Irfan Husain
Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant (1944–2020) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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This article is about Pakistani columnist. For the Indian cartoonist, see Irfan Hussain.
Irfan Husain (Urdu: عرفان حسین) (5 July 1944 – 16 December 2020) was a Pakistani newspaper columnist and civil servant.[2]
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Born | (1944-07-05)5 July 1944 |
Died | 16 December 2020(2020-12-16) (aged 76) |
Nationality | Pakistani |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, newspaper columnist, author of books[2][3][4] |
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He wrote weekly columns for Dawn newspaper.[2] Husain wrote on a wide range of subjects for newspapers in Pakistan[6] and elsewhere since 1970. As a civil servant, he used to write under a number of pseudonyms, including Mazdak.[5]