Speakers at a condolence meeting here yesterday paid tributes to Mujibut Huq. assistant editor of The Daily independent for his sincere and dedicated service to the profession of journalism He died on Friday early hours, reports BSS.

The condolence meeting was held at the Observer Bha-ban under the auspices of the Observer Unit of Dhaka Union of Journalists (DUJ) with unit chief Ashraf All in the chair.

A life-long bachelor Haq was former news editor of The Bangladesh Observer.

The meeting was addressed. among others, by BFUJ president Iqbal Sobhan Chowdhury. the Observer news editor Abdul Gofran. DUJ general secretary Azizul Islam Bhuiyan. Masir Hossain Hero of Dainik Bangla. Chapal Bashar and Syed Yamin Bakht of The Daily Star. Nazrul Islam of BSS. Mahfujul Haq Khan. Shamsul Huda and Zillur Rahman of the Observer and Mohammad So laiman of the Chltrall.