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KARACHI – Senior journalist Zahid Mirani, a correspondent of Jang newspaper has died of a cardiac arrest in Sobho Dero, interior Sindh.
He had been in journalism for many years and remained president of the local press club several times.
His colleagues remember him as a kind man and a thorough professional.
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