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((Infobox person
| name                      = Mahbub Jamal Zahedi
| native_name               = ((Nastaliq|محبوب جمال زاہدی))
| image                     = Portrait of MJ Zahedi.jpg
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| alt                       = Portrait of Mahbub Jamal Zahedi
| caption                   = Zahedi
| birth_name                = Mabub Jamal Rahman
| birth_date                = ((Birth date|df=yes|1929|06|21))
| birth_place               = [[Dhaka]], [[Bengal Presidency]], British India
| death_date                = ((Death date and age|df=yes|2008|12|07|1929|06|21))
| death_place               = [[Karachi]], Pakistan
| nationality               = [[Pakistani people|Pakistani]]
| other_names               = 
| known_for                 = 
| education                 = 
| alma_mater                = [[University of Dhaka]]
| employer                  =((Unbulleted list|[[Pakistan Observer]]|[[Pakistan Times]]|[[Civil and Military Gazette]]|[[Dawn newspaper|Dawn]]|[[The Agatya]]|[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|[[Melbourne Gazette]]|[[Khaleej Times]]))
| notable_works             = ((Unbulleted list|Fifty Years of Pakistan Stamps|Gulf post: Story of the post in the Gulf))
| spouse                    = Qamarunnisa Begum
| children                  = Jamila Zahedi, Delawar Zahedi and Selina Zahedi 
| father                    = Mizanur Rahman
))

'''Mahbub Jamal Zahedi''' also known as M J Zahedi (21 June 1929 – 7 December 2008) was a veteran journalist<ref name=obitfx/><ref name=obitds/> and [[philatelist]] from [[Pakistan]]. During a career of nearly fifty years he served as editor of the ''[[Khaleej Times]]'', [[Dubai]], [[UAE]] as well the news editor and senior assistant editor of ''[[Dawn Newspaper|Dawn]]'', Karachi, Pakistan.<ref name=obitfx>[http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=53379 Journalist Zahedi passes away] Retrieved 8 July 2010</ref><ref name=obitds>[http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=68820 MJ Zahedi no more] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141204184512/http://www.thedailystar.net/story.php?nid=68820 |date=4 December 2014 )) The Daily Star 26 December 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2010</ref>

==Early and personal life==
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi was born in [[Dhaka]] in 1929. He was the son of Mizanur Rahman, the census commissioner in former [[East Pakistan]].<ref name=dawnlet>[http://www.dawn.com/2008/12/13/letted.htm#5 Dawn - Letters 13 December 2008] Retrieved 8 July 2010</ref> Zahedi studied [[English Literature]] at the [[University of Dhaka]]. He was married to Qamarunissa Begum, and had two daughters, Jamila and Selina, and a son, Dilawar. In 2003, Zahedi suffered a stroke that rendered him [[paralysed]] and bedridden.

==Career==
Mahbub Jamal Zahedi had a journalistic career that spanned nearly five decades. He served in several newspapers in the then [[East Pakistan]] and [[West Pakistan]] in key positions, as well as going on assignments to [[Lagos]], Nigeria; Sydney and [[Melbourne]], Australia and Beijing, China. Due to his left-wing views, he was jailed on several occasions. He was also the founder and editor of the popular Bangladeshi periodical ''[[The Agatya]]'', in then East Pakistan.<ref>[http://www.thedailystar.net/2004/10/06/d410061503113.htm Haque, Syed Badrul, Agattya, mosquitoes and more.] in The Daily Star 6 October 2004 Retrieved on 8 July 2010.</ref>

=== 1950s ===
Zahedi started his career in the early 1950s working for the ''[[Pakistan Observer]]''.<ref name=obitfx/><ref name=obitds/> By the early 1960s he held the position of assistant editor.<ref name="dawnlet" />

He was also a [[Colombo Plan]] journalism scholar in Australia in 1955 and worked with the ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'' and the ''[[Melbourne Gazette]]''.((citation needed|date=June 2019))

On 7 October 1958, he was arrested late at night near [[Paltan#Purana Paltan|Purana Paltan]], Dhaka, his then place of residence, while returning home after finishing some routine desk work. The reason for the arrest was the publication of a controversial story reading that the [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956]] had [[Constitution of Pakistan of 1956#Demise|been abrogated]] by [[Iskandar Mirza]].((citation needed|date=June 2019))

=== 1960s ===
In 1960, Zahedi covered the [[UNGA|UN General Assembly]] Session. After his stint with the ''Pakistan Observer'', Zahedi moved to [[Lahore]] to work in the ''[[Pakistan Times]]'', which was then edited by the renowned poet [[Faiz Ahmed Faiz]]. He also taught journalism at the [[University of Dhaka]] from 1960 to 1962 as a part-time lecturer.((citation needed|date=June 2019))

After ''Pakistan Times was'' taken over by the [[National Press Trust]], he served for a short period with the ''[[Civil and Military Gazette]]'' in 1963,<ref name=obitds/> quickly moving to ''[[Dawn (newspaper)|Dawn]]'' within the year at the invitation of its editor, [[Altaf Husain]], where he was given the position of news editor.((citation needed|date=June 2019))

=== 1970-80s ===
In 1970, Zahedi was elected Secretary General of [[Pakistan Writers' Guild]].<ref>((cite book |last=Mohanta |first=Sambaru Chandra |year=2012 |chapter=Pakistan Writers Guild |chapter-url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Pakistan_Writers_Guild |editor1-last=Islam |editor1-first=Sirajul |editor1-link=Sirajul Islam |editor2-last=Jamal |editor2-first=Ahmed A. |title=Banglapedia: National Encyclopedia of Bangladesh |edition=Second |publisher=[[Asiatic Society of Bangladesh]]))</ref> In the same year he also covered the UN enquiry into [[Genocides in history#Nigeria|allegations of genocide]] in Nigeria.((citation needed|date=June 2019))

He left ''Dawn'' in 1974 to move to [[Dubai]] to help launch the ''[[Khaleej Times]]'', the first English newspaper in the [[Middle-East]], where with [[Mahmoud Haroon]] he rose to become one of its establishing editors.<ref name=obitds/> He held the position of ''Khaleej Times'' editor for over a decade.

=== 1990-2000s ===
In 1991, Zahedi rejoined ''Dawn'', this time as assistant editor. He published both his books on [[philately]] in the mid-90s. He retired from journalism in 2001 following a stroke.((citation needed|date=June 2019))

==Philatelist==
Zahedi is the author of two books, one on Pakistan's stamps and the other on the stamps of Gulf nations. He also published articles on the subject in some of the world's most prestigious related magazines, including Britain's [[Gibbons Stamp Monthly]] and [[United States|America]]'s [[Scott catalogue]].

==Death==
On 7 December 2008, Zahedi died in bed of [[natural causes]], succumbing to a prolonged paralysis.

Pakistani Prime Minister [[Syed Yousaf Raza Gillani]] expressed grief over his demise, and offered condolences to his family. He also eulogized Zahedi's valuable contribution in the field of journalism within and outside of Pakistan, which he said would be long remembered.<ref name="gilani">[http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61572&Itemid=2 Prime Minister offers condolence over demise] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120318114735/http://www.app.com.pk/en_/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=61572&Itemid=2 |date=18 March 2012 )), Retrieved 9 September 2010.</ref>

==Books==
* Zahedi, Mahbub Jamal (1997) Fifty Years of Pakistan Stamps, Sanaa Publications, Karachi, Pakistan.
* Zahedi, Mahbub Jamal (1994) Gulf post: Story of the post in the Gulf, Sanaa Publications, Karachi, Pakistan

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