Syed Sharifuddin Pirzada, Senior Advisor to the Prime Minister, has expressed grief on the demise of veteran journalist Ahmed Ali Khan, who passed away on Tuesday.
In a statement issued here on Thursday Pirzada said Khan was a steadfast newsman who rendered great services to the cause of freedom of the press and always projected views of the Quaid-i-Azam. Ahmed Ali Khan, who remained the editor of daily Dawn for 28 years, had close relationship with Pirzada who appeared for Khan in a contempt case in the Supreme Court of Pakistan.