Renowned Pakistan movement leader, poet, writer and journalist ‘Maulana Zafar Ali Khan’ was remembered on his 64th death anniversary to pay rich tributes to his matchless services. Maulana Zafar Ali Khan known as Baba-e-Sahafat (father of journalism) was born in 1873 at Sialkot. After graduation he was appointed Secretary to Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk who was then in Bombay. He fought the freedom movement with his pen and used it as a unifier for burgeoning the required nationalism in the Muslim community which would be remembered as the father of Urdu Journalism. Later he worked for sometime as a Translator in Hyderabad Deccan, rising to the post of Secretary Home Department. He returned home on his father’s death in 1909 and took over as Editor Urdu Newspaper ‘Zamindar‘ which became one of the most influential newspapers of the sub-continent, PTV news channel reported. The paper was banned and the press was confiscated because of its revolutionary policies. He participated many a times in the annual sessions of the All India Muslim League.—APP
