Shahid Masood

Dr Shahid Masood is the News and Current Affairs Director and an anchorman for ARY One World.

Birth

Dr. Shahid Masood born as Shahid Masood Khan spent his childhood in Saudi Arabia , completed an F.Sc. from DJ Science College in Karachi, and subsequently attended Sindh Medical College receiving a doctorate in medicine. He started his career as a surgeon, before becoming a political commentator and analyst.

Famous Programmes

Dr. Shahid is famous in Pakistan for his television show Views on News, Asia's longest running current affairs TV show, and his documentary The Hidden Truth, in which he talked in detail about the end of days in light of Christian, Jewish and mostly Muslim beliefs. This documentary was initially aired on ARYOneWorld TV channel but was later made available on CD-Rom and DVD in response to public demand.

Views on News

Views on News carries interviews with prominent people from politics, civil life, literature and culture. Politicians who have been interviewed on Views on News include President General Pervez Musharraf, Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz, former Prime Ministers Benazir Bhutto and Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, MQM leader Altaf Hussain, PML-N leader Shahbaz Sharif, General (retd) A. A. K. Niazi (of East Pakistan fame), former CIA Director James Woolsey, and former ISI chiefs. Writers who have appeared on the show include Ahmed Faraz, the late Ashfaq Ahmed, Ahmed Nadeem Qasmi, and Munnoo Bhai.

Recent Activities

Dr. Masood came into the spotlight with his programme Views on News and was greatly appreciated for his documentary "The Hidden Truth", recently In Lebanon 2006 he again took the spotlight when he became the first South Asian journalist to cover the events unfolding in Middle East by going to Lebanon. He managed to interview the leader of Hamas "Khalid Mashal" and some activists in Syria. No other non-Arab journalist has been granted similar access.