Shahid Masood
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Shahid Masood Khan (Urdu:ﺧﺎﻦ ﻤﺴﻭﺩ ﺷﺎﻫﺪ) is a Pakistani journalist, columnist, TV show host and a political analyst & commentator[1]. He had been affiliated with the ARY One World, as its senior executive director and was the chief of the ARY One World conducting the show Views On News on ARY. Since then he recently joined GEO TV Network.
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[edit] Early life
Shahid Masood spent most of his childhood (seven years) in Saudi Arabia. His father was a civil engineer who worked there for 15 years.[2] He completed his FSc from DJ Science College, Karachi, and subsequently attended Sindh Medical College receiving a MBBS degree. He started his career as a surgeon, before becoming a political commentator and analyst.[2] His television show has been off air since late 2007 when GEO Television was banned by the Pakistani Government. However, even after the restoration of GEO's transmission his show has not been aired. The lack of explanation by the television network has led many to believe that the television network has struck a deal with the government. This has cast a shadow of doubt on GEO's claim of being the only truly independent network in Pakistan.
Dr Shahid came back on air mid-April 2008,and his interview with Asif Zardari led to a new turn in Pakistan's Politics,worsening the judidicial crisis.
[edit] Career
By training Shahid Masood is a medical doctor and has held successful practices in Pakistan, Ireland and the United Kingdom. However even as a medical student, he was interested in the world around him and even took an active part in the students’ movement for democracy.[2]. At the moment he is completing his postgraduation from Fletcher school of Law and Diplomacy(the oldest institution teaching international relations in US) and he is the only media person in Pakistan who got a scholarship and training at CNN headquarters in Atlanta in 2005.He is an author of three best sellers (two volumes of views on news,and End of Times).A documentry was made on the latter and released on DVD ,to become all time best seller in pakistan( more than a million copies sold).
[edit] Views on News
Shahid Masood came into the spotlight with his program Views On News (launched after 9/11) Asia’s longest-running current affairs TV show that made him and ARY television channel famous across the globe. His show carried interviews with prominent people from politics, civil life, literature and culture. Politicians who have been interviewed on Views on News include President General Pervez Musharraf, former Pakistani Prime Ministers Shaukat Aziz, Benazir Bhutto and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, MQM leader Altaf Hussain, PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, Nawaz Sharif former Pakistani general A. A. K. Niazi (of East Pakistan fame), former CIA Director James Woolsey, and former ISI chief Hamid Gul. Famous writers who have appeared on the show include Ahmed Faraz, Dr. Israr Ahmad, Dr. Zakir Naik, the late Ashfaq Ahmed, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, Munnoo Bhai[citation needed], Asif Ali Zardari and late Nawab Akbar Khan Bugti along with his most wanted Balouch rebel grandson Bramdagh Bugti. It was Nawab Bugti's last pubic appearance before he was killed in a millitary operation for Pakistan Army.
He happens to be the only Pakistani TV journalist, who has covered the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and the 2006 war in Lebanon, introducing war reporting in Pakistani media.
In 2006, he was invited as a state guest to Iran, a rare opportunity given to any foreign media person by the Iranian Government.
[edit] GEO TV
On January 2007 Shahid Masood joined Geo TV[3]. joins Geo tv network,which is owned by the Jang Group,the largest Urdu media group as the Group Executive Director.
[edit] On War on Terrorism
Ever since 9/11 Shahid Masood has been severely critical on the American-led War on Terrorism and the events unfolding upon the Muslims around the world as a result. He often tends to analyze controversial issues, which were evident from his columns and interviews during the Afghan, Iraq or 2006 Lebanon War.
[edit] Chairman PTV
Recently Dr Shahid Masood has been appointed as chairman PTV - the state run television of Pakistan.
[edit] See also
- GEO TV
- Views On News
- Hamid Mir
- Javed Malik
- ARY One World
- ARY Digital
- 2007 Pakistani state of emergency
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.despardes.com/people/shahid-masood-1210.html Dr. Shahid Masood: The Voice of the Voiceless By Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi
- ^ a b c Dr. Shahid Masood: The Voice of the Voiceless. Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi. Retrieved on 2006-09-12.
- ^ Dr Shahid Masood.
