Srinagar/May,20 : Dr Tarannum Riyaz, a noted Urdu fiction writer and wife of former Kashmir University Vice Chancellor, Riyaz Punjabi, passed away on Thursday.
The family sources said that Dr Tarannum died at a hospital in New Delhi at around 9.30 a.m Thursday. She had tested positive for Covid19 and was put on a ventilator for past few days.
Her husband, Riyaz Punjabi passed away in New Delhi on April 8, 2021.