ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari Saturday paid rich tributes to Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman saying he devoted all his life for the development of journalism in Pakistan.

“Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman devoted his entire life struggling for the progress of journalism,” the President said in a statement, which was read out by Advisor to the Prime Minister on Interior, Rehman Malik at a seminar of MKR Society here.

Asif Zardari said in the statement that his father was a close friend of MKR. “Mir Khalil-ur-Rahman was my favorite uncle when I was a child,” President Zardari said.