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Actress Salma Mumtaz passes away

LAHORE: Veteran film actress Salma Mumtaz passed away in Lahore on Friday. She was 85. Mumtaz had been suffering from diabetes for the last many years. She was laid to rest at a Township graveyard. The family made the event a private affair barring reporters from covering her funeral. Mumtaz was born in Jalnadar in […]


Journalist dies in road accident

Karachi: Yousuf Pirzada, a reporter of Karachi Bureau’s Urdu section of the state-run news agency APP, died in a road accident here on Friday. He was heading to the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the coverage of an event when his motorcycle slipped on I I Chundrigar Road and he died on the […]


Journalist dies of cancer

ISLAMABAD: A young journalist of local news channel, Adnan Amjad Khan, died of cancer in Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences Islamabad on Monday. Adnan Amjad, an Islamabad based reporter, was fighting the disease since years and was admitted in PIMS two weeks earlier. Source: TRIBUNE


Journalist laid to rest

KARACHI: The chief reporter of APP, Karachi, Rafi Nasir, who died from a brain haemorrhage on Friday, was laid to rest at a local graveyard at night. His funeral prayers were offered after Isha at the Karim Shahi mosque in Gulbai. The deceased was a son of former PPI bureau chief and veteran journalist Nasir […]


APNS condoles death of Abdul Rahim Pehalwan

KARACHI: The All Pakistan Newspapers Society has expressed its profound grief over the sad demise of Abdul Rahim Pehalwan, ex-president, Anjuman-e-Akhbar Faroshaan, Karachi. The APNS office-bearers acknowledged the services rendered by him for the promotion and development of newspaper industry. The APNS secretary general on behalf of the office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee […]


Short story writer dies

KARACHI: Umrao Tariq, a renowned literary figure and joint secretary of the Anjuman Taraqqi-i-Urdu, passed away here on Thursday. He was 72. He was the author of several books, including Badan Ka Tawaf that won him Adamjee Literary Award. He is survived by three sons and three daughters. His funeral prayers will be offered at […]


Hawkers’ group chief Abdul Rahim Pehlwan dies

KARACHI – The Patron-in-Chief of Markazi Anjuman-e-Akhbar Faroshan — an organisation of newspaper hawkers in Karachi — Abdul Rahim Pehlwan passed away on Tuesday after a prolonged kidney disease. He had been the patron-in-chief of the hawkers’ association for 23 years and leaves behind his widow, seven sons and three daughters to mourn his death. […]


US consulate staffer passes away at 27

KARACHI: An information assistant at the US consulate in Karachi, Muhammad Hakeem Baloch, passed away at 27 on Wednesday of an undiagnosed illness at the Karachi Adventist Hospital. He did not live to see his first wedding anniversary. Baloch’s family hailed from Balochistan and he was born in Karachi on October 23, 1984. His elder […]


APNS expresses grief over Mustafa Sadiq’s death

KARACHI: Hameed Haroon, President, Sarmad Ali, Secretary General, APNS, on behalf of the office-bearers and members of the society have expressed profound grief over the sad demise of Mustafa Sadiq, distinguished publisher, Daily Wifaq, Lahore. The APNS had awarded Lifetime Achievement Award to Sadiq on March 28, 2011. Mustafa Sadiq, born at Mozia Berchha, Tehsil […]


Journalist Yousuf Khan passes away

KARACHI: Senior journalist Yousuf Khan passed away here on Wednesday. He was 54. His family said he suffered a heart attack late in the evening. He was admitted to a private hospital in Defence but could not survive. He left behind his wife, two sons and a daughter. Mr Khan worked for more than three […]


Comedian Liaqat Soldier passes away

* Altaf, Qaim and others condole death By Asad Farooq KARACHI: Renowned Pakistani comedian Liaqat Soldier passed away due to a heart stroke, here on Wednesday. He was participating in a special transmission organised for the Pakistan-India cricket semi-final on a local channel when he suffered a severe heart attack and died on his way […]


Dawn ex-hand Mateen Ahmad Khan dies

KARACHI: Mateen Ahmad Khan, a senior journalist who was on Dawn’s staff for three decades, died here on Monday, the family announced. He was 83 and was suffering from cancer. A master’s in economics from Dhaka University, Mr Khan, who had migrated from India to the then East Pakistan, began his journalistic career with Morning […]


Noted poet passes away

KARACHI: Noted poet and a known name in Karachi’s literary circles Azm Bahzad passed away on Friday morning. He was 52. According to his close friends, he was suffering from ulcerous pain for quite some time which later became complicated and took his life. He is survived by his wife, two sons and a daughter. […]


Veteran journalist Safdar Qureshi dies

ISLAMABAD: Safdar Ali Qureshi, former Director General of Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) and International Islamic News Agency died here on Thursday evening of cardiac arrest. He was 83. Safdar was also the former President of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) for two terms. He was the office-bearer of Afro-Asian Journalist Association, which was […]