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Think Tank of PakistanQumar Ali AbbasiQumar Ali Abbasi is a Pakistani journalist and writer. Presently, he is writing daily and

weekly columns in Urdu newspapers all over the world which can be accessed throughmost of the news papers and their web sites.Hasan AbidiHasan Abidi was a noted Pakistani journalist, writer and a senior Urdu language poet.Ahfaz-ur-RahmanAhfaz-ur-Rahman is a Pakistani writer and poet. He is also a well-known journalist who

has always struggled for the freedom of the press and for the rights of working

journalists and other media workers. Ahfaz-ur-Rahman has to his credit as many as 18

books and translations and is equally inspiring for his struggle for press freedom andimplementation of Wage Board Award He also writes a weekly column that appears on

Sundays in Daily Express, titled "Black and White" (Syaah o Safaid).Ahmed Tamjid AijaziAhmed Tamjid Aijazi is a Pakistani journalist and political analyst based in Dubai. He isthe Editor of The Eastern Tribune and executive director ofILIM TV, a Dubai based

Pakistani TV Channel. He has worked with AAJ TV and Roshni TV as News Producer. He

writes occasionally for Spider ofDAWN Group, CIO Pakistan and Weekly Friday

Special, Karachi.

Akhtar Jamal

Akhtar Jamal is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Pakistan Press Agency (PPA) & Tele

Visual Infolink. He is also a Special Correspondent of Bridges TV, USA and Channel

News Asia (CNA-Singapore).Akhtar Jamal also writes exclusively on regional affairs for

Pakistan Observer. Mr. Jamal also edits the weekly publication of Pakistan Observer's

"Economy Watch".Ayaz AmirAyaz Amir is a renowned Pakistani journalist, and is a newly elected Member ofNational Assembly in Pakistan's Parliament. He is most famous for his columns in the

newspaper Dawn. He is also known as a politician. His columns are critical of

the Pakistan Army's role in politics throughout the history of the country. He is

considered to be liberal, arguing passionately the case for rule of law, democracy, and

an end to failed military rule along with extremist versions of Islam.Siddiq BalochSiddiq Balouch is a Pakistani English-language journalist, and senior political

economist. He is presently Editor-in-chief of the English daily Balochistan Express

(Quetta), The Guardian (Karachi) an Urdu daily Azadi, and the English Weekly Express,
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(Quetta). He also regularly contributes columns to Dawn, and is an authority on

Balochistans social, political and economic matters.

Bina ShahBina Shah is a Pakistanijournalist and writer, living in Karachi. She was editor of the

country's Internet magazine, SPIDER. She has worked as a journalist and is well known

for her writing on the South Asian Web site Chowk." Shah also contributes op-ed pieces

for the Dawn Group of Newspapers, and features and book reviews for The Friday

Times.Javed ChaudharyJaved Chaudhary is a Pakistani journalist and column writer. All Pakistan Newspapers

Society (APNS) declared him the Best Columnist of 1997 and 1998. In 1998, the

Government of Pakistan honored him with an Excellency Award for his outstanding

performance in the national journalism. In 2006, he joined the newspaper, DailyExpress, and since then he has been a prime member of its team of columnists. Heregularly contributes through his column Zero Point.Ammar ChaudhryAmmar Chaudhry is a columnist for Pakistan's newspaper Daily Express since August

2008. Mostly he writes on human, social and political issues.Ardeshir CowasjeeArdeshir Cowasjee is a renowned newspaper columnist from Karachi, Sindh in Pakistan.

