Majid Nizami (April 3, 1928 – July 26, 2014) was a Chairman of Majid Nizami Trust, chief editor and publisher of Nawa-i-Waqt Group of Publications of

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. ''Nawa-i-Waqt'' newspaper was founded by Majid's older brother, Hameed Nizami (3 Oct 1915-22 Feb 1962) in 1940, who had later died in 1962 at age 46 in Pakistan and now it is owned by Majid Nizami Trust. Majid Nizami then stepped in to start managing the Nawa-i-Waqt newspaper in 1962. Majid Nizami was also the chairman of ''Nazaria-i-Pakistan Trust''.

Early life and career

After doing his high school education in his local town

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, Majid Nizami was educated at Islamia College,

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, where he obtained his master's degree in Political Science and then went on to

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to study law in 1954. During his student days in

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, he actively participated in the Pakistan Movement working towards the

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in 1947. Majid Nizami was one of the few people who served as an editor of a newspaper group for 48 years, as well as a journalist for 59 years.

Awards and recognition

Majid Nizami had won 3 different awards from the

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for his services during his lifetime. *

Nishan-e-Imtiaz The Nishan-e-Imtiaz (; ) is one of the state organized Civil decorations of Pakistan, civil decorations of Pakistan. It is awarded for achievements towards world recognition for Pakistan or outstanding service for the country. However, the awa ...

(Order of Excellence) Award * Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award * Sitara-e-Pakistan (Star of Pakistan) Award * Living Legend of Journalism Award in 2010 * Lifetime Achievement Award by

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in 2011

References

External links

The Nation Official Site

Nawa-i-Waqt Official Site

Majid Nizami passes away
1928 births 2014 deaths Pakistani male journalists Pakistani media personalities People from Nankana Sahib District Recipients of Nishan-e-Imtiaz Recipients of Sitara-i-Imtiaz {{Pakistan-journalist-stub

Early life and career

Awards and recognition

See also

References

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