Karachi the sad news of the death of renowned writer and poet, Ahsan Saleem, has yet to sink in the literary community who still cannot believe that they have lost the lively and enigmatic scholar from among their midst. The editor of Urdu quarterly “Ijra” and the secretary of “Ijra Takhleeqi Mukaalma” died after a […]
HYDERABAD: Writers, intellectuals and poets paid tribute to the late Sindh writer Agha Saleem for his literary services on Sunday. They also called upon the universities to initiate PhD research programmes on the scholar. “We can start at least 10 PhD [programmes] on the different facets of his works,” said former Sindh University vice-chancellor Ghulam […]
HYDERABAD: Speakers paid rich tribute to fiction writer, novelist, short-story writer and poet Agha Saleem for his services in Sindhi literature. His death had left a vacuum in Sindhi language and literature which could not be filled for centuries, they said, adding that he had a multi-dimensional personality. They were speaking at a condolence reference […]
KARACHI: Noted Sindhi fiction writer Agha Khalid Saleem passed away on Tuesday. He had been under treatment for the past two months before he suffered a stroke and died. He was 81. Popularly known as Agha Saleem, he contributed significantly to Sindhi short story, novel and drama and also composed poetry and translated Sindhi poetry […]
ISLAMABAD: Director News Radio Pakistan, Mushtaq Ahmad Kaifi passed away in Islamabad today after protracted illness. He was about fifty-eight. He was admitted at Shifa International Hospital Islamabad for over a month due to different complications. His funeral prayer will be offered tomorrow after Asar prayer in Islamabad. In his illustrious career, he served in […]
LAHORE: Associated Press of Pakistan’s Urdu News Service in-charge Ishtiaq Hussain passed away on Monday. He was laid to rest at a graveyard near his residence in Usman Park Akhri Mint Stop. His funeral prayers was attended by relatives, colleagues and people from different walks of life. Ishiaq Hussain was a member of Lahore Press […]
LAHORE: Dr Anwar Sadeed, one of the great writers who contributed immensely to Urdu language, and a long time friend of Dr Wazir Agha , died in Sargodha on Sunday. He was at ease in every field of writing. His contribution to poetry, short story, translation and journalism are stupendous. His publications include more than […]
PESHAWAR – Assistant Producer Pakistan Television Kamran Ayub committed suicide in Gulbarg area on Sunday. According to Gulberg Police Kamran Ayub son of Mohammad Ayub had some mental disorder for the last several days and on Sunday he shot himself with a pistol which remain intact in his hand after his death. The dead body […]
HARIPUR: Urdu poet, social activist and provincial vice president of Anjuman-e-Taraqqi Pasand Musanifeen, Fida Hussain, better known as Afsar Minhas, passed away in Haripur Thursday evening. He was 62 and is survived by his wife, daughter and son. Family sources told The Express Tribune on Friday the poet suffered a cardiac arrest while he was […]
MITHI: Prem Shivani, who served as Dawn’s correspondent for Tharparkar district for more than 15 years, passed away here on Thursday evening after a long illness. He was around 70. Mr Shivani started contributing to Dawn as its correspondent at Mithi in 2000 after reaching the age of superannuation. He was also a poet and […]
KARACHI: Azhar Abbas Hashmi, one of the founding members of the cultural organisation Sakinan-i-Shehr-i-Quaid and a man of letters in his own right, died in a car accident in Defence here on Saturday. He was 76. He leaves his wife and five sons. Mr Hashmi was born in Gwaliar. He did his masters in geology […]
ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist Raja Mohammad Asghar died here on Saturday morning after a brief illness. He was 78. It was only six weeks ago that doctors had diagnosed him with an advanced stage of pancreatic cancer. Having over 50 years of experience of working with leading national and foreign news agencies and newspapers, Raja Asghar […]
ISLAMABAD: Huma Choudhary, a photojournalist for The Express Tribune, died on Saturday at a local hospital. She was 30. Choudhary was in the United Arab Emirates on an official assignment. While there, she suspected she had contracted food poisoning, according to colleagues and family who had spoken with her. She flew back to Pakistan Saturday […]
KARACHI: Former journalist and social activist, Naushaba Burney, passed away on Thursday. She was 83. According to her sister, Oxford University Press managing director Ameena Saiyid, Burney was hospitalised on Wednesday after suffering from a pneumonia infection. An asthma attack on Thursday ended her life at South City Hospital. Before she fell sick, Burney was […]
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