Srinagar, Dec 3: Mrs Maryam Bano wife of Mohd Yusuf Bala resident of Mattan and maternal aunt of Khurshid Ahmed Ganai, Former IAS officer and Advisor to the Governor, and Ashaq Hussain Ganai, passed away yesterday after brief illness.
She was a retired teacher and a prominent education activist. Fourth day ceremony ( Chaharum) will be held at Mattan on December 6. The deceased is survived by her husband Mohammad Yusuf Bala, sons Aftab Ahmed and Mukhtar Ahmed and daughters Rehana Jan and Kaneez Fatima wife of Allauddin Ganai, Additional Advocate General, J& K. Large number of people from Mattan and surrounding areas joined the Nimazi Jenaza at their ancestral grave yard at Mattan today and prominent persons of the area have condoled the demise of Mrs Maryam Bano .