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Madhubala was separated from sisters Sonia and Malika about 15 years ago.

The director of the safari park, Syed Amjad Hussain Zaidi, said the results of Sonia’s post-mortem will be shared in the coming days.

Pakistan has a troubled history with elephants in captivity.

Noor Jehan, 17, was brought to Karachi with three other elephants more than a decade ago. She died in April 2023, days after by a team of international veterinarians.

In 2020, , dubbed the “world’s loneliest elephant� after languishing alone for years in a Pakistani zoo, was sent to a Cambodian sanctuary for the much-needed company of other elephants. Efforts to transfer him from Pakistan were supported by , who campaigned for his rescue.