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Swat-based journalist dies

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MINGORA: A senior journalist and chief editor of daily Shumaal in Swat valley, Ghulam Farooq, aka Speen Dada, died of a protracted illness on Monday. His funeral prayer will be offered today, Tuesday, at 11am in Mingora, Swat.Ghulam Farooq had been suffering from kidney problems for the last few years and was undergoing treatment in […]


Rehmat Shah Afridi- an iconic personality lived for independent journalism, democracy remembered

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PESHAWAR, Dec 11 (APP): Every year, thousands of people leave for eternal abode after spending an aimless life but very few live for a noble-cause by guiding their countrymen in the right direction to achieve their set goals and immortalized forever. Rehmat Shah Afridi, who was an iconic figure in the media industry of Pakistan, […]


Veteran journalist Tahir Ikram passes away

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Renowned journalist Tahir Ikram breathed his last at a Kuala Lumpur hospital in the wee hours of Sunday. Ikram — former Thomson Reuters journalist and pioneering program director of a private TV channel in Pakistan — succumbed to medical complications following a heart attack. Ikram had suffered a massive heart attack earlier over the weekend, […]


APNS condoles death

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KARACHI: Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, President and Sarmad Ali, Secretary General of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society have expressed profound grief on behalf of APNS office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee over the sad demise of Ajmal Dehlvi, Chief Editor, Daily Amn, Karachi and Habib-ur-Rehman, Managing Director, Daily Amn, Karachi. The APNS offered condolence to […]


Senior journalist Ajmal Dehlvi passes away

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KARACHI: Ajmal Dehlvi, veteran journalist and editor of Urdu daily Amn, died on Friday after a protracted illness. He was 87. His funeral prayer was offered at Rehman Masjid in Nazimabad and he was laid to rest at the Muhammad Shah graveyard in North Karachi. Besides his family and relatives, a large number of journalists, […]


Senior journalist Abdul Qudus Kasuri passes away

Abdul Qudus Kasuri, former senior journalist and trade unionist of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Punjab, died here on Thursday after a protracted illness. He survived by a widow, two sons and two daughters. He was the elder brother of Abdul Samad, senior journalist of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Lahore Bureau. His funeral prayers, […]


Journalist, academic Shahida Kazi passes away in Karachi

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KARACHI: Prof Shahida Kazi, one of the first women journalists of Pakistan in the print media and a great teacher who mentored thousands of students currently associated with different media houses passed away on Saturday after a brief illness. She was 79. A highly prolific journalist of her time, Prof Kazi had many distinctions to […]


Senior journalist Shahid Hussain passed away

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Senior journalist and former reporter for The News Shahid Hussain passed away in Karachi after losing his battle with lung cancer on his 73rd birthday on Thursday. According to his family, he was diagnosed with lung cancer a few months ago, and his treatment was underway at a hospital in the city. On Thursday his […]


CM expresses grief over demise of journalist

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Caretaker Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Muhammad Azam Khan on Sunday expressed his deep grief and sorrow over the death of Senior Journalist Samin Jan. In a condolence message, the chief minister prayed to Allah Almighty to rest the departed soul in eternal peace and expressed sympathies with the bereaved family to bear this irreparable loss […]


Dunya News senior reporter Samin Jan passes away

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PESHAWAR (Dunya News) – Dunya News senior reporter Samin Jan passed away on Sunday in Peshawar. He was 55. He was one of the founding members of Dunya News and was associated the network since November 2007. He was suffering from liver cancer. His funeral prayers were offered at District Council Colony Yusufabad Dalzak Road. […]


Solangi pays tribute to legendary broadcaster Aslam Azhar

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On his birth anniversary yesterday, legendary broadcaster, intellectual, and progressive thinker Aslam Azhar was remembered for his contributions to art and culture. Born on September 1, 1932, in Lahore, Aslam Azhar earned his bachelor’s from Government College Lahore. After completing his Masters in Law degree from Cambridge University in 1954, Azhar, a man of many […]


Ex-foreign secretary Tanvir Ahmed dies

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ISLAMABAD, Nov 16: Former foreign secretary Dr Tanvir Ahmed Khan died on Saturday following a protracted illness. He was 81. According to his family, he had lung cancer and was being treated at a hospital at the time of his death. Tanvir Ahmed Khan was born in 1932 in Hoshiarpur, which is now part of […]


Condolence by APNS

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KARACHI: 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 Hafeez Ulfat, Chief Editor Daily Sarhad, Peshawar. Hafeez had a vibrant role in the newspaper industry and Journalism […]


The tragic passing of Thari journalist Ghulam Ali Khoso sparks criticism over lack of healthcare support

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MITHI: A Thari journalist, Ghulam Ali Khoso, passed away in a hospital in Karachi. He was 42. Khoso, who was associated with a leading Sindhi TV channel KTN and Daily Kawish as a reporter in the hilly town of Nagarparkar, was injured in a road accident a few weeks back in Nagarparkar town. Being from […]