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Renowned journalist Arif Nizami passes away
By PR
LAHORE: Seasoned journalist and Editor of the daily “Pakistan Today” Arif Nizami passed away here Wednesday after being hospitalized for two weeks, the family sources confirmed. He had suffered a heart attack and was admitted to a private hospital in Lahore.
Arif Nizami was the son of Hameed Niazi, the founder of the Nawa-i-Waqt. He had served as the caretaker minister for information and postal services during former caretaker Prime Minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso’s Cabinet in 2013. He was also elected as the president of the Council of Pakistan Newspaper Editors (CPNE). Arif Nizami also remained editor of The Nation, a sister daily of Nawa-i-Waqt. Later, he launched his own newspaper “Pakistan Today”. President Dr Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan expressed deep grief and sorrow over the death of Arif Nizami and prayed for the departed soul. The prime minister on his twitter handle posted, “Saddened to learn of t
APNS condoles death of Arif Nizami
July 24, 2021
KARACHI: The APNS has expressed profound grief over the sad and sudden demise of its former president and veteran editor Arif Nizami.Sarmad Ali, President and Ms Nazafreen Saigol Lakhani, Secretary General, All Pakistan Newspapers Society, have stated that Arif Nizami, Chief Editor, Daily Pakistan Today and President CPNE, was a seasoned and prominent editor and publisher of Pakistan and had always stood for the freedom of press and expression.
He fought against all forms of curbs on freedom of press and remained amongst the vanguard against dictatorial policies to strangulate the independent media by various governments. The APNS office bearers stated that the services of Arif Nizami will always be remembered in the annals of national press and it will not be easy to fill the vacuum created by his demise. The APNS office bearers expressed their condolences to the grieving family and his colleagues in Pakistan Today and prayed tha