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Wife of Malaysia's longest-serving PM Mahathir dies at 100

Pakistan Published 28 September 2026, 08:44 · archived 28 Sep 2026

KUALA LUMPUR: Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali, the wife of Malaysia’s longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, died on Monday, the veteran leader’s office ​said. Siti Hasmah, 100, died at the National Heart Institute, ‌state news agency Bernama said, citing the couple’s son Mokhzani Mahathir. No further details were immediately available. Often credited with modernising Malaysia, Mahathir, 101, served two ​stints as premier, totalling more than two decades. During his first ​tenure between 1981 and 2003, he oversaw a period ⁠of rapid industrial growth, turning Malaysia into one of Southeast As...

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