Mahmood Shaam ( ur, ) born Tariq Mahmood ( ur, ) on 5 February 1940, is a Pakistani

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, poet, writer and news analyst. After serving Pakistan's largest newspaper Jang Group for more than 16 years continuously as Group Editor, he joined

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Group on 21 September 2010 to launch a new Urdu language newspaper. He has written many books on different subjects.

Early life

Mahmood Shaam received his bachelor's degree in

English literature English literature is literature written in the English language from United Kingdom, its crown dependencies, the Republic of Ireland, the United States, and the countries of the former British Empire. ''The Encyclopaedia Britannica'' defines E ...

, Persian and Philosophy from Government College

Jhang Jhang ( Punjabi, ur, ), ) is the capital city of Jhang District, in the central portion of the province of Punjab, Pakistan. Situated on the east bank of the Chenab river, it is the 18th largest city of Pakistan by population. The histori ...

in 1962. In 1964, he obtained master's degree in Philosophy from

Government College Lahore The Government College University, Lahore (colloquially known as GCU), is a public research university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. Opened as Government College, Lahore, in 1864, it became a university in 2002. Overview In 1864, Gov ...

. He was the editor of the college magazine ''Ravi'' at Lahore. Shaam has visited several countries during his journalistic career including United Kingdom, Singapore,

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Denmark ) , song = ( en, "King Christian stood by the lofty mast") , song_type = National and royal anthem , image_map = EU-Denmark.svg , map_caption = , subdivision_type = Sovereign state , subdivision_name = Kingdom of Denmark , establish ...

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the fifth-largest country in Asia, the second-largest in the Ara ...

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Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two regions: Peninsular Malaysia and Borneo's East Mal ...

Switzerland ). Swiss law does not designate a ''capital'' as such, but the federal parliament and government are installed in Bern, while other federal institutions, such as the federal courts, are in other cities (Bellinzona, Lausanne, Luzern, Neuchâtel ...

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

Qatar Qatar (, ; ar, قطر, Qaṭar ; local vernacular pronunciation: ), officially the State of Qatar,) is a country in Western Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it sh ...

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, Italy,

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and Canada.

Career

As journalist

Mahmood Shaam has worked for almost 45 years as a journalist including 16 years with

Jang Group of Newspapers Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. Its headquarters is in Printing House, Karachi, Pakistan. It is Pakistan's largest group of new ...

. He has written 20 books including poetry books. In his journalistic career, he has interviewed many national and international leaders like Yasir Arafat,

Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto Zulfikar (or Zulfiqar) Ali Bhutto ( ur, , sd, ذوالفقار علي ڀٽو; 5 January 1928 – 4 April 1979), also known as Quaid-e-Awam ("the People's Leader"), was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fourth ...

Indira Gandhi Indira Priyadarshini Gandhi (; ''née'' Nehru; 19 November 1917 – 31 October 1984) was an Indian politician and a central figure of the Indian National Congress. She was elected as third prime minister of India in 1966 and was al ...

, Sheikh Mujeeb-ur-Rehman,

Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr. ( ; born Leslie Lynch King Jr.; July 14, 1913December 26, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 38th president of the United States from 1974 to 1977. He was the only president never to have been elected ...

Henry Kissinger Henry Alfred Kissinger (; ; born Heinz Alfred Kissinger, May 27, 1923) is a German-born American politician, diplomat, and geopolitical consultant who served as United States Secretary of State and National Security Advisor under the presid ...

Tun Abdul Razak Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein ( ms, عبد الرزاق بن حسين, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 11 March 1922 – 14 January 1976) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the 2nd Prime Minister of Malaysia ...

Benazir Bhutto Benazir Bhutto ( ur, بینظیر بُھٹو; sd, بينظير ڀُٽو; Urdu ; 21 June 1953 – 27 December 2007) was a Pakistani politician who served as the 11th and 13th prime minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990 and again from 1993 t ...

Pervez Musharraf General Pervez Musharraf ( ur, , Parvez Muśharraf; born 11 August 1943) is a former Pakistani politician and four-star general of the Pakistan Army who became the tenth president of Pakistan after the successful military takeover of t ...

Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan Abdul Ghaffār Khān (; 6 February 1890 – 20 January 1988), also known as Bacha Khan () or Badshah Khan (), and honourably addressed as Fakhr-e-Afghan (), was a Pakistani Pashtun, independence activist, and founder of the Khudai Khidmatgar ...

, G.M. Syed,

Khan Abdul Wali Khan Khan Abdul Wali Khan ( ps, خان عبدالولي خان; 11 January 1917 – 26 January 2006) was a Pakistani secular democratic socialist and Pashtun leader, and served as president of Awami National Party. Son of the prominent Pashtun nat ...

Maulana Bhashani Abdul Hamid Khan Bhashani (12 December 1880 – 17 November 1976), often shortened as Maulana Bhashani, was a Bengali politician. His political tenure spanned the British colonial India, Pakistan and Bangladesh periods. Maulana Bhashani was po ...

