ISLAMABAD \u2014 \u00a0Abbas Nasir, a former editor of\u00a0Dawn<\/strong>, revealed in his column on Sunday that Cyril Almeida had parted ways with the paper.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel burdened with sadness but wish him the best as he explores new, exciting frontiers,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n

In September Almeida had made a comeback to the editorial pages of\u00a0Dawn<\/strong>, after almost eight months.<\/p>\n

Nasir was all praise for Almeida. \u201cThe confident young man, a Rhodes Scholar who read law at Oxford, was introduced to me by a colleague when I was editor. I remember asking him that while he wished to be a print journalist was he aware of what print journalists make? He smiled and said I was overestimating what lawyers make in Pakistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nasir wrote that Almeida was so gifted and worked at such speed that he became an editor\u2019s, any editor\u2019s dream.\u201d<\/p>\n

He hoped that Almeida returns to\u00a0Dawn\u00a0<\/strong>one day as editor.<\/p>\n

Later, Almeida announced on Twitter that he had quit\u00a0Dawn\u00a0<\/strong>and ended his Sunday column. He said a break from the media was likely.<\/p>\n

Dawn<\/strong>\u2019s current Editor, Zaffar Abbas in a tweet, said that he was extremely \u00a0saddned to see Cyril go. \u201cHe was one of the brightest stars of Dawn, & Pak journalism, and one of the most honest & bold writers I have worked with. He\u2019ll be greatly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Almeida was involved in controversies that led to court cases against him. In October 2016, his story on the meeting of National Security Committee caused an uproar. Although the then PMLN government rejected the story, the authorities briefly put his name on the exit control list.<\/p>\n
In May 2018, Almedia\u2019s interview of Nawaz Sharif led to a treason case against him and Zaffar Abbas, editor of Dawn.<\/p>\n
Sharif maintained that the militant organizations were active in Pakistan and asked: \u201cshould we allow them to cross the border and kill 150 people in Mumbai? Explain it to me. Why can\u2019t we complete the trial?\u201d<\/p>\n
In April 2019, Almeida, an assistant editor at Dawn, got the International Press Institute’s 2019 World Press Freedom Hero award.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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