As the Sunday Times bids goodbye to our stalwart Consultant Editor/Defence Correspondent/Political Editor, we look back on an exceptional career of investigative reporting, war reporting, astute political commentary and mentoring a generation of journalists.
With the welknown Vietnam and Gulf war correspondent and Pulitzer Prize winner Peter Arnett (left) and Committee to Protect Journalists representative Lin Nenmann at Iqbal's residence.
Iqbal Athas, who dominated these Op-Ed pages for 30 years, first as a Defence Correspondent and later as Political Editor of the Sunday Times, is no more. He passed away in the early hours of Tuesday (January 13th) after falling ill sometime last year. He was 81.
Simply “Iqbal”, as he was best known to his many colleagues, friends and wide range of contacts, he started out as a provincial correspondent in what was to develop into an exceptional career in journalism. He rose to be one of the most outstanding and better-known newsmen of his time in Sri Lanka, a mentor to a generation of journalists, and a prominent, much sought-after foreign correspondent for some of the leading international newspapers, television networks and journals.
Read more in yesterday's Sunday Times edition here
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