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Iqbal Athas
Sri Lankan journalist · Sri Lanka · On the map · Journalists · Lived 1944 to 2026 · aged 82
Iqbal Athas was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was a defence columnist for The Sunday Times, and also contributed to Jane's Defence Weekly, CNN, and The Times of London.
Iqbal Athas is read about 4 times a day, in 6 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 12 July 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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He was threatened for his investigative reporting which uncovered scandals in the purchase of the arms by Sri Lankan Defence personnel, particularly the Sri Lanka Air Force. He won several international journalism awards for his work, and in 2000, The New York Times described him as "the country's leading military correspondent."
