He was a formidable reporter, and, as editor of Rising Kashmir, a powerful voice for the embattled media fraternity, a true voice of sanity and reason. 
Alikuwa mwandishi asiye na hofu na kama mhariri wa Rising Kashmiri alikuwa sauti yenye nguvu iliyopigania umoja wa vyombo vya habari, sauti ya kweli katika umakini na fikra.