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Zahid Malik was born on 5 October, 1937 in Sialkot, Pakistan, is a Pakistani journalist (1937–2016). Discover Zahid Malik's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 78 years old?

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Occupation Journalist and editor
Age 78 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 5 October, 1937
Birthday 5 October
Birthplace Sialkot, Pakistan
Date of death 1 September, 2016
Died Place Islamabad, Pakistan
Nationality Pakistan

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1937

Zahid Malik (October 5, 1937 – September 1, 2016), was a Pakistani journalist and writer, who was the founder and editor-in-chief of Pakistan Observer.

He was also the founder-chairman of the think tank '101 Friends of China', a non-governmental organisation aimed towards improving Pak-China ties.

He also delivered over 100 lectures on various subjects to groups inside and outside Pakistan.

Born on October 5, 1937, in a small village of Sialkot District, Malik belonged to a well-educated family.

After he completed his graduation from Jinnah Islamia College Sialkot, Malik started his career as a civil servant.

1971

Malik considered himself a patriot, and only found himself at odds with his country on two occasions: once in 1971 when Bangladesh was separated from Pakistan, and again when he was arrested for writing the biography of Dr. A. Q. Khan, as he was wrongly being labelled as a traitor to the country (although he was officially pardoned by high court judge of that time).

Malik was patron-in-chief of the Nazaria-e-Pakistan Council, chairman of the International Seerat Centre and the Foundation for Coexistence of Civilizations.

He was also the founder-chairman of the think tank '101 Friends of China', a non-governmental organisation aimed towards improving Pak-China ties.

Malik was a close friend and the only biographer of Pakistani scientist Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan.

He wrote several books about Khan, which include Dr A.Q. Khan and the Islamic Bomb (in English and Urdu) and Mohsin-e-Pakistan ki Debriefing.

1980

After his retirement as a joint secretary in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Malik launched a monthly Urdu news and views magazine Hurmat in 1980 and later started the English language daily Pakistan Observer.

He was the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of the newspaper.

Malik was a devout Muslim; his daily routine started by offering fajr prayers in the morning and he recited the Quran several times a day.

Malik has four children; three sons and one daughter; they are all active in field of journalism.

When he was arrested on charges of official secret act, he was labelled as prisoner number 2627.

He later used this as his pen name and used it to refer to himself in the books he wrote about Dr. A.Q. Khan.

Malik wanted to contribute something to muslim world, he thought what would be better than if the last book of almighty Allah is indexed properly in terms of topics and all the verses can be found in one place regarding that topic, after years of hard work and dedication, Malik in 1980 finally completed and published this book.

The book was translated into different languages; Urdu, English, German, French, Hindi, etc. many versions have been published of this book some of which were not consulted about Zahid Malik.

When asked that if he wanted to sue the publishers of these versions he simply replied "I wrote this book in order to help the Muslim, not for profit, hence I am not going to sue anyone."

1988

The Pakistan Observer was founded on 1 November 1988, as an English daily newspaper from Islamabad.

1989

When he completed writing the Khan's biography, he was arrested on 6 August 1989 on charges of violation of the Official Secrets Act.

His arrest caused outrage in international media and among political leaders, so he was released on bail on 22 August 1989.

He was put on trial for leaking government secrets in his book, but was found not guilty.

Malik continued to support Khan as Khan was tried for selling nuclear secrets.

Malik supported the cause of Kashmiri sovereignty, and published an editorial about the issue in his Pakistan Observer.

Every news regarding Kashmir is published there so that the world can see how hard the life of Kashmiri citizens have become.

He also hosted yearly conferences on February 5 (Kashmir Day) and August 14 (Pakistani Independence Day) to bring together political leaders to urge action on the matter.

Malik supported the Palestine cause, as he believed that Palestine deserves equal rights for settlement as Israel.

2005

In 2005 Pakistan Observer decided to start an initiative to award those Muslim states that have been a role model for others in terms of good governance.

So it was decided that a yearly award would be given out to the president of the state which fall in the category of best governed Muslim state.

The editorial Board of Pakistan Observer, after going through a lengthy process of consultations and interaction with foreign policy experts, senior analysts, diplomats, researchers, economists and think-tanks decides the conferment of the award upon the deserving state and leader.

2012

He received the Sitara-i-Imtiaz Award in 2012.

Pakistani Ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed deep grief and sorrow over Mr Malik's demise and paid a rich tribute to him for his efforts towards press freedom.

2014

He held a round table conference on July 19, 2014 in which he highlighted the violation of human rights by Israel and how Palestinians were suffering.

The ambassador of Palestine to Pakistan was also invited as chief guest.

His actions in support of Palestine were discussed in the United Nations General Assembly.

Malik believed in Islamic ideology, and wrote several books on the topic, including Mazameen-e-Quran-e-Hakeem and Mazameen-e-Ahadith.

He also introduced the "Best Governed Muslim State" awards in order to boost the morale of the Muslim states that were performing well.

2016

On his demise, the Saudi Ambassador to Pakistan (in 2016) came to his family residence for paying respects and said: "that it is not only the loss of your family, Zahid Malik's death is the loss of whole Muslim Ummah".

A book by Malik on the subject of the Quran.