KARACHI ,February 06,2005: Senior journalist and Editor (editorial) in daily Jang, Nizam Siddiqui passed away on Saturday at a local hospital after protracted illness. He was laid to rest at Paposhnagar graveyard. Nizam Siddiqui, 68, was affiliated with various newspapers and Radio Pakistan for a long period. He also served in Chinese news agency and […]
KARACHI, February 01,2005: Senior journalist and the city’s leading crime reporter Ghulam Ali Khoja died on Tuesday night after protracted illness. He was 65. His funeral prayers will be held at Bara Imambargah, near the Khoja Masjid in Kharadar, after Zuhar prayer on Wednesday and he will be buried in the Hussaini Bagh No. 2, […]
KARACHI ,February 27,2005: Arif Nizami and Mohammad Aslam Kazi, President and Secretary-General, respectively, of All Pakistan Newspapers Society, in a joint statement have expressed grief over the sad demise of S M Ikhlaq, Chief Executive, Adcom (Pvt) Ltd, Karachi, an accredited advertising agency of APNS. Arif Nizami and Mohammad Aslam Kazi stated that late S […]
MB Naqvi The death of Mirza Hasan Askari is a personal loss. We had been friends since at least 1962. He was the Chief Public Relations Officer (PRO) of the Agricultural Development Corporation and I was the founding Assistant Editor of the Indus Times in Hyderabad. We remained friends ever since. His was a warm […]
KARACHI, January 24: Noted writer and columnist Mirza Hasan Askari, 80, died here on Friday after a brief illness. He was laid to rest at the Gizri graveyard on Friday afternoon. M.H. Askari was born in Delhi in 1924. After schooling in Delhi, he did his graduation from Lucknow University in 1944 and joined the […]
Peshawar, January 09,2005:NWFP Senior Minister Sirajul Haq has expressed profound grief and sorrow over demise of Nisar Tanoli, Abbottabad based journalist who breathed his last the other day. In a condolence message he while appreciating professional dedication of the journalist, prayed for eternal peace of the departed soul and expressed heartfelt sympathies with members of […]
january 07,2005.Arif Nizami and Muhammad Aslam Kazi, President and Secretary-General-respectively of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society in a joint statement have expressed their grief over the demise of Syed Hamid Ali, father of Masood Hamid, General Manager, Marketing, Daily Dawan, after a prolonged sickness. Arif Nizami and Muhammad Aslam Kazi prayed that Almighty Allah may […]
KARACHI,December 31 2004: Mujahid Kamal, sub-editor, daily Business Recorder, passed away here on Wednesday after kidney failure. He was 53. He was laid to rest at PECHS graveyard. He has left behind a widow, six sons and a daughter to mourn his death. According to family sources, one of his kidneys was removed in 1992 […]
RAWALPINDI – Rulers in Pakistan always start their stint in power with declaring reduction in unemployment as one of their top priorities. Joblessness, however, continues to rise exposing the contradiction in what the rulers profess for public consumption and what they practice for their own benefits. The sacking of about 50 educated young employees of […]
KARACHI – Soyem of late broadcaster and intellectual, Siddiq Arshad will be held on Wednesday (July 28) between Asr and Maghrib prayers at the Masjid Farooq Azam near Boating Basin Clifton. Separate arrangements have been made for ladies at 16-C, Deunes Apartment, (Ph 5874377) near KFC building. Arshad had secured first class first position in […]
KARACHI – Soyem of Syed Ashfaq Ali, Circulation Manager of Business Recorder, who passed away on July 5, will be held at Masjid-e-Akhyar in Urdu Science College at Main University Road, between Asr and Maghreb on July 7. He was laid to rest at Milk Plant Graveyard in Karachi on July 6. His Namaz-e-Janaza was […]
ISLAMABAD – The services and works of eminent journalist, Zamir Niazi, were remembered by intellectuals, journalists and academmicians here on June 29. They had gathered at the Pakistan Academy of Letters to pay tributes to the late journalist who has often been called as Zameer (the conscience) of Pakistani Press. Zamir Niazi, who passed away […]
KARACHI – Tributes were paid to late Zamir Niazi at a condolence reference, organized by the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors here on June 18. Veteran journalist M.A. Zuberi, who presided over the meeting, recalled Mr Niazi’s career spanning over 56 years. Recalling the formative days of Zamir Niazi’s career, Mr. Zuberi said that these […]
KARACHI – Journalists, intellectuals and men of letters on June 18 paid tribute to the late Zamir Niazi’s outstanding commitment to the cause of the freedom of the press. Speaking at a condolence meeting, jointly organized by the Anjuman Taraqi Pasand Musanifeen, Qalam Barai Aman and the Arts Council of Pakistan, the former editor-in-chief of […]
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