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'''Shahid Masood Khan''' ([[Urdu]]:ﻥﺎﺧ ﺩﻮﻌﺴﻣ ﺪﻬﺎﺷ) is a Pakistani [[journalist]], [[columnist]], TV show host and a political analyst & commentator. 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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==Early life== |
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Shahid Masood spent most of his childhood in [[Taif]] and [[Riyadh]], where he attended the Pakistan International School in Riyadh for seven years. His father was a civil engineer in [[Saudi Arabia]] where he worked for 15 years.<ref name="despardes">{{cite web|url=http://www.despardes.com/people/shahid-masood-1210.html|title = Dr. Shahid Masood: The Voice of the Voiceless| work = Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi | accessdate = 2006-09-12}}</ref> 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.<ref name="despardes"/> |
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==Career== |
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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.<ref name="despardes">{{cite web|url=http://www.despardes.com/people/shahid-masood-1210.html|title = Dr. Shahid Masood: The Voice of the Voiceless| work = Amna Ehtesham Khaishgi | accessdate = 2006-09-12}} |
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===Views on News=== |
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Shahid Masood came into the spotlight with his programme ''[[Views On News]]'' (launched after the [[9/11]] incident) 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 Minister]]s [[Shaukat Aziz]], [[Benazir Bhutto]] and [[Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali]], [[MQM]] leader [[Altaf Hussain]], PML-N leader [[Shahbaz Sharif]],nawaz shareef 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]], and [[Munnoo Bhai]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} |
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He is the only pakistani tv journalist,who has covered war in aghanistan,iraq and lebanon,introducing war reporting in pakistani media. |
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===GEO TV=== |
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On January 2007 Shahid Masood joined [[GEO TV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=40305|title=Dr Shahid Masood joins Geo tv network,which is the tv network owned by the JANG GROUP,the largest Urdu media group as the GROUP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. |
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He was last seen on geo television when its transmissions were banned from media city in dubai. Being a strong critic of government, his disappearance has left many people wandering about whether he will ever be able to come back again on screen. |
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==On War on terror== |
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{{main|War on terrorism}} |
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Ever since [[9/11]] Shahid Masood has been severely critical on the [[war on terrorism]] and the events unfolding upon the [[Muslims]] around the world as a result. He often tends to analyse contoversial issues in his own way,which were evident from his columns and TV show interviews during the Afghan,Iraq or Lebanon/israel war. |
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==See also== |
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*[[Hamid Mir]] |
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*[[Javed Malik]] |
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*[[GEO TV]] |
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*[[Views On News]] |
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*[[ARY One World]] |
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*[[ARY]] |
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*[[2007 Pakistani state of emergency]] |
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==References== |
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==External links== |
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*[http://www.pakistannewsroom.com/category/Meray-Mutabiq.aspx Latest Videoz of Dr. Shahid Masood's show Meray Mutabiq] |
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*[http://pkpolitics.com Watch Meray Mutabiq videos at pkpolitics.com] |
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*[http://www.ibitians.com/category/columns/dr-shahid-masood/ His columns at IBITIANS.com (urdu)] |
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[[Category:Pakistani journalists]] |
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[[Category:Muhajir]] |
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[[Category:People from Karachi District]] |
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Revision as of 11:33, 6 February 2008
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