Malik Muhammad Arif

Journalist
BIRTHDAY
December 9,1948
Birthplace
Pakistan
Age
Apr 16,2010,age 61
Birth Sign
Sagittarius
BIRTHDAY
December 9,1948 (age Apr 16,2010,age 61)
Birthplace
Pakistan

About

Remembered for his three-decade career as a broadcast journalist and cameraman for the Pakistan Television Corporation, Arif was killed while on assignment in Quetta, Pakistan, by a suicide bomber belonging to the Lashker-e-Jhangvi terrorist group.

Before Fame

In the early 1970s, he began his career with the Pakistan Television Corporation as an employee of the organization's production lighting division.

Trivia

He was a prominent member of the progressive Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP).

Family Life

When he was killed, he left behind a wife and five children.

Associated With

He was a close friend and political ally of Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.