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List Of Pakistani Journalists
This is a list of Pakistani journalists from print and electronic media. A *Amin Hafeez *Ansar Abbasi *Ayaz Amir * Abdul Hameed Chapra *Asma Chaudhry *Ardeshir Cowasjee *Altaf Husain *Arshad Sharif * Aasma Sherazi *Abid Qaiyum Suleri * Akhtar Jamal *Agha Shorish Kashmiri *Anthony Mascarenhas *Asad Ali Toor *Ayaz Latif Palijo *Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi * Ahfaz-ur-Rahman *Ahmed Rashid *Ayesha Siddiqa *Akber Ali Wahidi (1957–2011), sports journalist *Abdullah Malik (1920–2003) B *Siddiq Baloch * Syed Babar Ali *Mujahid Barelvi *Rabiah Jamil Beg *Sana Bucha *Meher Bukhari C *Chiragh Hasan Hasrat E *Eqbal Ahmad F * Faysal Aziz Khan * Muhammad Farooq *Musharraf Ali Farooqi *Ian Fyfe G *Maulana Ghulam Rasool Mehr * Ilyas Gadit * Sabihuddin Ghausi *Gharida Farooqi H *Hasan Abidi *Zaib-un-Nissa Hamidullah * Muhammad Izhar ul Haq *Irshad Ahmed Haqqani *Khalid Hasan *Mehdi Hasan *Zahida Hina * Irfan Husain *Mishal Husain * Saneeya Hussain * Talat Hussain *Hamid Mir * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pakistani People
Pakistanis ( ur, , translit=Pākistānī Qaum, ) are the citizens and nationals of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. According to the 2017 Pakistani national census, the population of Pakistan stood at over 213 million people, making it the world's fifth-most populous country. The majority of Pakistanis natively speak languages belonging to the Indo-Iranic family ( Indo-Aryan and Iranic subfamilies). Located in South Asia, the country is also the source of a significantly large diaspora, most of whom reside in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, with an estimated population of 4.7 million. The second-largest Pakistani diaspora resides throughout both Northwestern Europe and Western Europe, where there are an estimated 2.4 million; over half of this figure reside in the United Kingdom (see British Pakistanis). Ethnic subgroups Having one of the fastest-growing populations in the world, Pakistan's people belong to various ethnic groups, with the overwhelming majority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Nadeem Qasimi
Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi ( ur, ) born Ahmad Shah Awan ( ur, ) (20 November 1916 - 10 July 2006) was an Urdu language Pakistani poet, journalist, literary critic, dramatist and short story author. He wrote 50 books on topics such as poetry, fiction, criticism, journalism and art, and was a major figure in contemporary Urdu literature. His poetry was distinguished by its humanism, and his Urdu ''afsana'' (short story) work is considered by some second only to Munshi Prem Chand in its depiction of rural culture. He was also editor and publisher of the literary magazine '' Funoon'' for almost half a century. He received awards such as the Pride of Performance in 1968 and Sitara-e-Imtiaz in 1980 for his literary work. Gulzar, one of the most influential writers in modern India, called him his mentor and guru. Personal life Background Qasmi was born on November 20, 1916, in the village of Anga in Khushab District, British India, into an Awan Jatt family. He graduated from a high sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eqbal Ahmad
Eqbal Ahmad (1933 – 11 May 1999) was a Pakistani political scientist, writer and academic known for his anti-war activism, his support for resistance movements globally and academic contributions to the study of Near East. Born in Bihar, British India, Ahmad migrated to Pakistan as a child and went on to study economics at the Forman Christian College. After graduating, he worked briefly as an army officer and was wounded in the First Kashmir War in 1948. He participated in the Algerian Revolution, then studied the Vietnam War and U.S. imperialism, becoming an early opponent of the war upon his return to the U.S. in the mid-1960s. While highly regarded in radical circles of South Asia and left-wing circles more generally, Ahmad was a controversial figure. According to Pervez Hoodbhoy, warrants of arrest and death sentences were put on him during successive martial law governments in Pakistan. He was indicted in 1971 on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger (who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chiragh Hasan Hasrat
