KARACHI, Aug 06 2005: Ian Fyfe, senior sports reporter of Daily Dawn, died in a hospital on August 5 night. He was 58. Mr Fyfe was on his way home on his scooter on June 30 when a car hit him on Sharea Faisal. He was injured and admitted to the Liaquat National Hospital. Doctors […]
LAHORE, June 11 2005: Well-known columnist, writer, lawyer and an active worker of Tehreek-i-Pakistan, Malik Amjad Hussain died in Lahore on June 10. He was 87. Malik Amjad Hussain was among the founder members of Pakistan Bar Council and a senior member of the Lahore High Court Bar Association. As a student he took an […]
Lahore, May 24, 2005: Senior journalist, Abdul Karim Abid, 78, succumbed to his throat cancer on May 23. He left four sons and one daughter in bereaved. He was suffering from cancer since 35 years. He associated with journalism for 55 years. In this period he worked for different dailies and weeklies. He authored many […]
LAHORE, April 24,2005: Eminent journalist and practicing advocate of the Supreme Court and High Court Maqbul A Shariff breathed his last at a private hospital here on April 23 afternoon after remaining under treatment for serious respiratory trouble for six days. He was 74. The late Maqbul A Shariff served as the Secretary of the […]
Karachi, April 14,2005: Columnist and writer of film stories Maqbool Jalees, popularly known as Bhayya, died 81 here on April 12 after a brief illness. He was laid to rest in PECHS graveyard.Born in Pune (India) in 1935, Jalees authored many stage dramas and film stories, including that of ‘Anchal’ in the early `60s. He […]
KARACHI, April 04 2005 : Veteran journalist Safdar Barlas died here of prostate cancer on Sunday evening. He was 78. Barlas, who worked in Dawn on many senior positions for over four decades, graduated from Lucknow University in 1947. He subsequently obtained a Master’s degree from Karachi University. Earlier, he had worked with Dawn for […]
LAHORE, April 03 2005 : Fazal Kamal (81), founder of PTV drama, former PTV programme director and spouse of renowned artist Nayyar Kamal died in Islamabad on April 02. Lahore PTV general-manager Muhammad Ashraf Azeem and staff in an emergency meeting expressed their heartfelt and profound grief over the demise of Fazal Kamal. Source: Business […]
LAHORE,April 01 2005: A noted novelist and fiction writer Salma Kanwal, who compiled more than two dozens of novels in her lifetime, breathed her last following multiple health problems at a hospital here on Thursday, family sources said. She was about 70. Kanwal was buried in Miani Sahib graveyard. Her Qul will be held at […]
KARACHI, March 22,2005: Iqbal Saif, a local journalist, died here on March 21. He was 38. The family said he had died of a cardiac arrest. The late Iqbal worked in local Sindhi and Urdu newspapers as news editor. The body was taken to his ancestral village Bannu in district Thatta where he will be […]
KARACHI, March 19,2005: Senior journalist and art critic Baseer Ashraf died of brain cancer after a long illness on Friday afternoon. He was 70. Born in Jabalpur, India, in 1935, Mr Ashraf started his journalistic career with The Times of Karachi in the late 1950s. Afterwards, he worked for some time in The Leader. When […]
KARACHI, March 15: Eminent sports writer, cricket commentator and Dawn columnist Omar Kureishi died here on Monday. He was 77. Mr Kureishi was suffering from heart disease for some time , but had continued with his journalistic work till his condition took a turn for the worse on March 3. He was moved to hospital, […]
KARACHI ,March 12, 2005:Muhammad Siddique, brother-in-law of The News business reporter and the secretary general of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ), Sajid Aziz, died of heart attack on March 11 in Arlington, Texas.He leaves behind a widow and three children. The body of the deceased will be brought from Houston on March 13. Source: […]
KARACHI, March 11: Veteran journalist and founder of the Pakistan Press International (PPI), Muazzam Ali, died here on Thursday. He was 83. Funeral prayers will be held after Friday prayers at the Sultan Masjid in Defence Housing Society. Muazzam Ali started his journalistic career with the Associated Press of Pakistan news agency in 1950. In […]
LAHORE. March 11, 2005: Shehla Zia, a prominent human rights activist and the joint executive director of the Aurat Foundation, died on Thursday morning in Islamabad after protracted illness at the age of 58. She is survived by two daughters, Ayesha Baidar and Maleeha Zia, and a son, Aimal Zia. Her funeral was held in […]
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