[2] He was best known for his inspiring leadership and unrelenting struggle for press freedom during the rules of military dictatorships in Pakistan.
[3] Minhaj Barna was the elder brother of Meraj Muhammad Khan, a well-known left-wing politician.
[4] Minhaj Barna was born in 1923 in a conservative Rohilkhand Pathan family in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, British India.
[2][1] Minhaj Barna played a key role in a historic nationwide labor strike that lasted for 10 days in 1970.
[1] One major Pakistani newspaper says, "Barna was a man of commitment and action who remained true to his cause to the very end of his life."
A. Rehman, paying tribute to Minhaj Barna, called him "the battleship of Pakistan's journalist community.