His columns regularly appear in the country's oldest English newspaper Dawn. His work

is translated and published in Urdu press.Jan DashtiWaja Jan Muhammad Dashti is a Balouch poet and author, hailing from Pakistan. Often

known as just Jan Dashti, he is a senior bureaucrat serving as Balouchistan's Provincial

Secretary Mines and Minerals. Dashti's journalistic career began in 1974, when he

joined Pakistans Press and Information Department (PID). Between 1978-79, he wrote

for the Weekly Viewpoint under the pen-name of Sahak Baloch, mostly contributing

Balouchistan-related articles. He has also greatly contributed to the Balouchi language

under the pen-name of 'Shay Ragam'.Eqbal AhmadEqbal Ahmad was a Pakistani writer, journalist, and anti-war activist. He was strongly

critical of the Middle East strategy of the United States as well as what he saw as the

"twin curse" of nationalism and religious fanaticism in such countries as Pakistan.
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Farman AliFarman Ali is a senior journalist and political worker. He lives in Islamabad, working as

the Edition-in-Charge/news editor of Islamabad Metropolitan of Dawn, the most

prestigious English language daily newspaper of Pakistan. Despite working with the

major English language newspapers in Karachi, he also contributed a lions share in the

Urdu language magazines: Tullo-e-Karakorum, Yull, Shaoor, Naya Samaj and Peace &Justice.Kanwal FerozeKanwal Feroze is a Pakistani scholar, poet, writer and journalist. He is the Chief Editor

of the monthly Urdu language journal Shadaab. In February 2005 he was honoured by

the Pakistan Academy of Letters. In 2009 he was awarded the Tamgha-i-Imtiaz

(President's Medal of Excellence) in Literature by the Government of Pakistan.Ilyas GaditIlyas Gadit is the popular name in Gujrati circles of Pakistan, especially Karachi. Hehas been associated with Gujrati Journalism for over four decades and has been the

editor of Gujrati evening paper "Watan" for almost a decade. He has written many

travel stories and translated many stories from English and Urdu to Gujrati. He is also

the newscaster in Gujrati for Radio Pakistan. He is the editor of Gujrati evening paper

Watan' and a noted writer and translator.Abdus Sattar GhazaliAbdus Sattar Ghazali is a veteran journalist and writer who lives in Modesto, California.

Currently Mr. Ghazali is working as a freelance journalist. He has an online magazine,

American Muslim Perspective, which he started in 2003.Mohammed HanifMohammed Hanif is a Pakistani writer and journalist. His first novel A Case of Exploding

Mangoes (2008) was shortlisted for the 2008 Guardian First Book Award. It has been

also shortlisted for 2009 Commonwealth Writers' Prize in the Best First Book category

as a winner from Europe and South Asia region.

Hussain MansoorHussain Mansoor, alias Hussain Bux, is generally known as Hussain Mansoor. He is the

Editor of Taleem Namah, a magazine which focuses on educational issues. He is also a

regular contributor to Sindhi news Journal AFFAIR Magazine on political, Geo-political,strategic, regional and international social issues.

Syed Talat HussainSyed Talat Hussain is the executive director of AAJ Television and hosts the famous

show Live with Talat. He writes for Newsline, Daily Dawn, Time Magazine, Daily Times
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(Pakistan), Daily Express and occasionally contributes to India Today.

Irfan HusainIrfan Husain has been writing in the Pakistani press for over 30 years. He has been

widely published in almost every major newspaper in Pakistan and currently he writes

weekly columns for Dawn, the Daily Times, and the Khaleej Times. Orya Maqbool JanOrya Maqbool Jan is a renowned columnist, poet and CSS officer from Pakistan, who

writes Urdu columns for Daily Express, Pakistan. He has received numerous national

awards, including the best Urdu columnist in 2004.Khaled AhmedKhaled Ahmed is an editor of Pakistan's weekly newspaper The Friday Times, and alsowrites for The Daily Times, both published in Lahore.Zarar KhanZarar Khan is a Pakistani journalist, famous for his investigative reporting and analysis.