Chiragh Hasan Hasrat ( ur, Born 1904, Poonch, Kashmir ) was a Poet and Journalist. He began composing poetry when he was still a student at school. He was born in Kashmir but after matriculation he migrated to Pakistan. Early in his career Chiragh started teaching at various local schools in Urdu and Persian. He wrote 16 Books. He was also associated with several newspapers like ''Insaa (انساں), Zamindar (زمیںدار), Sheeraza (شیرازہ), Shahbaz (شاہ باز)''. He used different pen names including ''Columbus'', ''Koocha Gard'' and ''Sindbaad Jahazi''. Early life In 1920 he joined a school at Shimla as a Persian teacher where he met Abul Kalam Azad. He was impressed by him and soon left the school to meet him again in Calcutta. Hasrat admitted that he had learned a lot from Azad, not only in the field of journalism but about politics and literature. Career In 1925, Hasrat joined the newspaper ''Nai Dunya'' (the new world).Here he used to write a famou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meher Bukhari
Meher Abbasi ( ur, ), née Bokhari is a Pakistani television anchorperson and host. After a high-profile stint at Dunya News and Dawn News, Bokhari is currently associated with Hum News since February 2021. Early education and career Bokhari started her career as a journalist and a host on TV news programs for SAMAA TV. She had a stint with Dunya News after departing from Dunya News, she joined Dawn News in 2013 as a talkshow anchorperson where she hosted her show ''NewsEye''. In February 2021, she left Dawn News and joined Hum News. Bokhari was born in 1983 and during her early years, raised in Pakistan. She went abroad in pursuit of higher education, but later returned to pursue her professional career in Pakistan. Scandals 2012 Interview Scandal On the 13th of June, 2012, Bokhari and co-host Mubashir Lucman on Dunya News, interviewed Malik Riaz, Pakistani property tycoon and owner of the Bahria Town Group, who had made a string of corruption accusations against Arsalan Iftik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sana Bucha
Sana Bucha is a Pakistani news anchor, who appears in prime time news talk shows. She is known for hosting a show named ''Lekin''. Early life and education Sana Bucha received her basic education at the Convent of Jesus and Mary, Karachi School. She received her higher education at King's College London specializing in political science. Career Bucha started off as a product development associate and became the producer for the first English Language Bulletin on GEO News. Other than producing it, Bucha frequently hosted the show. After the English bulletin, hosted and produced the channel's English language show ''News Day''. She hosted and served as the executive director for the current affairs program '' Crisis Cell'' before switching over to the new program ''Laikin''. Bucha covers topics such as Pakistani politics and foreign relations, South Asia and the Middle East affairs, and American involvement in the region. In June 2012, Sana Bucha resigned from GEO News, allegedl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rabiah Jamil Beg
Rabiah Jamil Beg is a correspondent and producer for the Pakistani television network Geo. She has been the pioneer member of the Voice of America's Urdu Magazine show "Khabron Sey Agey" aired from Washington DC to report on Pakistani diaspora and news related to South Asian region. She reports from a wide variety of areas throughout Pakistan such as Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab Punjab (; Punjabi: پنجاب ; ਪੰਜਾਬ ; ; also romanised as ''Panjāb'' or ''Panj-Āb'') is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia, specifically in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising a ..., and Sindh. Her topics include conflict, humanitarian crises, insurgencies, politics, and social issues. She is referred to as the only woman journalist reporting from dangerous areas in Pakistan. In 2014 Rabiah Jamil Beg was awarded the UNDP's N-Peace Award in the category of "''Breaking Stereotypes– Women and Media"''. She has joined the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mujahid Barelvi
Mujahid Barelvi ( ur, ), is a Pakistani journalist. As of 2015, he appeared on a daily show, ''Doosra Pehlu'', for CNBC Pakistan. He has traveled extensively worldwide.Biography of Mujahid Barelvi on tv.com.pk website Retrieved 15 July 2018 Mujahid Barelvi was the first Pakistani journalist to enter in 1979, after the Soviet invasion. He was secretary of the |
