Azhar Abbas
اظہر عباس
Born
Pakistan
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist
Children2
Relatives
AwardsHilal-i-Imtiaz (civilian)
Websitewww.geo.tv/writer/azhar-abbas

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.[15][16]

Awards and recognition

References

  1. ↑ Zahra-Malik, Mehreen (26 March 2018). "'The New Normal' in Pakistan: a Journalist on the Run From Gunmen". New York Times.
  2. ↑ "Azhar Abbas returns to Geo" (Press release). JournalismPakistan. 3 August 2013.
  3. ↑ "Azhar Abbas moved to BOL News" (Press release). mediadevelopmenttrust.net. Archived from the original on 23 February 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
  4. ↑ "Kamran Khan, Azhar Abbas, others quit Axact's media group" (Press release). Geo TV News.
  5. 1 2 "KARACHI: Abid Abbas passes away". 18 January 2002.
  6. ↑ "KARACHI: Abid Abbas passes away". 18 January 2002.
  7. ↑ "Band of Brothers". 6 December 2019.
  8. ↑ "Inter Services Public Relations Pakistan". www.ispr.gov.pk. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  9. ↑ "Mazhar Abbas". prideofpakistan.com. Retrieved 6 August 2023.
  10. ↑ "Writer - Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos".
  11. ↑ "News stories for Zaffar Abbas - Herald".
  12. ↑ "Senior Journalist Azhar Abbas Brief Biography". Pakistanmediaupdates.com. 22 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "PFUJ warns media against hiring Azhar Abbas, Kamran Khan" (Press release). The Express Tribune (newspaper) Pakistan.
  14. ↑ "Kamran Khan, Azhar Abbas, other senior journalists quit Bol" (Press release). The News International (Pakistan).
  15. ↑ "Wali Khan Babar (journalist)" (Press release). Committee to Protect Journalists. Archived from the original on 16 March 2018. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  16. ↑ "Journalist killed in Taliban region" (Press release). CNN News.
  17. ↑ "Abida Parveen, Aleem Dar among winners: Posthumous awards for Manto, Mehdi Hassan (including award for Azhar Abbas)". Dawn (newspaper). 14 August 2012. Retrieved 11 November 2018.


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