Obituaries

Aysha Junaideen a veteran broadcaster and TV newsreader  passed away on 22nd October, in Colombo. The interment of the Janaza took place in Kuppiyawatte Muslim Burial Ground after Asr prayer on 23rd Monday. She was a commerce graduate hailed from Madampe of Puttalam district.  She joined SLBC Muslim Service as a producer in 1973. Many popular programmes were produced by …

Innalillahi Vainna Ilaihi Rajioon.It is with great sorrow we inform the demise ofYasir Bakeer Markar. An old boy of Royal College and an experienced planter.Son of former Speaker, Minister and Governor of the Southern Province, Marhoom Al-Haj M A Bakeer Markar and Marhoom Haajiani Jazeela Marikar.Husband of Shameela Sulaiman and loving father of Uzma Bakeer Markar and Mohammed Ayyub Bakeer …

COLOMBO – Former president of the Sri Lanka-pakistan Friendship Association Ifthikar Aziz passed away in the early hours of Wednesday morning at his residence in Colombo  on April 24. 2024 He is survived by his beloved wife Rezani and his three sons Kamran, Aftab and Malik. In September 2016 ,the Government of Pakistan conferred the prestigious title ‘Tamgha-i-khidmat’ on Iftikhar …

Retired Supreme Court judge Ameer Ismail passed away yesterday. Educated at Wesley College, Colombo, he obtained a Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Ceylon and was sworn in as an advocate in 1969. He joined the Attorney General’s Department as a Crown Counsel in 1971 and was later promoted to Senior State Counsel. He was appointed as a …