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The result was speedy keep. Nomination withdrawn. Liz Read! Talk! 07:00, 12 February 2024 (UTC)
Mazhar Ali Khan (journalist)
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Fails WP:GNG. Just one source refers to the subject in detail. The other two are about his wife and only mention him in passing. Codenamewolf ( talk) 14:13, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Withdrawn by nominator as another book reference has now added to article. Codenamewolf ( talk) 20:42, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Note: This discussion has been included in the deletion sorting lists for the following topics: Journalism and Pakistan. GSS 💬 15:19, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Comment Mazhar Ali Khan (1917 - 1993) was and still is known to be a pioneering journalist in Pakistan. He had a long distinguished career in journalism. There should be no doubt and none exists about his notability in Pakistan among the people who know history of journalism in Pakistan. He was a long-time editor of a major English-language newspaper,
Pakistan Times in the 1950s.
Dawn newspaper reference, as the above nominator himself says has in-depth significant coverage about his career and life. So in my view, this article meets
WP:SIGCOV on that basis alone... The second reference is from the UK newspaper
The Independent that talks about both his wife and him. It's very relevant because she was a liberated lady for those old days and highly active in his day-to-day affairs including his jounalistic career. I will soon replace the third newspaper reference from the
The Friday Times. That newspaper apparently has developed some business problems very recently and possibly will change only to be an on-line newspaper. As we all know, these things sometimes happen in the business world. That's why I will be replacing that reference soon. Please allow me some time...
Ngrewal1 (
talk) 18:04, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
- Article meets WP:SIGCOV based on one good quality source, but multiple such sources (atleast 3) are expected to meet WP:GNG standards per WP:SIRS, and based on a quick Google search, I'm not able to find them. Codenamewolf ( talk) 18:29, 11 February 2024 (UTC)
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