Farman Ali, known as Farman Sab, is a senior journalist, editor and has remained a political worker as well.

He lives in Islamabad, working as the news editor of Dawn, the most prestigious English language daily newspaper of Pakistan. Previously he has worked with the daily Business Recorder, the daily Financial Post and Dawn in Karachi for more than fifteen years. Despite working with the major English language newspapers in Karachi, he also contributed a lion’s share in the Urdu language magazines: Tullo-e-Karakorum, Yull, Sha’oor, Naya Samaj and Peace & Justice. In 1992, he launched an Urdu language monthly magazine Boloristan from Karachi. This magazine was for the deprived people of Gilgit-Diamer and it proved to be a trendsetter. Those who worked with this magazine are now either having their own magazines/newspapers or working with the leading media organizations of the country. Farman has been worked actively with the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) and Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ). He was fascinated by the leftist political ideology from the very beginning. The breakdown of the USSR has not brougt any change in his communist ideology 15 years later. Islamabad (اسلام آباد, abode of Islam), population 955,629, is the capital city of Pakistan, located in the Potwar Plateau, north-west of the country. ... Dawn is Pakistans oldest and most widely-read English-language newspaper. ... Business Recorder is the first and the leading financial daily in Pakistan. ... The National Post is a large Canadian English language national newspaper based in Toronto. ... Urdu () is an Indo-European language of the Indo-Aryan family which developed under Persian, Turkish, and Arabic influence in the South Asia during the time of the Delhi Sultanate and Mughal Empire (1200-1800). ... Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists (PFUJ) is the countrywide organization of the working journalists of Pakistan. ... Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) is the major organization of the working journalists in Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and the twin city Rawalpindi. ...

Farman Ali was born on June 7, 1960, in Shimshal, a far-flung village in Gojal, the Northern Areas of Pakistan. After primary school in his native village, he moved to Gulmit, the Tehsil Headquarter and then to Karachi, the financial capital of Pakistan. Shimshal is a small village located in Gojal, in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... Located in the Upper Hunza region, Gojal is geographically the largest Tehsil of the Northern Areas of Pakistan and borders the Xinjiang-Uighur region of China. ... Gilgit-Baltistan or the Northern Areas is the northernmost region of Pakistan. ... Gulmit is the capital of the Gojal Tehsil, in the upper Hunza region of the Gilgit territory in the Northern Areas of Pakistan. ... Karachi (كراچى) is the largest city in Pakistan and the capital of the province of Sindh. ...

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• In search of identity, [1]
• And when the tourists come [2]
• Unesco heritage distinction award for Ganish-Hunza [3]
• NALC members back interim constitution [4]
• Body formed to resolve Bhasha dam issue [5]
• Over Rs4bn allocated for N. Areas uplift, [6]
• Gilgit-Baltistan's short Freedom, [7]
• Over Rs4bn allocated for N. Areas uplift, [8]
• Woolly flying squirrel facing extinction, [9]
• KHDP harnessing culture for development [10]
• Blockade of Chilas airstrip, KKH continues [11]