Mr Chandio, who was also chairman of the Indus Valley Theatre, suffered a massive heart attack late on Sunday night when he was attending a ceremony to award Hyderabad Press Club life-membership to known story writer Amar Jaleel. He was taken to a hospital where he died on Monday.
He was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Tando Yusuf after afternoon prayers.
At a condolence meeting at the Hyderabad Press Club, presided over by its president Shahid Shiakh, media persons expressed sorrow over the sudden demise of Mr Chandio.—APP