Salman Masood (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...

'' since 2001. He is also the Editor, Pakistan ''

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''. The focus of his reporting has been on politics and terrorism. In 2009, he contributed to ''The New York Times'' reporting team that won the

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prize () is an award for achievements in newspaper, magazine, online journalism, literature, and musical composition within the United States. It was established in 1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made h ...

for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan.

Career

Masood started his career in October 2001 by joining the Islamabad bureau of ''

''. He initially worked as a researcher, but later became a bureau manager. He became a reporter in September 2003, and travelled extensively across Pakistan to cover various stories. He was part of ''The New York Times'' reporting team that won the

in 2009 for coverage of Pakistan and Afghanistan. In 2013-14, he worked as the editor of ''Pique'' magazine. The

Pakistan Rangers The Pakistan Rangers ( ur, ) are a paramilitary federal law enforcement organization in Pakistan, operating under the authority of the Interior Secretary of Pakistan. Their primary purpose is to secure and defend sites of significance in the ...

, a

paramilitary force A paramilitary is an organization whose structure, tactics, training, subculture, and (often) function are similar to those of a professional military, but is not part of a country's official or legitimate armed forces. Paramilitary units carr ...

, conducted a warrantless search of Masood's home in

Islamabad Islamabad (; ur, , ) is the capital city of Pakistan. It is the country's ninth-most populous city, with a population of over 1.2 million people, and is federally administered by the Pakistani government as part of the Islamabad Capital T ...

, ostensibly searching for a suspected terrorist unrelated to Masood, on 12 January 2016. The

Interior Ministry An interior ministry (sometimes called a ministry of internal affairs or ministry of home affairs) is a government department that is responsible for internal affairs. Lists of current ministries of internal affairs Named "ministry" * Ministry ...

apologized for the incident and denied that Masood had been targeted. Journalists staged a walkout of the

National Assembly of Pakistan The National Assembly ( ur, , translit=Aiwān-e-Zairīñ, , or ur, قومی اسمبلی, Romanization, romanized: ''Qaumi Assembly'') is the lower house, lower legislative house of the bicameralism, bicameral Parliament of Pakistan, which al ...

, while

Human Rights Watch Human Rights Watch (HRW) is an international non-governmental organization, headquartered in New York City, that conducts research and advocacy on human rights. The group pressures governments, policy makers, companies, and individual human r ...

condemned the incident. On January 8, 2020, Masood was promoted as the editor of ''The Nation'' newspaper, having previously worked as resident editor Islamabad and

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (; ps, خېبر پښتونخوا; Urdu, Hindko: خیبر پختونخوا) commonly abbreviated as KP or KPK, is one of the Administrative units of Pakistan, four provinces of Pakistan. Located in the Geography of Pakistan, ...

Personal life and education

Salman Masood was born and raised in Islamabad. He holds a master's degree in

international relations International relations (IR), sometimes referred to as international studies and international affairs, is the scientific study of interactions between sovereign states. In a broader sense, it concerns all activities between states—such as ...

from

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.

References

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/ny-times-pakistan-raid-of-reporters-home-demands-full-probe/2016/01/12/69b2d786-b92b-11e5-99f3-184bc379b12d_story.html

External links

* Living people Pakistani male journalists The New York Times writers Year of birth missing (living people) {{Pakistan-journalist-stub