Pakistan’s tallest man passes away

MULTAN: Pakistan’s tallest man Zia Rasheed on Tuesday passed away after a protracted illness at the age of 30 in Vehari.

A large number of people, including influential social and political personalities, attended his funeral prayer.

At the age of 15, he had become Pakistan’s tallest man.   He was only three inches shy of the world record for the tallest man on earth. The rest of his family, including his parents, four brothers and one sister, are all average-sized. 

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His massive height, measured, is due to a malfunction of the pituitary gland which causes benign tumors that in turn produce up to 1,000 times the normal amount of growth hormones. 

However, he had long been suffering from a disease related to knees, after he suffered a knee pain at 20.

Since then, he could not get himself treated properly and neither the government took care of him. With the time, his illness exacerbated.