Veteran journalist Arif Nizami Passes Away in Lahore

by Hasrat Ali Shah Thu Jul 22, 2021 8:11 am

Veteran journalist and caretaker federal minister for information and postal service Arif Nizami. — Twitter/File

Veteran journalist and former caretaker federal minister for information and postal service Arif Nizami passed away on Wednesday in Lahore, his nephew, Babar Nizami, told Geo News.

The veteran journalist was under treatment at a hospital for the last two weeks after he had suffered a heart attack. Following the attack, he was shifted to an ICU, but he could not recover from it and breathed his last today, Babar said.
Nizami had served as a caretaker federal minister in former caretaker prime minister Mir Hazar Khan Khoso's cabinet back in 2013. He was also associated with The Nation before he launched his own newspaper Pakistan Today.

He was the son of Hameed Nizami, the founder Nawa-i-Waqt Group of newspapers.

The funeral prayers of the deceased will be performed at 8pm at Allah Akbar Masjid in Defence. He will be laid to rest at the Miani Sahib Graveyard of Lahore.