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- ↑ Madeeha Syed (22 March 2015). "The original shippers (Cowasjee family)". Dawn (newspaper). Retrieved 1 November 2021.
- 1 2 3 "Veteran Pakistani columnist Cowasjee passes away at 86". Dawn (newspaper). 24 November 2012. Retrieved 31 October 2021.