ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist Syed Shamim Ahmed Rizvi passed away on Friday morning.

He had started his journalistic carrier with Faiz Ahmad Faiz in The Pakistan Times and served in daily Muslim, Pakistan Observer, Pakistan Gulf Economist and Financial Times.

He had also been associated with Securities & Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) as media adviser.

His funeral will be taken out from House No. 5, St 44, F-7/1 and funeral prayer would be offered at Masjid Sohaib Rumi, Faisal Market, F-7/1 soon after Zuhar prayers.

Published in Dawn, August 13th, 2022

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