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Daily News staffer grieved

KARACHI: Iqbal Faisal 57, younger brother of Afaq Ahmed, news editor of The Daily News expired Sunday night after a prolonged illness, family sources said here Monday.

Late Faisal, a former staffer of the Central Bank, was also a known painter and sculpture.

He is survived by a widow, four sons and four daughters. His burial will held at Naval graveyard after Asr prayers.

Funeral procession will begin from the residence of his son Lt Commander Hasan Faisal at Naval Height, Defence Housing Authority. APP