▁were ▁for fe ited . ▁ ▁Post ▁civil ▁service ▁career ▁▁ ▁On ▁leaving ▁the ▁civil ▁service ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁he ▁became ▁editor ▁of ▁the ▁Pak ist ani ▁daily ▁newspaper ▁Da wn . ▁Later , ▁when ▁Z ulf ik ar ▁Ali ▁Bh utto ▁was ▁chief ▁mart ial ▁law ▁administrator , ▁he ▁was ▁twice ▁imprison ed . ▁It ▁was ▁while ▁in ▁j ail , ▁that ▁G au har ▁became ▁deeply ▁absor bed ▁by ▁the ▁Q ur an , ▁from ▁which ▁he ▁was ▁later ▁to ▁make ▁several ▁distinguished ▁transl ations , ▁the ▁last ▁one ▁shortly ▁before ▁he ▁died , ▁when ▁he ▁was ▁in ▁great ▁pain ▁and ▁under going ▁chem other apy ▁for ▁cancer . ▁ ▁On ▁release ▁from ▁prison , ▁he ▁left ▁Da wn ▁for ▁London ▁and ▁launched ▁the ▁journ als ▁Third ▁World ▁Review ▁and ▁Third ▁World ▁Qu arter ly ▁( in ▁association ▁with ▁The ▁Guardian ▁newspaper ), ▁South ▁magazine , ▁and ▁established ▁the ▁Third ▁World ▁Foundation . ▁After ▁B CC I ▁went ▁into ▁liquid ation , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁Pakistan , ▁and ▁continued ▁into ▁journal ism . ▁He ▁pou red ▁all ▁his ▁energ ies ▁into ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁editor - in - ch ief ▁of ▁the ▁Muslim . ▁ ▁Death ▁▁ ▁L atter ly , ▁G au har ▁restricted ▁himself ▁to ▁an ▁occas ional ▁column ▁in ▁the ▁newspaper ▁The ▁Muslim , ▁but ▁left ▁the ▁newspaper ▁when ▁its ▁editor , ▁A BS ▁J af fer y , ▁was ▁s ack ed ▁by ▁the ▁owner . ▁In ▁Pakistan , ▁on ▁his ▁death ,