Swat - Tributes were paid to senior journalist Siraj-ud Din (Shaheed),  The Nation  staffer,  on the occasion of his 13th death anniversary which was observed here on Sunday.  

Siraj-ud-Din, who worked as a Swat correspondent for The Nation and Nawa-i-Waqt Group, was killed in a suicide bomb attack in Mingora on 29 Feb 2008. He started his journalism career in 1983 with Daily Wahdat. He used to write for several national dailies including Daily Pakistan, The Muslim, The Frontier Post besides representing PTV in 1994. He was elected twice as vice-chairman and vice-president of Swat Press Club and Swat Union of Journalist respectively. 

In this connection a ceremony was held at Swat Press Club. A large number of local journalists, Siraj-ud-Din’s relatives and elders of the area attended the ceremony and paid homage to Siraj-ud-din. They lauded his services as a journalist for 23 years. Later, they prayed for the eternal peace of the departed soul.