Syed Babar Ali
Syed Babar Ali OBE ( ur, سید بابر علی; born 15 January 1926) is a Pakistani businessman, philanthropist and former caretaker Finance Minister of Pakistan. He is the founder of Packages Limited, Milkpak Limited–now Nestlé Pakistan and Lahore University of Management Sciences. Syed Babar Ali School of Science and Engineering is named after him. Early life and family Syed Babar Ali was born in 1926 to a businessman Syed Maratib Ali in Lahore, Pakistan. His father owned shops in the Walled City of Lahore and was a top contractor of the British Indian Army supplying them with services like logistics and all sorts of items used in regiments. The money was used to invest in land. His mother belonged to the prominent landlord family of Lahore. On his maternal side, his grandmother was a member of the Afghan royal family. He is the brother of Syed Amjad Ali and Syed Wajid Ali. He received his education from Aitchison College, Lahore. He graduated from Government College, L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Siddiq Baloch
Siddiq Baloch (alternatively Siddiq Balouch or Siddique Baloch) (10 February 1940 5 February 2018) was a Pakistani journalist, and senior political economist. He was Editor-in-chief of the English daily ''Balochistan Express'' (Quetta), an Urdu daily ''Azadi'', and the ''English Weekly Express'', (Quetta). He also regularly contributed columns to ''Dawn'' newspaper for nearly 29 years, and was an authority on Balochistan's social, political and economic matters. Personal life Siddiq Balouch was born in the suburb of Chakiwara near Lyari, in Pakistan's 'business capital' Karachi, but migrated to Quetta, Balochistan in 1990. He advocated for 'freedom of expression' and, over the years, has spoken openly against dictatorship and bans on the media. When the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) Ordinance was amended in November 2007 by President Pervez Musharraf, placing curbs on the media, Balouch told ''Weekly Pulse'': PEMRA ordinance is a bid to muffle the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Malik
Abdullah Malik (10 October 1920 10 April 2003) was a Pakistani journalist, writer and political historian. While being an active member of communist party, he contributed to Pakistan movement as a journalist. He worked at various newspapers as a foreign correspondent such '' Daily Imroze'' and Pakistan Times of Progressive Papers Limited. He also wrote more than twenty-four books, most of which are focused on the history of Punjab and Indo-Pakistani wars and conflicts. Biography He was born on 10 October 1920 in Lahore, British India. He obtained his education from the Government Islamia College. After he established his association with Movement for Liberation, he remained associated with the Communist Party of India until he died. In the 1940s, he worked for CPI's newspapers '' Qaumi Jang'' which played a significant role to the cause of dominion of India and Pakistan. Later, after the partition of the Indian subcontinent, he was jailed in Lahore Fort prison in 1951. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Akber Ali Wahidi
Syed Akber Ali Wahidi (7 August 1957 25 April 2011) was a Pakistani sports statistician, writer, journalist, historian and media manager of the Pakistan Football Federation. Often referred to in Pakistan as "Walking Encyclopedia of Football", his work such as history, statistics and records was primarily focused on football and field hockey. He is also known for his statistical analysis which replaced the FIFA's record books entry for the second fastest goalscorer after then second-placed record holder Bryan Robson was replaced by Václav Mašek while Robson's second fastest goalscorer entry was corrected to the first division. In 2010, FIFA offered him a visit for match coverage in the 2010 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Karachi, Pakistan. He did his BA degree in civil engineering from the NED University of Engineering & Technology. After completing his education, he left civil engineering and started working as a sports writer for football in particular. Career He star ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
