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 […]
LAHORE: A selfless fighter for the rights of his community and veteran journalist, I.H. Raashed, died of heart failure on Thursday. He was 82. A trade unionist to the core and a fatherly figure for the journalist community, Mr Raashed suffered a heart attack after Fajr prayers and died soon afterwards at his residence in […]
KARACHI: Quresh Pur, the host of Kasauti, arguably the most popular quiz show in the history of Pakistani television, passed away here on Monday afternoon after a protracted illness. He was 81. Quresh Pur was born in Bhopal, India. He did his graduation from India and migrated to Pakistan. A scholar in his own right, […]
RAWALPINDI: Daily Jang Resident Manager, Rawalpindi, Abdul Aziz Mohmand breathed his last after a heart attack on Sunday. A resident of Jahangir Road, Mohmand broke fast at home with family. About 8:30pm, he had a heart problem and his neighbour Asad Ayub rushed him to Benazir Bhutto Hospital. He was shifted to the hospital’s emergency […]
LAHORE: SINGER Akhlaq Ahmed’s 14th death anniversary was observed throughout the country on Sunday. Akhlaq Ahmed was born on May 8, 1946 in Delhi. He started as a stage singer in the 1960s in Karachi when he was a member of a famous singing group with two other legendary artistes Masood Rana and Nadeem. Akhlaq […]
KARACHI: Sarmad Ali, the All Pakistan Newspapers Society (APNS) president, expressed profound grief over the sad demise of Syed Ashiq Ali Furrukh, senior resident editor, Daily Express, Multan, and father-in-law of SM Munir Jilani, the APNS joint secretary. Late Syed Ashiq Ali Furrukh, masters in journalism from Punjab University, was a senior and veteran journalist […]
RAWALPINDI: Veteran journalist, columnist and poet, Anwaar Feroze, died here suddenly on Tuesday of cardiac arrest. He was 75. His funeral procession will leave his house D-538, Satellite Town at 9am on Wednesday (today) and funeral prayers will be offered at nearby Jamia Rizvia Ziaul Uloom. Later, he will be buried at H-8 Graveyard. Anwaar […]
LAHORE: Syed Abbas Ather — a journalist, a poet and a columnist — died here on Monday morning, leaving behind his wife, three daughters and two sons. He was 78. Also among the mourners are countless young journalists whom he encouraged and trained, and friends as mourners. He was buried on Monday afternoon and his […]
SANGHAR: Sindhi poet Sher Mohammad Ujjan, better known as Aajiz Ujjan, passed away on Tuesday after a brief illness in his native village near Perumal, 40 kilometres from Sanghar. He was 65 years old. He was laid to rest in Buharam Bari graveyard in his village. He leaves a son. Ujjan became popular when one […]
KARACHI: Akhtar Payami, a former News Editor of Daily Dawn, passed away in Karachi on Monday. He was 82. He is survived by daughter Yasmin Bano and sons Prof Sikander Mehdi, Aziz Akhtar, Dr Arzoo Mehdi and Yawar Mehdi. His burial will be held on Wednesday at Wadi-i-Hussain graveyard, on Super Highway, after arrival of […]
Ahad Malik passes away LAHORE, March 30: Ahad Malik, a film producer for over 40 years and twice elected member of the Punjab Assembly, died here after a protracted illness on Saturday morning and was buried the same evening. He had been bed-ridden for the last two years after suffering a paralysis attack. He suffered […]
By: Shahid Husain Karachi: Senior journalist, founding member of the MAG Weekly and ex-student leader Lalarukh Hussain died of brain haemorrhage in Los Angeles. Lalarukh, fondly called “Lali” by her friends, used to work for the left-wing National Students Federation in the late 1960s and the early 1970s. She acquired a degree in journalism from […]
LAHORE – Nawa-i-Waqt columnist Khalid Ahmad died at 70. Khalid was battling against lungs cancers. He is survived by widow, two sons and a daughter. Khalid had been writing column ‘Lamha Lamha’ for Nawa-i-Waqt. Besides being a known poet, he was an acknowledged playwright and author of a number of books, including ‘Tashbeeb’, ‘Hathaliun Par […]
KARACHI: Eminent Urdu poet Amirul Islam Hashmi passed away after a long illness here on early Monday morning. He was 83. Mr Hashmi was known for his humour-laden Urdu poetry. He was one of those poets whose humour embodied literary allusions and references. His books ‘Gar Tu Bura Na Maane’, ‘Waliakumus Salam’, ‘Zarb-i-Zarafat’, ‘Ye Arz […]
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