Senior journalist Aileen Qaiser passes away

 JournalismPakistan.com |  Published: 10 September 2017

Aileen Qaiser, a prominent journalist, died at 60 due to injuries from a gas explosion. She worked at Dawn for over a decade and is survived by her two daughters.

Summary

ISLAMABAD – Senior journalist Aileen Qaiser who succumbed to injuries sustained in an explosion caused apparently by gas leakage was buried at a graveyard here Sunday. She was 60.

Ms. Qaiser was associated with Dawn for 12 years as a feature writer and quit in 2011. Earlier on she worked for The Muslim and The News.

She was the wife of Vice-Chancellor Islamia University, Bahawalpur, Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq. She leaves behind two daughters to mourn her death.

She suffered burns as she turned on an iron at home probably unaware there was leakage from a gas heater nearby. Ms. Qaiser was a Singapore-origin Pakistani national. Her colleagues at Dawn have expressed deep grief and sorrow over her demise.

KEY POINTS:

• Aileen Qaiser succumbed to injuries from a gas leak explosion.
• She was associated with Dawn for 12 years as a feature writer.
• Qaiser was 60 years old at the time of her death.
• She is survived by her husband, Prof. Dr. Qaiser Mushtaq, and two daughters.
• Her colleagues at Dawn mourn her untimely demise.