BAHAWALPUR: Senior journalist and former station manager APP Bahawalpur, Islam Zamir died of cardiac arrest here on Saturday. According to family sources, Islam Zamir got ready for meeting with senior official and just before leaving home suffered heart cardiac arrest which proved fatal. The deceased started his career as professional journalist from Daily Sadaqat and […]
LAHORE – Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar has expressed condolences over the death of senior journalist Qudratullah Chaudhry and extended sympathies to the bereaved heirs. In a statement, the CM paid tributes to the journalistic contribution of deceased Qudratullah Chaudhry, adding that an era had come to an end. “Late Qudratullah Chaudhry promoted responsible […]
ISLAMABAD, Veteran journalist and former Director News, Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) Liaqat Ali Toor passed away after a protracted illness on Wednesday. He was 71. His funeral was held in Lahore after the Asr prayer, which was attended by relatives and friends. Family sources said the deceased suffered from the dengue fever during the […]
SUKKUR: Journalist Mansoor Mirani was buried in Ghulam Ali Shah graveyard near Pir Jo Goth in Khairpur on Tuesday. In the late 70s, Mirani joined journalism by working for daily Sindh News, Hyderabad, and later worked for Daily Dawn as correspondent at Khairpur. Mirani was also an accomplished poet who wrote many poems. A collection […]
LAHORE: Renowned journalist, columnist, poet and intellectual Dr Ajmal Niazi passed away in Lahore Sunday night after a protracted illness. He was 75 and hailed from Moosa Khel town of Mianwali district. He authored several books including a biography of veteran journalist and Pakistan movement leader late Hameed Nizami. He was popularly known among literary […]
DERA ISMAIL KHAN: Two senior journalists died here on Sunday. Latifur Rehman, former president and chief patron of Dera Ismail Khan Press Club, and Mohammad Farid Leghari, were suffering from kidney disease, but they had also tested positive for coronavirus. Mr Leghari’s funeral prayers were offered at the Kutcheri Funeral Home on Saturday night. He […]
KARACHI: Naseer Ahmed, a senior sub-editor at Dawn, passed away late on Monday. He was 68. Mr Ahmed remained associated with Dawn for more than 35 years. He is survived by his wife, a daughter and four sons. His funeral prayers will be offered on Tuesday (today) after Zuhr prayers at Ibrahim Masjid in Bhittai […]
LONDON: Pakistan’s former High Commissioner in Britain and veteran journalist Wajid Shamsul Hasan passed away in London on Tuesday, according to the party’s senior leader Senator Sherry Rehman. In a tweet, Sherry Rehman posted a condolence message for the deceased praising him for his lifetime devotion to democracy, human rights, free press and the PPP. […]
Islamabad: Dr. S. M. Moin Qureshi’s services to Urdu literature are unforgettable. With his demise, Urdu literature has lost a great writer with a unique accent. This was stated by Prof. Dr. Yousuf Khushk, Chairman, Pakistan Academy of Letters (PAL) in a statement. He said that Dr. S. M. Moin Qureshi was very proficient not […]
RAWALPINDI: Senior Journalist C.R. Shamsi died of cardiac arrest here on Friday. He was 62. He is survived by widow, four sons and a daughter. According to his friends, his funeral will be offered on Saturday. C.R. Shamsi worked for many national dailies in different positions — from reporter to editor. Hailing from Chakwal, he […]
Veteran journalist Nazeer Khan passed away in Karachi on Thursday after prolonged illness. He was 93. He remained associated with Urdu daily Jasarat and other news publication during his over-50-year-long journalistic carrier. His funeral prayers will be offered today (Friday) after the Friday prayers at the Jama Masjid Shamsi in Shamsi Society near the airport. […]
Veteran journalist and analyst Rahimullah Yusufzai passed away on Thursday after a protracted battle with cancer, his son Arshad Yusufzai confirmed. The Peshawar-based journalist was considered an expert on the country’s tribal districts, Afghanistan and the Taliban. He covered the situation in Afghanistan since the Soviet invasion in 1979 and interviewed Al Qaeda leader Osama […]
KARACHI: Sarmad Ali, President, Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society have expressed profound grief on behalf of APNS office-bearers and members of the Executive Committee over the sad demise of Afzal Hussain Naqvi, Chairman City News Network and uncle of Syed Mohsin Naqvi, publisher, Daily City 42, Lahore. The APNS offered condolence […]
HARIPUR: Senior journalist Mohammad Shahbaz passed away due to cardiac arrest in Ghazi tehsil, family sources said on Wednesday. The deceased, 68, left behind a minor son and a widow to mourn his death. He was laid to rest in Khalo village graveyard. Activists of political parties, including PML-N Senator Pir Sabir Shah, government officials, […]
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