ACADEMIC QUALIFICATION

  1965-68: Bachelors of Law, University Law College, Lahore (University of the Punjab)

1958-60: Bachelors of Arts, Murray College, Sialkot (University of the Punjab)

 

 

 

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

   2002-Date: Chief Executive, TIMES Group of Publications (www.times.com.pk); Editor in Chief 'The World Today' News Portal (www.twtnews.com), 'Daur-e-Jadeed' [Urdu] (www.twtnews.net) and 'Pakistan Times' (www.pakistantimes.net).

Special Contributor on South Asian situation for ‘Khaleej Times’ and ‘Arab News.’ In-depth n’ analytical articles -- based on comprehensive analysis on the contemporary issues — with a focus on South Asia scenario are available at www.mediamonitors.net and www.aljazeerah.info for a view — to assess the style of inputs.

   2002: Executive Editor, The Daily Mail, a reputed newspaper, appearing every morning from Pakistan’s capital--Islamabad.

   2001-Date: Feature and column writer of top English dailies—including ‘DAWN’ and ‘The News International’ & ‘The Pakistan Observer’.

   1998-2000: Director, Special Assignments (Status: M-III*) Pakistan Television (PTV) *M-III is a top ranking position in the civil service.

  1996-98: Director Educational Television (M III), PTV.

  1995: Company Secretary plus Director ETV & Director Administration & Personnel (M III), PTV.

1994-97: Director Administration & Personnel (M III), PTV & Secretary to Board of Directors.

    1995: Director Local Area Television (M III), PTV (Head of the Community TV Channels).

      1994: Director Sports (M III), PTV.

     1992-94: Media Chief: [Basic pay-scale in grade 21 with allied perks—enunciated for the apex positions in the administrative set-up] Planning & Development Division, Government of Pakistan (Responsible for Mass Media, Tourism, Sports, Culture, Youth Affairs and Public Administration affairs)

      1989-92: Director News (M III), PTV.

   1979-89: Controller News & Current Affairs, PTV.

    1975-79: Chief Reporter/Head of News Gathering, PTV.

  1970-75: News Editor, PTV Center, Lahore.

     1965-71: Assistant News Editor & Senior Reporter/News presenter; War correspondent—with a longed stay—in the Battle Fields for TV coverage.

1959-65: Reporter/Chief Reporter, Pakistan Press International (News Agency).

 

SKILLS

Specialist in Exclusive Interviews with top dignitaries of national and international significance.

News Production, Editing & Reporting of National & International events at home and abroad.

Managing Corporate Affairs as Secretary of the Board of Directors PTV.

Management of Administrative matters & Career Development/Management of Personnel of PTV Corporation—to oversee the performance of almost 10,000 employees.

Management of Local Area Television, (Community Television) vis-à-vis it’s the contents of its Programs, Production / Telecast and Marketing facets.

Head of Educational Television (PTV-2)—set-up in collaboration with the Japan International Co-operation Agency [JICA] for transmitting requisite programmes both for the skilled and unskilled populace via satellite;

Authored Social Sector as well as Formal/Informal educational Programmes, with focus on dissemination of information—explicitly—to promote Functional Literacy in the country;

One of the pioneers of TV News in Pakistan.

Compare n’ broadcaster [on international issues] of Radio Pakistan for almost a decade.

Special Contributor of CNN World Report and MSNBC for several years as well as reporter of important events for telecasts—live from Pakistan.

 

 

COMPUTER LITERACY

Certified in Ms Word, Internet and E-mail with fair awareness of Windows.

 

 

SPECIALIZATIONS

Accredited journalist of Pakistan—acknowledged by the Press Information Department of the Government of Pakistan.
Specialist in:
Print n’ electronic media journalism—specifically—with fluent telephonic n’ on-camera reporting,

Live coverages for national n’ international networks like CNN and MSNBC—both as a reporter n’ analyst,

Broadcasting with a rich voice,

Production/Broadcasting on Current Affairs programmes’

Corporate Management;

Planning & Development of Administration Personnel & News related matters;

Law;

International Affairs—explicitly—about South Asia, Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraqi scenario n’ the Korean peninsula.

Visiting professor of Pakistan’s Premier University of the Punjab for Post Graduate Students in Electronic Media, 1970 – 75;

War correspondent during the 1965 and 1971 skirmishes between India and Pakistan as a reporter for Pakistan TV.

Editor: Murray College Magazine. (1958-1960).

 

TRAINING QUALIFICATIONS

Prolonged assignment with world-wide TV networks for the satellite transmission of the VVIP visits in Pakistan n’ abroad.

Guest of CNN at Georgia (Atlanta) for its International Media Experts Conference for CNN World Report in 1992.

Overseas Fellowship with BBC radio and television in London, sponsored by the British Council in 1979—under Colombo plan.

Observer’s status at the electronic media symposia/seminar at the AIBD [Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union], Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 1979.

Widely-traveled in almost all continents of the world for News Coverage’s of::
• U.N. General Assembly/Security Council Sessions;
• International Summits;
• International Conferences;
• Frequently accompanied the::
• Heads of State and
• Heads of Government of Pakistan during their visits—around the world—as a member of the official entourage for well over 25 years.

Worked with various International News Teams on significant occasions within Pakistan as well as abroad.

 

LANGUAGES

  Fluent in reading, speaking, understanding and writing in English, Urdu and Punjabi languages with rich broadcasting voice.