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Rauf Klasra, four others quit Dunya Group

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 28 November 2014

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Rauf Klasra, four others quit Dunya Group
Rauf Klasra has announced his departure from Dunya Group, marking the end of his tenure as a prominent journalist. Four other Dunya TV reporters have also resigned, but their next steps remain unknown.

ISLAMABAD: Senior journalist Rauf Klasra (pictured), an anchorperson with Dunya TV and Editor Investigations Daily Dunya has quit and would be doing his last program Friday.

He has been co-hosting a daily morning news programme “Khabar Ye Hai” on Dunya TV while also writing articles and news stories for Daily Dunya, the group's Urdu newspaper.

Earlier, Klasra remained associated with Dawn, The News, The Express Tribune and Rohi TV.

A JournalismPakistan.com source says four reporters of Dunya TV have also submitted their resignations with the management in Lahore. They include Adeel Warraich, Sagheer Chaudhry, Tikka Khan Sani and Mian Shahid.

However, it is not clear yet where these journalists are headed.

Sami Ibrahim, Qazi Saeed, Zamir Haider and Arshad Sharif have already quit the channel.

Key Points

  • Rauf Klasra is leaving Dunya TV after a successful career.
  • Four reporters from Dunya TV have also submitted resignations.
  • Klasra has previously worked with several major Pakistani news outlets.
  • Details on the future plans of the departing journalists are unclear.
  • This marks significant changes in the personnel at Dunya Group.

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