public enlightenment through the medium of education. Paying rich tributes to his illustrious life, Bukhari said that with Prof. Agha’s demise the J&K has lost a luminary and a torchbearer who chose to change the lives of people by bringing out their best and instilling confidence and values among them.

The JKAP president expressed his heartfelt condolences to the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace to the departed soul. “Prof. Agha’s passing away is not an irreparable loss for his family, friends and associates only but the same has created a huge void in J&K’s intellectual circles which is hard to be filled. In his passing, the J&K has not just lost one of its legendary educationists but a great human being, a dedicated and caring individual, one of the great nation builders and a person who never gave up hope.”(KNS)