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<\/p>\nHuman rights\u00a0activist and journalist Ibn Abdur Rehman, or commonly known as\u00a0IA Rehman, has passed away at the age of 90 at his home in Lahore, his family confirmed Monday.<\/p>\n
Rehman was a columnist for the daily Dawn and was actively involved with the\u00a0Human Rights\u00a0Commission of Pakistan (HRCP).<\/p>\n
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He was born on September 1930 in Haryana, British India which is now part of India.<\/p>\n
Rehman was a distinguished Lahore-based journalist and was involved with journalism for more than 65 years.<\/p>\n
During his career, he had served as the editor-in-chief of the Pakistan Times from 1988-1990. During the East Pakistan crisis, he was working as the managing editor of Urdu daily Azad.<\/p>\n
He spent the Ziaul Haq period (1978\u201388) as the executive editor of weekly Viewpoint.<\/p>\n
Apart from publishing hundreds of articles and papers, he had authored three books: Jinnah as a Parliamentarian (co-editor), Arts and Crafts of Pakistan, and Pakistan under Siege, a collection of his own columns.<\/p>\n
Rehman worked as director of HRCP for two decades and was also the group’s secretary general till 31 December, 2016.<\/p>\n
As news of his death spread, social media users paid tribute to the\u00a0human rights\u00a0defender.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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