KARACHI:Chairman Pakistan Peoples Party and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Monday expressed deep grief and sorrow over the demise of renowned German scholar and archaeologist Prof Dr Michael Jansen.

In a condolence message, the PPP chairman said that Dr Michael Jansen played a pivotal role in the preservation of Mohan Jo Daro as a global heritage and his lifelong scholarly research into the Indus valley civilization ruins shall remain as a magnificent treasure to further explore the World Heritage Site layer by layer for future archaeologists.

He eulogized the services of Jansen in the field of archaeological research and people of Pakistan will also remember him with great respect and reverences as an scholar who helping in unfolding the buried history and heritage of Indus valley. The PPP chairman condoled the death of Dr Michael Jansen with his family, friends, fans and students and prayed for heavenly abode to the departed soul.