Obituary: Journalist laid to rest
He worked at many media institutions
KARACHI:
Veteran journalist Sheikh Abdul Quddoos, an active member of Karachi Press Club and the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), lost the battle to cancer this afternoon. Quddoos was a dedicated journalist whose career spanned several decades. He worked at many media institutions, including the Daily Amn and the Daily Jehan-i-Pakistan for many years, as well as being the founder and chairperson of the Green Panel. He later joined politics and became a member of the Sindh Assembly from Orangi Town. The president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Rana Muhammad Azim, and secretary-general Muhammad Amin Yousuf said it was a great loss to the trade union movement of journalists as well as to the journalists’ fraternity.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2015.
Veteran journalist Sheikh Abdul Quddoos, an active member of Karachi Press Club and the Karachi Union of Journalists (KUJ), lost the battle to cancer this afternoon. Quddoos was a dedicated journalist whose career spanned several decades. He worked at many media institutions, including the Daily Amn and the Daily Jehan-i-Pakistan for many years, as well as being the founder and chairperson of the Green Panel. He later joined politics and became a member of the Sindh Assembly from Orangi Town. The president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists, Rana Muhammad Azim, and secretary-general Muhammad Amin Yousuf said it was a great loss to the trade union movement of journalists as well as to the journalists’ fraternity.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 24th, 2015.