He started his career as a journalist from Urdu Daily but soon joined international

journalism and started writing in English. He worked in various reputable publication

cum news groups in Pakistan. He is currently affiliated with the Associated Press.Aijaz Ahmad MangiAijaz Ahmad Mangi in Shikarpur, Sindh is a writer and journalist. He is a writer at theDaily Ummat, an Urdu-language newspaper.Majid NizamiAn editor, columnist Majid Nizami is the Editor-in-Chief and publisher of Nawa-i-Waqt

Group of Publications in Pakistan. Mr. Majid Nizami's name is one that needs no

introduction. One of the most powerful figures in Pakistani media and an eminent and

principled journalist, his 46 years in the print (and now electronic) media have been

the most influential of any of his peers. He has received the Sitara-i-Pakistan, Sitara-i-Imtiaz and the single greatest honour that can be awarded, the Nishan-i-Imtiaz.

Javed Malik

Javed Malik is a Noted Media Personality and a Corporate Lawyer based in London andDubai. Javed Malik is a prominent Television Anchor and Political Analyst. He is known

for his Political Talk show called INSIGHT with Javed Malik, which broadcasts on

Pakistan's Premier Satellite channel ARY NEWS. He also appears on international

channels such as Al Jazeera, BBC and SKY, and writes for International newspapers

such as Khaleej Times (in UAE), and ""The News"" (of The Jang Group in Pakistan)
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Shahid Masood KhanShahid Masood Khan commonly known as Shahid Masood is one of the most famous

Pakistani journalist, columnist, TV show host and a political analyst. He is the anchor of

the most popular show "Meray Mutabiq" on Geo TV.Shireen M. MazariShireen M. Mazari is a Pakistani academic, defence analyst, journalist and politician.

She is currently working as the editor of the daily The Nation newspaper and as the

Spokes person on Foreign Affairs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party. Shehas also served as the Director General of The Institute of Strategic Studies, a think-

tank based in Islamabad and was until recently a regular columnist at the daily The

News International.Hamid MirHamid is a Pakistani journalist and editor. He is news anchor, terrorism expert, and

security analyst who regularly participates in international conferences. He is alsoknown for his columns in Urdu, Hindi, Bengali, and English newspapers and hosts a

popular political talk show on Geo TV with the name of Capital Talk.Jugnu MohsinJugnu Mohsin is a Pakistani publisher and editor of the Lahore-based The Friday Times,

Pakistan's first English-language independent newsweekly.Jugnus witty satirical pieces

appear at the back page of The Friday Times in the form of spoofs of incumbent

administration and opposition. Her current spoof columns "Ittefaq Nama" and "Mush

and Bush" poke fun at ex-Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and Presidents George W. Bush

and Pervez Musharraf. Jugnu will be soon publishing a collection of the profiles of

Pakistani luminaries that she wrote for The Friday Times features section in a book.Muhammad Izhar ul HaqMuhammad Izhar ul Haq is a well-known columnist and a renowned poet of Urdu

language. He has four books of poetry to his credit. Izhar also writes columns in the

leading Urdu newspapers of Pakistan. He has been a regular columnist in Daily

Pakistan, Jang, Daily Jinnah and presently in Nawaiwaqt, and The Nation.Mujahid BarelviMujahid Barelvi is a veteran journalist from Pakistan. He has a current, daily evening

show Doosra Pehlu for CNBC Pakistan. He is responsible for several prolific articles for

political journals and newspapers and has authored six books on Afghanistan andBaluchistan.Mumtaz Hamid RaoMumtaz Hamid Rao is a senior Pakistani electronic media journalist and analyst. In

2001, Rao launched Pakistan's first complete daily online newspaper, Pakistan Times,

of which he remains as editor-in-chief. In February 2007 Pakistan's first independent


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satellite channel and premiereprivate television network, 'Indus TV' which operates four

channels round the clock 'Indus Vision', 'Indus Music', 'Indus News' and 'Channel G'

appointed noted TV and Broadcast media journalist Mumtaz Hamid Rao as its Special

Correspondent in the UK.

