{"id":246098,"date":"2022-02-24T09:16:38","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T04:16:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/?p=246098"},"modified":"2022-02-24T09:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T04:16:38","slug":"dr-mehdi-hasan-passes-away-at-85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leadpakistan.com.pk\/news\/dr-mehdi-hasan-passes-away-at-85\/","title":{"rendered":"Dr. Mehdi Hasan passes away at 85"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>islamabad<br \/>\nProfessor of Mass Communication Dr Mehdi Hasan passed away after a protracted illness on Wednesday at the age of 85.  He is survived by his wife Rakhshanda Hasan, sons, grandchildren, brothers, nieces, nephews, and thousands of students.  Dr Hasan \u2014 who was awarded the most prestigious award Sitara-i-Imtiaz by the President of Pakistan in 2012 for his services in Journalism \u2014 was a Pakistani left-wing journalist, media historian, dean of journalism and mass communication at the Beaconhouse National University and a professor of mass communication at the Punjab University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>islamabad Professor of Mass Communication Dr Mehdi Hasan passed away after a protracted illness on Wednesday at the age of 85. He is survived by his wife Rakhshanda Hasan, sons, grandchildren, brothers, nieces, nephews, and thousands of students. 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