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Mere Mutabiq by Dr Shahid Masood‎

Shahid Masood Khan (Template:Lang-ur), commonly known as Shahid Masood, is a Pakistani journalist, columnist, TV show host and a political analyst and commentator.[1] He is the anchor of the popular show "Meray Mutabiq" (Urdu for "According to me") on Geo TV. Previously, he had been affiliated with ARY One World, as its senior executive director and was the chief of ARY One World conducting the show Views On News on ARY. Masood also parted ways with Geo TV for unknown reasons. He was then appointed the Chairman and Managing Director of state -run Pakistan Television Corporation (PTV). He resigned from that post and was appointed as special advisor to the Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani but he resigned from that post again and came back on the TV screen again with his popular talk show.

Early life

Shahid Masood spent most of his childhood in Taif and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. His father was a civil engineer, who worked there for 15 years.[1] He attended the Pakistan International School, Riyadh, for seven years. Two of his younger brothers were born in Saudi Arabia. He received an FSc from DJ Science College, Karachi, and subsequently attended Sindh Medical College receiving a MBBS degree.

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.[citation needed] His show carried interviews with prominent people from politics, civil life, literature and culture. Politicians who were interviewed on Views on News included President General Pervez Musharraf, former Pakistani Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto, Nawaz Sharif, Shaukat Aziz, and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, MQM leader Altaf Hussain, PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, former Pakistani general A. A. K. Niazi (of East Pakistan fame), Abdul Rashid Ghazi, former CIA Director James Woolsey, and former ISI chief Hamid Gul. Famous writers, who had 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 public appearance before he was killed in a military operation by the Pakistan Army.

GEO TV

On January 2007, Shahid Masood joined Geo TV[2], which is owned by the Jang Group, the largest Urdu media group, as group executive director.

In late 2007, GEO Television was banned by General Musharraf after the imposition of emergency rule. However, even after the restoration of GEO's transmission Masood's show did not immediately resume. The lack of explanation led many[who?] to believe that the network had struck a deal with the government, casting a shadow of doubt on GEO's claim of being a truly independent network in Pakistan.[citation needed] Masood returned to the air in the mid-April of 2008, and hosted an interview with Asif Zardari.

On War on Terrorism

Ever since 9/11, Masood has been severely critical of the American-led War on Terrorism.[citation needed] He routinely tends to analyze important issues along controversial lines, such as the Afghan, the Iraq and the 2006 Lebanon War.[citation needed]

PTV

On June 21, 2008, he assumed the office of Pakistan Television (PTV) chairman-cum-managing director.[3] During this period, he received criticism for the ill-prepared telecast of the live televised inaugural speech of the Prime Minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani. [citation needed] During his tenure, the PTV produced the first independent audit report of departmental finances, for which he came under pressure from the information minister and was forced to resign. Masood refused to order reevaluation of the audit report;[citation needed] after meeting with Prime minister he tendered his resignation and was appointed as a Special Advisor to Prime Minister but after few days he resigned from that position as well. \[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi. "Dr. Shahid Masood: The Voice of the Voiceless". Despardes.com. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  2. ^ http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=40305
  3. ^ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan". Dailytimes.com.pk. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
  4. ^ "Shahid Masood quits as special assistant to PM". Thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 2008-12-01.


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