A.B.S Jafri passes away
KARACHI, Nov 17: Senior journalist A.B.S. Jafri, a prolific writer and commentator who authored at least 10 books, died after a short illness on Monday morning. He was 76.
He will be buried in the DHA graveyard in Phase IV on Tuesday after Zuhar prayers. His Namaz-i-Janaza will be offered at Sultan Masjid, Khayaban-i-Bahria, DHA. Mr Jafri was born in Badayun in 1927. He graduated from Bareilly College which was affiliated with the Agra University. His father Syed Shahid Ali, a hakim and poet, moved to Larkana with his family following the partition of the Subcontinent.
Mr Jafri is survived by wife Roquyya Jafri, a former Awami League MNA, daughter Farah Jafri, and four brothers Anwar bin Shahid Jafri, Azhar bin Shahid Jafri, Athar bin Shahid Jafri and Asghar Jafri.
Mr Jafri began his journalistic career in June 1947, as a reporter for the Orient Press of India news agency in New Delhi. He came to Karachi in August on a brief assignment to cover the inauguration of Pakistan. As it turned out, there was no going back. However, two years later he was back in New Delhi, this time as a foreign correspondent representing the Associated Press of Pakistan. The stint made Mr Jafri the first Pakistani newsmen to become a foreign correspondent. Before joining the Associated Press of Pakistan, Mr Jafri worked for some time at The Evening Times of Z.A. Suleri.
In 1958, Mr Jafri joined The Pakistan Times, Lahore, as assistant editor. He worked at the newspaper for over 20 years and rose to be its resident editor in Rawalpindi.
Mr Jafri went into exile during the Zia dictatorship. After some time, he accepted an offer to be the managing editor of The Kuwait Times. His association with the paper lasted over 10 years.
Source: Dawn
Date:11/18/2003
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