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ISLAMABAD: A famous Pakistani journalist, analyst, a political analyst, commentator and a TV show host Dr. Shahid Masood took charge Saturday as Chairman Pakistan Television (PTV) and M.D PTV. Notification of his appointment as a Chairman PTV was already issued. While, M.D. PTV Yousaf Baig Mirza was removed. Recently he was the anchor of the popular show “Meray Mutabiq” (Urdu for “the way I see it”) on Geo TV. He had been affiliated with ARY One World as its senior executive director and was the chief of ARY One World conducting the show Views on News on ARY. He was fired by the ARY group after immense pressure by Gen. Musharraf, who disliked being criticized.

Shahid Masood spent most of his childhood (seven years) in Saudi Arabia. His father was a civil engineer who worked there for 15 years. He completed his FSc from DJ Science College, Karachi, and subsequently attended Sindh Medical College receiving a MBBS degree. He started his career as a surgeon, before becoming a political commentator and analyst. By training Shahid Masood is a medical doctor and has held successful practices in Pakistan, Ireland and the United Kingdom. However even as a medical student, he was interested in the world around him and even took an active part in the students’ movement for democracy.

At the moment he is completing his post graduation from Fletcher school of Law and Diplomacy (the oldest institution teaching international relations in US) and he is the only media person in Pakistan who got a scholarship and training at CNN headquarters in Atlanta in 2005. He is an author of three bestsellers (two volumes of Views on News, and End of Times). A documentary was made on the latter and released on DVD, to become all time best seller in Pakistan (more than 1 million copies sold).

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