deprived and oppressed people and spoke up for the cause of Palestine, Kashmir and Vietnam. He was a well-read person on all subjects. He urged researchers and students to preserve his journalistic contributions by doing research on his work. Death and legacy Haqqani suffered from heart disease and died on 24 January 2010 at age 81. His funeral was held at Lahore, Pakistan. He was buried at his ancestral graveyard in Daimul Hazoori, Kasur, Punjab, Pakistan. Among his survivors are two sons and two daughters. Pakistani luminaries attending his funeral included Senator Pervaiz Rasheed, former federal ministers Khurshid Mahmud Kasuri, Sartaj Aziz and many senior journalists and newspaper editors. See also Jang Group of Newspapers Muhammad Zia Ul Haq Farooq Leghari Malik Meraj Khalid Mir Khalil ur Rehman References 1928 births 2010 deaths Federal ministers of Pakistan Pakistani male journalists Pakistani columnists Urdu-language columnists Pakistani newspaper editors