Renowned Al Jazeera cartoonist Shujaat Ali dies aged 54
Ali was an award-winning pioneer of animated political caricatures and Pakistan’s first court artist.

Ali was an award-winning pioneer of animated political caricatures and Pakistan’s first court artist.


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