ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist, Muhammad Hasan Musanna died of a protracted illness here on Monday. He was 94.

He is survived by three sons and a daughter. His wife passed away in March.

Funeral prayers will be offered on Tuesday (today) after Zuhar at 1:30pm at Gilania Mosque, Sector G-8/1, near his house No-525 in street 18.

According his son Mehmood Hasan, Mr Musanna had grown quite weak because of old age. He died at his home.

Mr Musanna worked for many national dailies on executive positions. He joined Pakistan Times in 1948 and was one of the founding members of Frontier Post. He also worked for the daily Nation and The News as executive editor.

Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2020

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