KARACHI: Humair Akhtar Baloch, senior coordinator in Bizpro and working in the page-making section of Dawn, passed away here on Tuesday. He was 38. He is survived by a widow, a six-year-old son, mother, a sister and two brothers. According to his family, he underwent leg surgery at a private hospital and was due to […]
LAHORE: Senior journalist Akhtar Hayat passed away here on Tuesday morning and was laid to rest at Miani Sahib Graveyard the same day. Akhtar Hayat had sustained head injuries in an accident outside Lahore Press Club on Monday. He was taken to General Hospital where he succumbed to the injury. He has survived by two […]
KARACHI: Shagufta Naaz, a senior sub-editor of Dawn, died at a private hospital here on Monday after a brief illness. She was 41. She leaves behind her mother. She was buried at the Gizri graveyard. Coming from an advertising background, Shagufta joined Dawn in 2007. Having proved her creative talents quickly, she was given the […]
A pioneer of trade unionism in the newspaper industry of Pakistan and a veteran journalist, Asrar Ahmad died, quietly on October 06, 2012 after leading years of secluded post-retirement life in a small dwelling at Rawalpindi. This unsung hero of Pakistani journalism struggled for journalists’ rights besides setting unimpeachable professional standards. Apart from his achievements […]
KARACHI: Eminent scholar, writer, poet, musician and thinker Daud Rahbar passed away at a nursing home in Deerfield Beach, Florida, the United States, on Saturday. He was 86. He is survived by his wife and two daughters. Born in 1926, Mr Rahbar spent his early days in Lahore where he showed fondness for writing poetry […]
ISLAMABAD, Sept 23: Jehangir A. Khan, a man of varied careers from a journalist to a film actor to a bureaucrat, died here on Monday. He was one-and-a-half months shy of his 87th birthday. Mr Khan, who started of as a journalist, entered the film industry acting in several films before joining the civil service. […]
KARACHI: Senior journalist Ejaz Ghani has passed away at 75, his family said on Monday. It said that Mr Ghani breathed his last on Sunday morning. He was later buried at Mohammad Shah graveyard in North Karachi. Mr Ghani began his professional life in 1960s in Bangladesh where he worked for 1960s Daily Chronicle, Daily […]
LAHORE: Speakers at a condolence reference paid rich tributes to veteran journalist and selfless trade unionist I.H. Raashed here on Friday, stressing the need for following the examples set by him in leading the community honestly. The reference was organised by the Lahore Press Club during which speakers mentioned how the late journalist continued to […]
QUETTA: The services rendered by senior journalist Rehman Shah were eulogised at a condolence reference held at the Quetta Press Club on Saturday. Mr Shah died a few days ago in Dubai. Speakers at the reference said Mr Shah never compromised on his principles during his long career as a journalist. They said the late […]
KARACHI: Well-known journalist, writer and poet Shafi Aqeel was laid to rest on Saturday afternoon. Aged 83, he passed away after a long illness here on Friday night. He had been associated with the Jang newspaper for more than six decades and was in charge of its literary magazine. He also wrote books on varied […]
KARACHI: Renowned writer, intellectual, critic and senior journalist Shafi Aqeel breathed his last after protracted illness here at a local hospital on Friday night. He was 83.Shafi Aqeel got infection in his lungs and was having difficulty in breathing.The senior journalist remained associated with Roznama Jang for 63 years in various capacities. Until his last […]
KARACHI: When scholar and celebrity TV host Quresh Pur died on Aug 5, there were hardly a dozen people who attended his funeral. But on Wednesday evening the Manzar Akbar Hall at the Arts Council Karachi, where a condolence reference for Quresh Pur and voiceover artist Hasan Shaheed Mirza (who passed away on Aug 3) […]
ISLAMABAD, Aug 25: The fifth death anniversary of the renowned poet Ahmed Faraz on Sunday went unnoticed at the state level as no official function was held in this regard in the federal capital. However, his family visited the H-8 graveyard to pray for him. Saadi Faraz and Shibli Faraz, sons of Ahmed Faraz, were […]
KARACHI: The Pakistan Herald Workers Union (PHWU), the CBA Union for Dawn, in a meeting on Friday offered condolences to family of senior journalist and former PFUJ president I.H. Raashed, who passed away in Lahore last week. Paying tribute to the late Raashed Sahab for his struggle for justice and for the rights of newspapers […]
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