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KARACHI: As members of the Karachi Press Club were announcing rival panels for KPC’s upcoming annual elections, there was sad news coming in about the passing of one of its oldest stalwarts and former president Abdul Hameed Chhapra on Tuesday afternoon. He was 81.
Mr Chhapra served as KPC’s president for five times and once as its secretary. He had a long working association with the Jang Group after which he became known as a trade unionist too. He remained the president of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) twice. Known as a strong advocate of freedom of the press and freedom of speech, Mr Chhapra also penned three books on these subjects.
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