KARAK: Renowned Pashto poet Said Hassan Ustad died after protracted illness at a hospital in Peshawar on Wednesday. He was 88. He was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard at Latambar. A large number of his fans, writers, local people and elders of the area attended his funeral prayers. Said Hassan Ustad was author […]
LAHORE: Senior journalist Abdul Rashid Ghazi, member of the executive committee of All Pakistan Newspaper Society (APNS) and chief editor of Daily Business Report, passed away on Wednesday afternoon due to cardiac arrest. The APNS President, Sarmad Ali, expressed his condolence over the death, and eulogised the services of the late journalist for regional press […]
BADIN: A well known comedian of lower Sindh, Nathoo Kehri, died here on Wednesday after a prolonged illness. He was 70. He is survived by four sons and two daughters. Mr Kehri was called king of humour and a master of jokes. People of lower Sindh used to invite him to their wedding parties and […]
LAHORE: President Asif Ali Zardari on Sunday announced financial assistance of Rs 1 million for the family of the late senior journalist Hamid Javed. Federal Information Minister Dr Firdaus Ashiq Awan visited the residence of the late Hamid Javed and conveyed condolences of President Zardari to the widow, Fauzia Hamid. The minister also expressed grief […]
LAHORE: Noted singer Muhammad Iqbal Bahu died of a cardiac arrest here on Saturday. He was 68. According to the family, Bahu suffered heart attack on Friday night and was taken to the Services Hospital where he initially got stable and was discharged. He however suffered the second attack and died on way to hospital. […]
KARACHI: Veteran journalist and former staffer of Dawn S.R Ghauri passed way in California on Sunday morning. He was in his late 80s. He would be buried in California on Monday. One of the outstanding journalists, Mr Ghauri after his retirement about two decades ago had migrated to the US. He is survived by his […]
Islamabad—Renowned poet and writer Zia Jalandhri died after protracted illness here on Tuesday morning. Zia Jalandhri started his writing career from All India Radio. After doing CSS he joined the radio in 1948. He also served as Managing Director (MD) of state Television during General Ziaul Haq era. Zia Jalandhri authored many books. His books […]
KARACHI: Renowned television actress Tahira Wasti passed away here on Sunday. She was 68. She is survived by a daughter and a son. She had fallen ill a week ago and could not recover from the illness. Tahira Wasti began her television career in the ’60s with her husband Rizwan Wasti, who died last year. […]
LARKANA:Sarkash Sindhi, renowned poet known for his revolutionary verses, died here on Monday after protracted illness.He was 72. He is survived by two daughters and a son. He was laid to rest in Ali Bahar graveyard near Shaikh Zayed Hospital here on Monday evening. A large number of people from different walks of life — […]
By Z Ali HYDERABAD: Just like Sindhi cinema that is no longer in existence, the star who took it to its pinnacle in the 1960s and 70s, breathed his last on Thursday. Mushtaq Malano, known by his stage name Mushtaq Changezi, died of a cardiac arrest. The star acted in the lead role of about […]
KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed its profound grief over the sad and sudden demise of Raja Hussain Khan Maqpoon, publisher, Daily K-2, Gilgit, in an unfortunate road accident on the motorway. Late Raja Hussain Khan Maqpoon was a young and energetic publisher and a member of the APNS. The APNS secretary general, […]
LAHORE: Senior journalist Muhammad Arif died of renal failure on Wednesday. He was 75. Affectionately known as Arif Bhai to journalists, the elderly journalist had been bed-ridden for the last one month or so. He was the father of Dawn staff reporter Wajih Ahmad Sheikh. His funeral will be taken out on Thursday (today) after […]
KARACHI: Renowned Film and TV actress Tamanna Begum passed away after protracted illness in Karachi on Monday, a private TV channel reported. Tamanna Begum was born in Lahore and started her career with Radio Pakistan and also worked in some theatre plays. Soon she moved onto acting in movies and appeared alongside the likes of […]
MULTAN – Renowned folk singer Naseem Akhtar died here on Sunday. She was 55. She sung a number of Seraiki, Punjabi and Urdu songs which were popular in the country. She also earned her name in anthems, Kafis and Ghazals. DG Radio Pakistan Murtaza Solangi paid rich tribute to the singer and termed her death […]
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