From domestic help to media sensation: the story of a Mianwali boy – late Mureed Abbas

On Tuesday night, young anchor person, Mureed Abbas, was killed in Karachi on a transaction dispute.

Anchor person of a private news channel Mureed Abbas belonged to a peasant family of Mianwali. At the age of 13, he moved from Mianwali to Karachi and then started working in a banglow, says a report published in Jang newspaper’s website.

From the beginning, Mureed Abbas was the master of exceptional abilities. Looking at these skills, the owner of this house played important role to get him good education from school and then from DHA college.

In 2007, Mureed Abbas, who stepped into a regular media industry, had seen his ability; he saw much continuation in his life.

Mureed Abbas worked with the number of people in a journalistic career, and they the confessor of his professional skills and express their sadness on his death.

Videos of Mureed Abbas on social media, while playing cricket with his son and reciting NAAT in a beautiful voice during the news reading are becoming increasingly popular online.

The biggest name of Pakistani journalist community appears to be fierce on the murder of young anchor person, Mureed Abbas. The journalistic community expressed anger and sadness on social media and also remembered the moment with him.

تیرہ سال کا ایک بچہ برسوں پہلےگھروں میں کام کرنے کراچی آیا،گھروالوں نے بچے کی صلاحیتیں دیکھتے ہوئے اُسے پڑھایا، ایک دن وہ اینکر بن گیا۔ہم سب غیر موجودگی میں بھی اس کی محنت کی تعریف کرتے۔ ابھی جناح اسپتال میں #مریدعباس کی نہیں، میانوالی کے اس بچے کے خوابوں کی لاش دیکھ کر آیا ہوں pic.twitter.com/CQN2YqPviU

— Iqrar ul Hassan Syed (@iqrarulhassan) July 9, 2019

Senior journalist Iqrarul Hassan said that a 13 year old boy came to Karachi in the first few years. While seeing his abilities, the people of that house got him good education and then one day he became a news anchor. We would appreciate his hard work in all the absence. In Jinnah hospital, I did not see Mureed Abbas but saw the dead body of Mianwali’s child’s dream.

نوجوان مرید عباس کے قتل کی شدید مذمت، مجھے مرید کے ساتھ سماء میں کام کرنے کا اتفاق ہوا، ٹی وی انڈسٹری ایک انتہائی مہذب اور شائستہ نوجوان صحافی سے محروم ہو گئی ہے ۔

— Asma Shirazi (@asmashirazi) July 9, 2019

Asma Sherazi condemned the death of Mureed Abbas in her tweet and saying that Mureed’s murder is a huge loss to the TV industry, and TV industry lost a very decent and emotional young journalist.

https://twitter.com/summaiya85/status/1148647968905531399?s=19

News anchor, who read the last news bulletin with Mureed Abbas, also expressed her sorrow to the sudden departure of Mureed Abbas.

His friend Rafia Rafiq talked on Whatsapp in which he asked for suggestion of dental interrogation. She could not answer the message at the moment. Rafia shared the screenshot of their chat and express her sorrow.

اپنی ہر کامیابی ہر خوشی شئیر کرتے پہلی گاڑی لینا ہو ، نئی جاب، بزنس، شادی، بیٹے کی پیدائش، نیاگھر،کوئی ٹور، بتاتےآپا یہ کرنے جا رہا ہوں کتنی خوشی ہوتی کہ تمہاری محنت رنگ لا رہی ہے، تم نے کہا تھا کہ ایک دو دن میں ملتے ہیں، مریدے تم ایسے ملو گے مجھے نہیں پتا تھا. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/NzB4SbF9T9

— Farah Yousaf (@fara_yousaf) July 10, 2019

His fellow news anchor shared her pictures with him that was clicked in the past and saying that every joy, every success, new car, new business, wedding, son’s birth, any tour, new house, you all shared with me and I was happy that your hard works pays off. She further wrote that you said that we will met in one or two days, but Mureed you met me like this I didn’t even imagine.