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KARACH—Abdul Rafiq Afghan, editor-in-chief of Daily Ummat, died reportedly of a lung infection in Karachi.
Ummat, founded by Afghan and family in 1996, is considered a widely-circulated paper among far-right wing, especially in Karachi.
Many journalists and people from different walks of life have offered condolences to his family.
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