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Local journalist dies

MIRPURKHAS: Local journalist and Press Club Mipurkhas former Vice President Aijaz Ahmed Siaal died due to a heart attack Friday. Relatives, journalists and citizens attended his funeral as he was laid to rest among hundreds of mourners in a local graveyard. Source: Daily Times Date:3/1/2008


Journalist dies

HYDERABAD, Feb 29: Senior journalist Mohammad Hassan Kumbhar died on Friday in the Jinnah Hospital in Karachi after undergoing surgery following a heart attack. His body was brought to Tandojam for funeral which was attended by hundreds of people. Later he was laid to rest. Our Mirpurkhas correspondent adds: Local journalist Aijaz Ahmed Siyal died […]


The News staffer grieved

Zainab Noor, mother of Qari Hilal Ahmed Rabbani, passed away on Sunday. Her Namaz-e-Janaza will be held after Zuhr prayers at New Town Masjid and will be laid to rest at Hassan Square Milk Plant graveyard. Home address: 406, Poonawal Garden, Fatima Jinnah Colony, M.A Jinnah Road; Phone 4942849, Mobile: 0300-9200426. Source: The News Date:2/25/2008


=> LAHORE, Feb 8: Famous actress of yesteryear Sauran

LAHORE, Feb 8: Famous actress of yesteryear Sauran Lata died in her Muslim Town residence here on Friday. She was 81. She leaves behind two sons and a daughter. Lata had been ill for many years. Born on Dec 20, 1924, she had interest in music and drama right from her childhood. She did her […]


=> LAHORE: Chief Editor of daily Al-Jareeda and Pakis

LAHORE: Chief Editor of daily Al-Jareeda and Pakistan Muslim League-Quaid-e-Azam (PML-Q) leader Tariq Badruddin Banday passed away on Tuesday at the Punjab Institute of Cardiology (PIC). He was 56. Banday is survived by a wife and two daughters, Aleena (9) and Saleena (7). A large number of PML-Q leaders and workers attended his funeral. His […]


=> LAHORE, Jan 30: Known film, television and stage a

LAHORE, Jan 30: Known film, television and stage artiste Najma died here on Wednesday after a protracted illness. She was 80. She was the sister of first Pakistani film heroine Asha Poslay. Najma acted in a number of films, stage and TV plays. Her character of Karnani Churail earned a lot of popularity in TV […]


=> Sindh-born scholar Dr Motilal Jotwani, 72, passed

Sindh-born scholar Dr Motilal Jotwani, 72, passed away on Tuesday morning in Poona, India, said a report. Born in Sukkur (Sindh) in 1936, Jotwani wrote about 40 books in Sindhi, English and Hindi languages. He was also a visiting professor at Harvard University at one point. Some of his most notable books in English include […]


=> ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Mother of Jehangir Khan, circul

ISLAMABAD, Jan 19: Mother of Jehangir Khan, circulation manager of Daily Dawn, Islamabad, died after a protracted illness in Mansehra. She was 75. The deceased was laid to rest at a graveyard in her ancestral village Gandhian in Mansehra on Saturday afternoon, says a press release. Her Qul ceremony will be held on Monday. Source: […]


=> KARACHI (January 26 2008): Fazl-ur-Rehman, a forme

KARACHI (January 26 2008): Fazl-ur-Rehman, a former employee of Business Recorder, died of cardiac arrest on Friday. He was 70. Son of Aziz-ur-Rehman, he succumbed to the heart attack as he returned home at H/No R-49, Sector 8-A, Gulshan-e-Zahoor, Abyssinia Lines, after offering the Asr prayers. According to relatives, Fazl, who was born in 1938, […]


=> MIRPURKHAS – Mother of Afaq Ahmed, correspondent d

MIRPURKHAS – Mother of Afaq Ahmed, correspondent daily The Nation, Mrs Mushtaq passed away late Saturday night at the age of 65. She left behind five sons and three daughters to mourn her death. She was buried on Sunday after Zuhar’ prayers in the local graveyard. Her Soyem was held on Monday. Meanwhile, all staffers […]


=> NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 8: Moro Press Club President

NAUSHAHRO FEROZE, Jan 8: Moro Press Club President Abdul Ghaffar Abbasi (50) died here due to cardiac arrest on Tuesday. He entered into the field of journalism in 1989, and was working for the Pakistan Press International. Source: Dawn Date:1/9/2008


=> KARACHI, Jan 17: Mrs Mustafa Haider, the mother-in

KARACHI, Jan 17: Mrs Mustafa Haider, the mother-in-law of Afshan Subohi, head of Dawn’s Economics and Business section, died here on Thursday. She was 78. She is survived by four sons and three daughters, all senior government servants. Her funeral will be held after Juma (Friday) prayer at Masjid-i-Ali, Khayaban-i-Muhafiz, Phase VI, Defence Housing Authority. […]


=> KARACHI (January 08 2008): Business Recorder staff

KARACHI (January 08 2008): Business Recorder staffer Rais Ahmad Khan’s sister, Mrs Shamim Majid, died on Monday morning. She was above 80, and is survived by two daughters and two sons. Three of her children are settled in the US while one daughter lives in Karachi. Mrs Shamim Majid was suffering from Alzheimer’s for the […]


=> HYDERABAD, Jan 2: A veteran newspaper agent of Daw

HYDERABAD, Jan 2: A veteran newspaper agent of Dawn Group of Newspapers, Latif Karimi, 60, died of cardiac arrest on Tuesday night. He has left behind a widow, two sons and two daughters. He was taken to a hospital but his condition didn’t improve. His funeral prayers were offered at Maryam Masjid in Memon Housing […]