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KARACHI: The funeral of Dawn's Marketing Director Masood Hamid, who was shot dead a day earlier in Karachi's Defence's neighbourhood, will be held on Sunday (tomorrow).
The funeral will be held after Zuhr prayers at Baitus Salam Mosque in Defence Housing Authority (DHA), Phase IV.
Hamid was found murdered in his car in DHA Phase-VIII on Friday night.
He was killed by a single shot, and apparently died on the spot. Unidentified gunmen also left the weapon used in the murder in his car before fleeing.
Hamid had been associated with the PHPL for the past 28 years. He was a natural leader, and in his capacity as marketing director, he had built one of the finest teams of marketing people for Dawn and other PHPL publications. He was also actively involved in promoting the cause of the newspaper industry, and was a former secretary general of the All Pakistan Newspapers Society.
He has left wife Afshan Masood, daughter Tooba and son Asad, and a large number of colleagues and friends to mourn his death.