Mufti Mahmood Mufti Mehmood ( ur, ; 1919–1980) was a Pakistani politician and Islamic scholar who was one of the founding members of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI).Asghar Khan Air Marshal Muhammad Asghar Khan (Retd.) ( ur, 17 January 1921 – 5 January 2018), was a Pakistani politician and an autobiographer, later a dissident serving the cause of pacifism, peace, and human rights. Born into a military fam ...

and

Ghulam Mustafa Jatoi Ghulam Mustafa ‘Joseph’Jatoi (Sindhi:غلام مصطفا جتوئي) ( ur, ) (14 August 1931 – 20 November 2009) was a Pakistani politician who served as the Caretaker Prime Minister of Pakistan for three months, from 6 August 1990 to ...

Designations

He has worked as; Assistant Editor ''Qandeel'' (magazine), Lahore, (1962–1964) Magazine Editor Daily "Nawa-i-Waqt" Lahore, (1965–1967) Editor Weekly "Akhbar-e-Jahan" Karachi, (1967–1970) and (1972–1975) Special Correspondent for Sindh for Daily "Musawat" Lahore, (Jul 1970 – Apr 1972) Editor/Publisher: Weekly "Mayar" Karachi, (Apr 1976 – 1978) & (1980–1994) In January 2018, Mahmood Shaam who, for a long time, had edited the Urdu language newspaper

Daily Jang The ''Daily Jang'' ( ur, ) is an Urdu newspaper headquartered in Karachi, Pakistan. It is the oldest newspaper of Pakistan in continuous publication since its foundation in 1939, first published during World War II, hence the name (Jang) translat ...

returned to work for the

. He had quit the Jang Group in 2012 to pursue other interests.Journalism's heavyweight Mahmood Shaam returns to Jang Group
Journalism Pakistan website, Published 15 January 2018, Retrieved 17 July 2018

Bibliography

Poetry *''Aune-paune ghazlein baicheen, nazmaun ka bewpaar kiya''Poetry of Mahmood Shaam on rekhta.org website
Retrieved 17 July 2018 *''Cardio Spasm'' (A Long Poem) 1969 *''Akhri Raqs'' (Last Dance) 1971 *''Chehra Chehra Meri Kahani'' (My Story on Every Face) 1975 *''Nawishta-e-Dewar'' (Writings on Wall) 1980 *''Qurbanion Ka Mausam'' (The Season of Sacrifices) 1991 *''Mohallon Mein Sarhadein (Frontiers within Streets) 1999 *''Ayyan Ayyan Yo Yo'', Urdu poems for children *''Bas ek apne hi qadmon ki chhaap suntan hoon'' Other books *''Roo ba Roo'' (Face to Face) *''Larkana Se Peking'' (Larkana to Peking ) 1972 *''Larkana to Peking'' 1973 *''Kitna Qareeb Kitna Door'' (So Near So Far) 1974, A travelogue *''Bhutto Key Akhri Ayyam'' (The Last Days of Bhutto) 1979 *''Nai Awazen'' (New Voices) 1987, Interview with emerging leaders *''Benazir Bhutto – The Way Out'' 1988 *''Benazir Bhutto – Ek Hi Rasta'' 1988 *''Bartania Mein Khizaan'' (The English Autumn) 1992, Travelogue *''Taqdeer Badalti Taqreerain'' (Speeches that Changed Destiny) 1993 *''Khawateen-o-Hazraat'' (Ladies and Gentlemen) 1998 *''Shab-ba-Kher'' (Good Night) 1999, A

political novel Political fiction employs narrative to comment on political events, systems and theories. Works of political fiction, such as political novels, often "directly criticize an existing society or present an alternative, even fantast ...

*''Roo ba Roo'' (Face to Face), New Edition – Interviews from 1967 to 1977 *''One to One'', Interviews from 1977 to 2002 *''Bharat Mein Black List'' (Black Listed in India) *''Amrica Kia Soch Raha Hai'' (Urdu), American visit after 9/11 *''Visiting American Mind'' – English Version *''Mumlikat Aey Mumlikat'' 2007 *''Pakistan Per Qurban'', The day with Benazir Bhutto (1970 to 2007) *''Indifference in the time of extremism'' (2017)Mahmood Shaam's book launched
The Nation (newspaper), Published 29 May 2017, Retrieved 17 July 2018

Awards and recognition

Pride of Performance The Pride of Performance ( ur, ), officially known as Presidential Pride of Performance, is an award bestowed by the Islamic Republic of Pakistan to recognize people with "notable achievements in the field of art, science, literature, sports, an ...

Award by the

President of Pakistan The president of Pakistan ( ur, , translit=s̤adr-i Pākiṣṭān), officially the President of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is the ceremonial head of state of Pakistan and the commander-in-chief of the Pakistan Armed Forces.Mahmood Shaam's award info on Dawn (newspaper)
Published 16 August 2009, Retrieved 28 June 2019

References

External links

Mahmood Shaam's poetry on YouTube
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaam, Mehmood 1940 births Living people Pakistani male journalists Pakistani newspaper editors Pakistani poets Urdu-language poets from Pakistan Recipients of the Pride of Performance