Sharif al Mujahid

Sharif al Mujahid (1 July 1926 – 27 January 2020) was a Pakistani journalist, historian, author, and professor.

Al Mujahid was born on 1 July 1926 in Madras, India (modern day Chennai).

[1][2][3] Al Mujahid joined Karachi University as a lecturer in 1955 and later became a professor on 3 July 1972.

[1] He was a founding member of the journalism department (now the department of mass communications) at the same university where he mentored a lot of students in journalism including the noted journalist Muhammad Ali Siddiqui.

[1][2] As a journalist, before the independence of Pakistan in 1947, Sharif al Mujahid participated as an active journalist, starting in 1945, in favor of Pakistan Movement and frequently wrote newspaper articles expressing his views on the topic.