Veteran journalist/communicator AFZAL KHAN dies at age 55

JYOTI is saddened to report the death of a friend and colleague, AFZAL KHAN, who passed away Sunday morning. He was 55.

His widow, Mala Khan, told JYOTI that the funeral is on Monday at 2 in the afternoon from the family home at 52 Grant Street, Couva to the Muslim Cemetery at Carli Bay, Couva.

Afzal was a communications and media professional who began his career in media at Trinidad & Tobago Television (TTT) in 1975. He was the Corporate Communications Manager at the Tourism Development Corporation (TDC).
His professional career included:

• Television reporter/producer
• Radio Talk Show Host
• Corporate Director Marketing and Communications- Hindu Credit Union
• Chief Executive Officer – HCU Communications Limited 
• Publisher- HCU Publications Limited 
• Chairman – Radio Shakti Limited 
• Chairman – HCU Security Limited (April 2003- May 2006) 
• Chairman- HCU Change Management Team 
• Lecturer – Communications Module : UWI’s Institute of Business
• Head of News, Sports and Current Affairs – International Broadcasting Network
• Programme Director – Ministry of Information and Public Administration
• Lecturer – Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies
• Lecturer – UWI School of Continuing Studies LCCI Programme
• Head of News, Sports and Current Affairs – Trinidad and Tobago Television Limited
• Member of the Management Committee of the Caribbean Publishers and Broadcasters Association
• TTT Representative at Caribbean Broadcasting Union
• Consultant/Trainer – Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Corporation for the Caribbean

Afzal was named BWIA Journalist of the Year Award (1986) and Caribbean Broadcasting Union Journalist of the Year Award (1987).

File: Afzal with fellow broadcasting professional, Anne Marie Ganness (Courtesy Sunil Ramjitsingh)

Lil ilahee waa inna ilahee rajeeun!

May Allah grant him peaceful rest and be merciful to him and all our departed family, friends and compatriots, wherever their mortal remains may lie!