KARACHI: Speakers at a memorial reference for photojournalist Mujeebur Rehman paid tribute to his work and dedication to the profession and called for the establishment of a photography institute after his name to fittingly recognise his stature. At a programme jointly organised by the Pakistan Association of Photojournalists and the Karachi Press Club on the […]
LAHORE: The 44th death anniversary of legendary classical singer Ustad Amanat Ali Khan is being observed in Lahore today and in this connection, the Patiala Gharana is hosting a ceremony in memory of the various renowned Pakistani music artists. Countless classical singers and showbiz personalities of today remember Khan and his art. They believe his name will […]
Senior journalist Aamir Ahmed Malick breathed his last a day earlier and was laid to rest at the graveyard of the University of Karachi on Sunday evening. Malick had been associated with a number of English dailies on senior editorial positions. Twice he was part of The News, Karachi. He also worked for the creative […]
KARACHI: Former Dawn staffer Aamir Ahmed Mallick passed away on Saturday evening. He was 55. His son Mahadi Mallick told Dawn that he collapsed in the evening and was taken to a hospital in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, where doctors declared him dead. He said his father was suffering from diabetes and heart ailment and it appeared that […]
KARACHI: Veteran journalist Ashfak Bokhari passed away on Thursday morning in Australia after a long illness. He was 75. Former president of the Karachi Press Club, Mr Bokhari was suffering from liver cancer. Two months back his son, Sunnil Bokhari, who lives in Malbourne, took him and his mother to Australia where he remained under […]
KARACHl: Senior journalist Ilyas Shakir passed away in the early hours of Saturday morning after a long illness. He was 67. Born in Hyderabad in October 1951, Mr Shakir did his MA in political science from Sindh University and joined the profession of journalism as a correspondent for a local daily from Hyderabad. He moved […]
PESHAWAR: Prominent Pashto poet and researcher Nisar Muhammad Khan, who spent his life studying and writing about the Pashtun culture, society and music, died on Thursday night after suffering from long illness in Swabi. The 76-year-old was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Shah Mansoor by thousands of mourners on Friday. Nisar was a […]
A day after a suicide attack in Kabul left 10 journalists among 25 people dead , journalists in the twin cities of Islamabad and Rawalpindi held a somber ceremony to express solidarity with their colleagues across the Durand Line. Members of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Rawalpindi-Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) and the […]
ISLAMABAD: The death anniversary of famous comedian and film actor Munawar Zarif was observed here on Sunday. Munawar Zarif was a versatile actor and comedian best known for his work in the Pakistani cinema of the Seventies. Zarif was regarded as one of the finest comedians of the Subcontinent. Born on February 2 1940 in […]
LAHORE-Popular theatre personality and founder of Ajoka Theatre Madeeha Gauhar passed away on Wednesday early morning. She was 61. Her funeral will be held today at her residence 24 Sarwar Rd Lahore Cantt at 5pm. She is survived by her daughter Sawaira Nadeem, two sons, Nirvaan and Sarang and her husband playwright Shahid Nadeem. Madeeha […]
Hameed Haroon, 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 Mian Muhammad Tufail, the father of Mian Akbar Ali, Director Marketing, Khabrain Group. The APNS Office Bearers have offered condolence […]
LAHORE – Chairman Pakistan Peoples’ Party Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has expressed grief and sorrow over the sad demise of senior journalist and Resident Editor of The Nation Karachi Zamir Shaikh who passed away on Wednesday. In a condolence message, the PPP chairman eulogised the services of late Zamir Shaikh in the field of independent journalism. […]
KARACHI – Senior journalist and The Nation Karachi Resident Editor, Zamir Sheikh, passed away on Wednesday night in Karachi. He was 54. Sheikh was admitted to the Aga Khan University Hospital. He was suffering from chronic liver disease Hepatoma and remained under treatment at different hospitals for the past two months. Sheikh has left behind […]
KARACHI: The APNS president Sarmad Ali and Secretary General Umer Mujib Shami have expressed profound grief on behalf of the APNS office bearers and members of the executive committee over the sad demise of mother of Mr. Bashir Ahmed Khan, Chief Editor, Daily Multan Naama, Multan.The APNS office bearers have offered condolence to the bereaved […]
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