Arif Nizami
LAHORE: Senior journalist and analyst Arif Nizami passed away here on Wednesday after remaining hospitalised for around two weeks. He was laid to rest at Miani Sahib Graveyard in the evening.
Mr Nizami had suffered a heart attack and was under treatment at a private hospital, but could not survive. He has left behind his wife and sons Ali, Asad and Yousaf.
Finance Minister Shaukat Tarin, PTI leader Jehangir Tareen, PML-N’s Khwaja Saad Rafique and a large number of journalists attended the funeral.
Son of Hameed Nizami, the founder of Nawa-i-Waqt media group, Arif Nizami was born in October 1948 and served as the editor of English daily The Nation for around two decades.