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Updated 14 Dec, 2010 09:12am

M.A. Zuberi laid to rest in Karachi

The funeral prayers of M.A. Zuberi, founder and Editor-in-Chief of Daily Business Recorder and Patron-in-Chief of AAJ News were offered after Zuhr at Masjid Noor-al-Islam, Zamzama Park in Karachi.

Federal minister Babar Ghouri, former federal finance minister Shoukat Tareen, speaker of Sindh Assembly Nisar Khoro and former Governor of Sindh Mamnoon Hussain attended the funeral prayers.

M.A. Zuberi passed away on Sunday at the age of 90.

He was born in U.P. India on July 2, 1920. M.A. Zuberi is survived by three sons, two daughters and several grandsons and grand daughters.

He was suffering from illness since past many years. M.A. Zuberi, one of the eldest journalists in the sub-continent, was known as the founder of economic and financial journalism in Pakistan.

M.A. Zuberi was awarded 'Sitara-i-Imtiaz' and many other awards for his services to the media industry. He joined the profession of journalism under the orders of Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah in December 1945 with induction into Daily Dawn, Delhi.

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