Английская Википедия:Azhar Abbas (journalist)
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Azhar Abbas is a senior Pakistani journalist and the current managing director of Geo News.[1][2][3][4]
Personal life
Abbas's father was Mirza Abid Abbas, an educationist who was the former secretary of the Hyderabad Board of Education; he died in 2002.[5] Abbas has four brothers, retired Major General Athar Abbas, Zaffar Abbas, Anwer Abbas, and Mazhar Abbas.[6][7]
In 2008 Abbas's brother, Athar Abbas, became the Director General of the ISPR.[8] He served until 2012 and was Pakistan's Ambassador to Ukraine from 2015 to 2018.[9] His other brother Mazhar Abbas is the secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists,[10] while another brother, Zaffar Abbas, is the editor of Dawn (newspaper). He has another brother named Anwer Abbas.[5][11]
He is married and has a daughter and a son.
Journalism career
He has been involved in mainstream journalism since 1990. He started his career with an English-language daily newspaper as a reporter. He had completed his master's degree in economics from the University of Karachi in 1990. He is a recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship program and studied at Boston University and Newhouse School of Communication.[12] He has also worked for Dawn News as the director of news and current affairs. He joined Bol News when the network was established but left after the Axact scandal.[13][14] He is a strong supporter of the journalistic community in Pakistan and an advocate for their well-being.Шаблон:According to whom[15][16]
Awards and recognition
- Azhar Abbas (journalist) was awarded the Hilal-i-Imtiaz (Crescent of Excellence) in 2013 by the President of Pakistan.[17]
References
External links
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