Veteran journalist Sharief Khan worked his way up from humble beginnings to leave a legacy of hard work and well trained-journalists.

His colleagues and friends yesterday recounted the story of his life during a funeral service as he was laid to rest in the village of Philadelphia on the East Bank Essequibo. Mourners including President Bharrat Jagdeo and other top government officials as well as friends and relatives turned up to remember a man who gave his readers the world when he wrote a story and gave his all to the job he loved.

“He hasn’t done things that one would do to become…..