- publish: 5 July 2020
- time: 10:24 am
- category: Politics
- No: 14239
Ghazanfar’s body laid to rest in Balkh
Mohammad Yousuf Ghazanfar, the President’s Special Envoy for development, economic, commercial, and alleviation of poverty affairs has died of Coronavirus.

The Presidential Palace issued a statement called the death of Ghazanfar as a great loss for the country; saying he had “served the country.”
Yousuf Ghazanfar’s body was laid to rest in Mazar-e-Sharif in a special ceremony attended by a number of government officials.
The presidential palace says that Mohammad Yusuf Ghazanfar’s was a “pious, benevolent and nationalist figure” who was always striving for progress and development in Afghanistan.
Meanwhile, the Chamber of Commerce considers Yousuf Ghazanfar’s functions to be very valuable for economic development in the country.
Yousuf Ghazanfar was under treatment in Turkey after contracting the coronavirus.
The funeral ceremony for Ghazanfar was held at the Presidential Palace as well while his corpse was being buried in Balkh on Saturday evening.