Muneeza ShamsieMuneeza Shamsie is a Pakistani writer, critic and freelance journalist. Shamsie lives in

Karachi and regularly contributes to the Dawn newspaper, News line and She

magazines on literary affairs. She also writes for the Journal of CommonwealthLiterature and The Literary Encyclopedia. Her writing covers diverse topics, from

archaeology to feminism, but literature has always been her main interest.Nazeer Naji

Naji is a senior columnist in Pakistan's Urdu press. He frequently writes in the country's

largest newspaper, Daily Jang.

Farooq ParachaNadeem Farooq is a Pakistani journalist, cultural critic, satirist and short story writer.

He also writes as Nadeem F. Paracha or simply as NFP."He is the father of famous

Pakistani columnist and cultural critic.Yasir PirzadaYasir Pirzada is among the emerging crop of Pakistani columnists who have built a wide

readership over a very short period of time. His weekly column "Zara Hat Kay" in Jang,

Pakistans most widely circulated Urdu daily; and his fortnightly column with the name

"Off the beaten track" in The News, a leading English daily, addresses issues of anordinary citizen in a unique humorous style which is original and quite distinctive.Farrukh Khan PitafiHe is a renowned Pakistani English columnist, talkshow host and blogger who haswritten regular columns for almost all Pakistani English dailies for last ten years.Sadia QureshiShe is a young Pakistani poetess, short story writer and columnist. She has been

writing columns in Jang, a leading Urdu daily of Pakistan since 2007. Sadias weekly

column in Jang is published with the name of Poori Gwahi in which she oftenillustrates degeneration of society and its values in her own characteristic style.Raja AnwarRaja Anwar writes for various progressive Urdu newspapers and has written a total of

seven books in Urdu and English.
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Arman SabirArman Sabir is an investigative Pakistani journalist associated with the BBC Urdu

Service, based in Karachi. He was earlier affiliated with the widely circulated English

language daily newspaper Dawn in Pakistan He has written various investigative

articles on criminal justice system in Pakistan. He also writes on the issues of national

identity cards, transport, and law enforcement agencies.Ghazi SalahuddinGhazi Salahuddin is an intellectual, English writer, Columnist and media expert fromPakistan. He teamed up with Obaidullah Baig and won renown for the famous Pakistan

Television Corporation (PTV) quiz show of the 1990s, Kasouti, He is also an anchorman

of Program "Kitaab" on Geo TV.Reba ShahidReba Shahid is an information and communication technology (ICT)-focused journalist

from Pakistan. She is the Editor of the Spider (computer magazine) (a publication ofthe Dawn Group of Newspapers) and writes a fortnightly column on Information

Technology for the BBC website in Urdu named Reba Ki Diary.Mohammad ShehzadMohammad Shehzad is a Pakistan based freelance journalist and poet. According to the

Sikh spectrum, he writes for some Pakistani and foreign publications. Shehzad has

written on a range of socio-political, environment and development issues. He has

published a number of analytical articles.Ayesha SiddiqaDr. Ayesha Siddiqa is journalist from Pakistan. She is also a regular op-ed contributor

to Dawn, and before that to Daily Times. Her articles appear every Friday.Zahida HinaZahida Hina is a noted Urdu columnist, essayist, short story writer, novelist and

dramatist from Pakistan.Fasi ZakaFasi Zaka is a television host, satirist, political columnist, radio talk show host, music

critic, academic and Rhodes Scholar in Pakistan. He was declared one of Pakistan'snewsmakers of the year in 2006. Fasi Zaka also occasionally comments on the

Pakistani media and politics to National Public Radio (NPR).


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Hassan NisarHassan Nisar is a Pakistani Journalist and a renowned columnist, well known for his

outspoken views. He is well-known member of Geo Television.He hosts a regular talk

show on Geo Television, with the name "Choraha". The idea of this program originated

from Mr. Hassan Nisars column "Choraha". This program is a representation of Lahoriculture where men of a mohalla get together in the evening, sit on a Choraha and

discuss issues which are prevalent to their interests

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