(Pakistan News & Features Services)
Syed Munawar Hussain Naqvi, a veteran journalist serving as Resident Editor of The Financial Daily International, breathed his last in Islamabad on the morning August 31. He was laid to rest later in the evening in the presence of family members, friends, colleagues, and members of the media fraternity offering his funeral prayers. He was 74.
He was an elder brother of Manzar Naqvi, Executive Editor of The Financial Daily, having had a long and illustrious career in journalism. He began his professional journey with The Daily Sun, Karachi, before working for The Daily Sun, Lahore, The Daily Muslim, Islamabad, and The Nation, Islamabad.
Munawwar Naqvi also had a distinguished tenure at the Higher Education Commission (HEC), where he initially served as Editor of Higher Education News and was later promoted to Director Academic, the position he held at the time of his retirement.
Upon his retirement from the HEC, he returned to the field of journalism, contributing to several leading English newspapers of Pakistan. At The Financial Daily International, he was not only associated as its Resident Editor but was also wrote a widely read weekly column, Capital Watch, which reflected his deep insight on political, social, and economic issues.
He has left behind his wife, son Abbas Naqvi, and daughter Sadaf Naqvi, who together with his family, colleagues, and friends deeply mourn his loss.
The Financial Daily International, one of the most respected newspapers of the country, has expressed its profound grief over the loss of its senior colleague, whose legacy will live on for years.
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