Senior Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai passes away after prolonged illness

Yusufzai is famous for having interviewed Osama bin Laden, and Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

By: Express Web Desk
New Delhi | Updated: September 10, 2021 12:13 AM IST

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Rahimullah Yusufzai (Express archives)

Senior Pakistani journalist Rahimullah Yusufzai passed away on Thursday in Peshawar after a prolonged illness, Geo News reported. He was 67.

Informing about the journalist’s demise, his son Arshad Yusufzai, in a tweet, said his father breathed his last after fighting a long battle against cancer.

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Yusufzai’s funeral will be held at his native village Inzargai on Friday.

Yusufzai was the resident editor of The News International at the Peshawar Bureau and also a correspondent of BBC’s Pashto and Urdu services in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. He is famous for having interviewed Osama bin Laden, and Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar.

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