24 years have passed since that painful night when telephone bell woke me up to the heart- rending news that the giant of a man who had shaped my mindset as well as my career and whose eldest sister had been my mother had passed away. His name was M.S.Nasim Hijazi 1/3
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2/3 Nasim Hijazi was born Mohammad Sharif. When he died the sales figures of his novels had crossed 8 digits .Next to Allama Iqbal he is among the widest selling authors of the world. Some of his novels were translated in Arabic. Some were filmed .And some serialised on TV.
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3/3 Daily Kohistan published from Pindi Lahore and Multan was launched by Nadim Hijazi. It was biggest newspaper outside Karachi. I joined Kohistan in 1961 and became its Editor in 1964. One of my greatest dream has been to revive Kohistan. But some dreams don’t materialize.
01 March, 2020

As CHIEF EDITOR of Daily Kohistan Mamoon Nasim Hijazi took me along to Nathiagali to meet President Ayub Khan on June 30 1959.Exactly nine years later I was to meet him as Editor of Mashriq the newspaper owned by govt. He instantly recognised me.”How is Nasim Hijazi? “he asked.
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