Hasan Abidi (Urdu: حسن عابدی) (7 July 1929 – 6 September 2005) was a Pakistani journalist, writer, political activist and an Urdu language poet.

Early life and career

He was born on 7 July 1929 in Zafarabad, Jaunpur district, Uttar Pradesh, and educated in Azamgarh and Allahabad (British India) and after the partition of India in 1947, he moved to Pakistan and settled in Karachi in 1948 and associated himself with journalism and writing.

Later, Abidi moved to Karachi to work for the Akhbar-e-Khwateen magazine and soon became its editor before moving on to work for Dawn newspaper.

Death and legacy

Hasan Abidi died of a heart attack on 6 September 2005 in Karachi at age 76. He had handed in his latest column the previous evening at his workplace.

See also

  • List of Pakistani journalists
  • Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists

References

  • Biographic Sketch by Dawn