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Renowned journalist, author Khalid Hasan passes away |
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WASHINGTON, Feb 6
(APP): Khalid Hasan, a veteran Pakistani journalist and acclaimed author of
several books who also worked as APP Washington correspondent, died of cancer at
a Northern Virginia hospital Thursday night. He was 74. Khalid Hasan
breathed his last at 10:15 p.m. (Washington Time). He had been undergoing
several medical tests and procedures since Jan.19. His condition sharply
deteriorated over the past three days.
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A number of
Pakistani-Americans, several Pakistani journalists working in the United States
received the news of his demise with a heavy heart.
Pakistan’s
ambassador to the US Husain Haqqani expressed his deep sorrow over the
demise of Khalid
Hasan and said his death was a massive loss for Pakistan.
A number of US-based
Pakistani journalists who had long association with Khalid Hasan including Akmal
Aleemi, former VOA Producer, Iftikhar Ali, APP Correspondent in New York, Khwaja
Salahuddin, VOA Producer and several other journalists expressed their
condolences over the loss of their colleague.
Lately, Khalid Hasan
worked for Daily Times and The Friday Times, Lahore, out of Washington. A
brilliant writer, he contributed two columns per week to the publications in
addition to daily spot coverage. He was at his best in political satire. His
writings appeared in almost all leading Pakistani English newspapers.
After graduating
from Murray College, Sialkot, he taught at Lawrence College, Murree, joined the
Income Tax Service, worked for The Pakistan Times, served as the press secretary
to Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, and carried out diplomatic assignments in
London, Paris and Ottawa.
He will be best
remembered for his English translations of the short stories of Saadat Hasan
Manto and lyrics of Faiz Ahmed Faiz. His death will be mourned by his
innumerable friends and admirers, among them senior journalists and writers of
Pakistan and India.
His correspondence
with Qurat-Ul-Ain Hyder appeared in book form.
Khalid Hasan was
born in Srinagar. His father, Dr. Noor Hussain, who hailed from Jammu worked for the
Jammu & Kashmir ministry of Health. His older brothers Brig.Bashir Ahmad and
Colonel Saeed Ahmad, both deceased, served the Pakistan Army with distinction.
His younger brother, Masud Hasan, also a columnist, runs a business in Lahore.
His sister Surayya
was married to K.H. Khurshid who served Quaid-i-Azam Muhammed Ali Jinnah as his
private secretary, later became president of Azad Jammu and Kashmir and finally
died in a traffic accident.
In the late 1960s,
Khalid Hasan travelled to Washington for the Congressional Fellowship sponsored
by the American Political Science Association and married Juanita. The couple
had a son, Jeffrey and a daughter, Jehan, both married and working in the United
States. The family was with Hasan as he lay in hospital.
He will be buried in
Vermont, the native state of his wife.
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