LAHORE: Senior journalist and former chief reporter of Dawn Ashraf Mumtaz breathed his last after a cardiac arrest here on Friday. He was 70. His funeral prayers were offered in a mosque close to his residence after Asr prayers. He was laid to rest in Miani Sahib graveyard in the evening. He has left behind […]
Senior Journalist Aslam Butt passed away in Islamabad last night. He began his professional career as a journalist back in 1985 from Pakistan Press International (PPI). He remained associated with the Monitoring Section of Radio Pakistan as well as other media outlets. Aslam Butt was a diligent, highly professional and outspoken journalist who always regarded […]
ISLAMABAD— Abdul Salam Soomro, a cameraman for Geo News who worked on Hamid Mir’s show, died on Friday at PIMS Hospital after suffering a stroke. Soomro was continuously in turmoil because of his financial situation, and a few days ago, to make matters worse, he received a show-cause notice. He was also needlessly harassed while […]
Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, President and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) have expressed profound grief on behalf of APNS Office Bearers and members of the executive committee over the sad demise of Mrs. Waseela Shaukat, Publisher and mother of Mr. Kanwar Tanvir Shaukat, Editor, Daily Ghareeb, Faisalabad. The APNS offered […]
JHELUM: A private channel’s reporter Imtiaz Baig has been killed in an ‘assassination attempt’ carried out by unidentified persons in Jhelum, ARY News reported on Thursday. Police confirmed that Samaa TV reporter Imtiaz Baig was killed in an ‘assassination attempt’. Police detailed that unidentified persons attacked Baig with baton when he came out of […]
Tarek Fatah, a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author, died on April 24 this year. He had for years criticized the partition of India, which many people do, but he went many steps further by calling for the annihilation of Pakistan. He was a leftist student leader and a journalist in Karachi in the 1960s and 1970s […]
CPJ and 14 human rights organizations and press associations issued a joint statement on Tuesday, May 2, calling on Kenyan authorities to expedite investigations into the killing of Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif and to ensure accountability in a transparent judicial process. In October 2022, Kenyan police said an officer fatally shot Sharif in Kajiado County […]
The International Council for Human Development (ICHD) in collaboration with the Pakistan Press Club Belgium and the Embassy of Pakistan in Brussels arranged the “Annual Memorial Conference” in reminiscence of the late Khalid Hameed Farooqui, a senior Pakistani journalist, highbrow and previous bureau leader of Geo TV in Brussels. Intellectuals, reporters and folks from […]
COLUMNIST Tarek Fatah passed away in Canada on Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer, The Hindustan Times reported, quoting a family source. “Lion of Punjab. Son of Hindustan. Lover of Canada. Speaker of truth. Fighter for justice. Voice of the down-trodden, underdogs, and the oppressed. Tarek Fatah has passed the baton on… his […]
COLUMNIST Tarek Fatah passed away in Canada on Monday after a prolonged battle with cancer, The Hindustan Times reported, quoting a family source. “Lion of Punjab. Son of Hindustan. Lover of Canada. Speaker of truth. Fighter for justice. Voice of the down-trodden, underdogs, and the oppressed. Tarek Fatah has passed the baton on… his revolution […]
KARACHI: The APNS expresses its profound grief over the sad and sudden demise of its senior colleague veteran publisher, Mumtaz A Tahir, chief editor Daily Aftab Multan and Lahore. Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani President and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have stated that Tahir was a consistent upholder of the rights […]
Veteran author, broadcaster and journalist Syed Rashid Ashraf, known for his long association with BBC Urdu, passed away early on Saturday morning at his home in the Bromley area of London. He was 91. Mr Ashraf joined BBC Urdu in the 60s and remained associated with the publication even after retirement, mentoring young journalists. Born […]
Masudullah Khan, a veteran journalist and one of the most vocal voices for journalists’ rights, breathed his last on Wednesday after a brief illness — malignancy in lungs. He was buried late in the evening at the local graveyard while Qul prayers would be offered today at 10am at his residence. He was 86 and […]
KARACHI: Senior journalist and editor of Urdu language daily Express Tahir Najmi passed away here on Friday after a brief illness. He was 68. He had been ill for the past few weeks and was under treatment at a private hospital. He is survived by a widow, a son and a daughter. Tahir Najmi had […]
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