Dr. Attaulwadood condoles Death of Prof Dr Mehdi Hassan – Daily Notable
Lahore
According to the sources of Daily Notable, Dr. Attaulwadood CEO Notable Group has consoled the death of educationist, intellectual and writer Prof Dr Mehdi Hassan.
In a condolence message, Dr Attaulwadood extended sympathies to the bereaved heirs and paid tributes to the educational and journalistic contributions of Dr Mehdi Hassan. His teaching career spanned over 50 years. He served as chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan.
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He was one of Pakistan’s prominent communication experts with a specialization in political analysis. One of the few media historians of Pakistan, Dr. Mehdi Hasan was a regular commentator and panellist for TV news channels and radio stations.
He authored many books on history, journalism, mass communication and political parties. His book The Political History of Pakistan is a widely used source of reference by journalists and producers. His long-held personal view was that distortion of facts by news media is distorting our history.
As a journalist he served as Pakistan Press International sub-editor and reporter between 1961-67. He remained elected office-bearer of Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) five times during this period.
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He also had been a news commentator and analyst for Pakistani television since 1964 for Radio Pakistan since 1962. National and international mass media outlets including Voice of America, BBC News, Deutsche Welle regularly sought his opinion on political developments in Pakistan. He contributed articles in all major newspapers of Pakistan.
Photography was his hobby and passion. His worldly possessions included many 35 mm cameras including a couple of Rolleiflex cameras. His passion for photography took him to frontline of Lahore war zone in 1965, although he was not a professional photographer.
For his services for journalism in Pakistan, he was awarded Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2012.
Prof Mehdi Hassan has rendered invaluable services in the journalism and education sectors and journalism has been deprived of a maestro with his departure, he noted and concluded that the strong role played by Dr Mehdi Hassan would leave a lasting impact. -PUNA
