Kamran Shahid ( Punjabi, ur, ), is a Pakistani TV anchor person, academician, author and journalist. He is the main

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for the TV show ''On The Front with Kamran Shahid'' on

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Personal life

Kamran Shahid belongs to a Punjabi

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family. He was born in

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. His father is the well known Pakistani film actor Shahid Hameed, while his mother, Munaza Shahid, studied at

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, Pakistan and has been an academic.

Education

Kamran Shahid received his master's degree in Modern History from

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. He holds a degree in International Relations from the

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, London. He has presented his research papers at different international forums.

Career

For 10 years, he taught at

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and

Quaid-i-Azam University Quaid-i-Azam University Islamabad ( ur, ; commonly referred to as QAU), founded as University of Islamabad, is a ranked 1 public research university in Islamabad, Pakistan. Founded as the University of Islamabad in 1967, it was initially dedi ...

, Islamabad. He started his career in television journalism from PTV. As a current affairs television anchor, Kamran has not confined himself to any one format. He has done a variety of programs from hard hitting socio-political and current affairs talk shows to documentaries and docu-dramas. He has to his credit many investigative programs as well. He has also conducted very informative and hard-hitting one-on-one interviews with many leading personalities including international dignitaries. Kamran Shahid now leads the flagship show at Pakistani TV channel

—''On the Front'' which is tri-weekly news program based on current-affairs and issues related to

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and socio-

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demographics. Before this TV show, he used to be an anchor person on Pakistani TV channel Express News TV show ''Frontline with Kamran Shahid''.Profile of Kamran Shahid on PakistanHerald.com website
Retrieved 13 August 2021 He was a guest speaker for the

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- (Pakistan Society) at Oxfordshire County Hall during Pakistan Young Leaders Conference in February 2011.

Works

Books

*''Gandhi and the partition of India : a new perspective'', Lahore : Ferozsons, 2005, 124 pages *''International relations & political theory'', Lahore : Ferozsons, 2006, 235 p.

Movie as a director

* ''The Trial'' (2017 film)Kamran Shahid's The Trial (2017 film) has a historical backdrop
The News International (newspaper), Published 2 December 2016, Retrieved 13 August 2021Film on East Pakistan debacle in works (Kamran Shahid to explore 1971 war in untitled project)
The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 2 December 2016, Retrieved 13 August 2021

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Shahid, Kamran Living people 1976 births Pakistani male journalists Punjabi people Journalists from Lahore People from Islamabad Defence and security analysts in Pakistan Government College University, Lahore alumni Alumni of the University of Westminster People from Lahore