Wajahat Masood | |
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| Born | 3 August 1966 Gujranwala, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Education | M.A. English,University of Punjab (Pakistan) LLM,University of Leeds (UK) |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist Human rights activist Analyst and columnist |
Wajahat Masood (Urdu:وجاہت مسعود) is aPakistani journalist, columnist and political analyst. He is widely considered to be a liberal, and ahuman rights activist. He is currently working with the Urdu-language newspaperDaily Jang. He has earlier worked withBBC and other organisations.[1][2][3] He is currently the chief editor of humsub Urdu and humsub English.
Wajahat Masood was born on 3 August 1966. He did his graduation fromGovernment College University, Lahore and M.A. English fromUniversity of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan. Then he went on to earn an LLM degree inInternational Human Rights Law from theUniversity of Leeds, UK.[4]
He has been active in three fields: education, human rights and journalism. In 1994, he founded and then worked as a director for the Democratic Commission for Human Development for 11 years besides acting as a consultant for different international development agencies. Wajahat Masood trained thousands of young activists in the villages of Pakistan in human rights and human development. Wajahat Masood has been acting as chairperson, Center for Social Justice since 2014.[4]
He was associated with national dailies such asThe News International,The Post (Pakistani newspaper) and Daily Aaj Kal. He also worked as the editor of monthly magazine Nawa-i-Insaan, Daily Mashriq and weekly Hum Shehri. He was a columnist for BBC Urdu service during 2005–08.[4]
He has been a political analyst forPakistani television (PTV), Samaa TV, AAP News andRadio Pakistan. In addition, he appears as a TV commentator for PNN four evenings a week apart from different private television channels in Pakistan and abroad.[4]
He was teaching atBeaconhouse National University until July 2015, when he resigned from that position.[5] He has taught at University of the Punjab, Government College University, Lahore,National College of Arts (Lahore) and Lahore School of Law. He is currently the Chief Editor of e-paper Humsub. He was the founding editor of Dunyapakistan.com. He is a highly acclaimed Urdu language columnist. He writes three columns a week for the most widely circulated Urdu language newspaper in the country,Daily Jang besides a weekly column for Deutsche Welle.
Pakistan's veteran journalist and columnistI.A. Rehman has talked highly of Wajahat Masood's journalistic abilities in his recently published book. I.A. Rehman says that Wajahat Masood not only informs his readers but also helps them understand the larger picture in terms of the political situation in Pakistan.[1]
Wajahat Masood has authored several booklets and books on politics, history, culture and literature.
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