INTRODUCTION

For the assignment of an interview I am Saad Khan from the department of Mass Communication, My teacher gave us an assignment to interview a famous personality about their experience that is why this efforts I am making for. I am knocking the door of a person who knocks the world of sports. Yes! I contacted NASEEM RAJPUT MA Mass Communication from University of Karachi, for a discussion about his career. Naseem Rajput is a senior sports Journalist and anchor-person-producer of sports show of GEO SUPER. To clutch the world of sports I would like to move on to my questions which Ive made for sports analyst, anchor-person and multi talented.

INTERVIEW
1- Naseem rajput youve completed your education from the birth city and then you moved into Karachi for your graduation and masters in Mass Communication from the University of Karachi, why would you choose Mass communication department?

Naseem: Firstly! I just believe when you enter in the world from the birth you came with the rope of your future that is in your hand but there is also a destiny which drives the rope! Well, My Parents lives in Karachi and I was living with my grandparents after completing early education I decided to switch myself with my parents, I was prepared for the remaining studies to resume it from the University of Karachi. I am interested in journalism from the birth approximately, So one of friends said the department of Mass Communication will helps you to enhance your skills then I applied and got admit on it.

2- How much do you like your profession? Naseem: It is a noble profession, undoubtedly. If you are good yourself, If you talk about medium, people are going to look at singer, actor and so on with another perspective while news anchor, program anchors are looked at with another angle.

3- Youve also worked for hourly based private firms to pocket your educational expenses personally, is this a pressure or for a satisfaction? Naseem: Definitely not a pressure, One day! One sentence can make a change I remember that day when my father shouted on me and then I decided to do something for myself and for myself, I had a friend who was studying Mass Communication and working for a newspaper so I joined him. I work consecutive 3 years at the same pay then I realized how job feels like. Time passed on as it never stops for anyone.

4- Interesting would be to ask, since you are a sports analyst, which is your favourite sport? Naseem: Cricket is everyones favourite but I would like to add in, there are other sports as well, apart from cricket, which should be given special attention. Like hockey is our national game. The whole picture is there before you. Today our world ranking is 9th. We brought World Cup Trophy. We put the

foundation stone of World Cup Trophy. This is going to be the first year when its not going to be even a part of World Cup, so it should not be a circumstance of team management. Likewise, not only hockey, football is world famous game, tennis is also very popular but it is not much appreciated in our country.

5- Your first appearance is on the sports show named The Match Box as a host, what is the value of that show which makes you popular? Naseem: A lot! Ill always value The Match Box; actually this show made me learn how to communicate with the people you dont know even the faces! And at the very 1st show I was not as much nervous but the team members making me more teasingly nervous. But all in the end is in the favour of mine and ALLAH KA SHUKAR today I am in this position.

6- So how would you like to motivate the youngsters about the importance of sports; what it means to our country? Naseem: Really important, Saad! Sports is really important. Sports benefits us in a lot of ways: 1) PHYSICAL FITNESS: We keep ourselves physically fit. It is the most important when I am healthy, only when I am going to do some healthy work. The more I am physically fit from inside, the more confident I am going to become in life. 2) FRUSTRATION: You are going to find frustration everywhere around in the society so sports play a very important role to ease, relax and normalize you. Every day you hear news regarding bomb blasts, people dying, and so. Frustration is found because of poverty. People arent financially strong. Inflation is its root cause. According to my knowledge, majority, 10 crore out of 18 crore population is a victim of frustration. Such people when stand on a ground, they go on track, the shoes they wear on, the environment that they get into and sweat out so the frustration that theyve been holding within gets sweated out with it because of the effort they put in the ground.

Mobile snatchers are found almost at every mile especially youngsters. Sports is such a way for which youth can be guided properly and motivated to go and play on ground but unfortunately this is yet another reality that our government doesnt include sports in its priority.

7- Proceeding with sports discussion, I would like to ask you how do you find time for playing in such a busy schedule? Naseem: I find it myself out! As I told you, I like to keep myself fit like we make a GEO team and go for playing match. I was the first person who made the team when GEO initiated. Even today whenever we find some time out, we definitely play. The whole point is there has to have some activity in your life. Here we work for 2 hours Bolain Kya Baat Hai, full concentration is required away from all the worries and tensions then when I go back at home early; I walk especially to feel at ease.

8- Youve served several years working with the print media, why did you switch a flare (Naseem Rajput) into electronic media? Naseem: If I wont switch youll never come to me for an interview! Just a sentence, like I said before time passes away life is moving on I dont want to stuck in a place I just like to learn every day of my life from many aspects.

9- Did your family ever forbid you to knock this field? Your father! Who was a bureaucrat your family is well settled why dont you use your fathers vehicle? Naseem: Not at all! My family was a great support. Let me tell you a very interesting story, my parents used to live here in Karachi and I was with my grandparents. I was so into fighting and all. There occurred an accident or what would I like to call it an incident. Once I had a fight with a boy in my territory, I

hit that boy in his head with the hockey, his head started bleeding, his mother brought him at my home, and my father beat me so hard and scolded me like anything. I remember his saying: You stand nowhere. Your father is a bureaucrat upon whom you roam around It touched me a lot. So Ive contracted to myself that Ill not touch my fathers anything, that was my childhood when I was a bit ZIDDI.

10- How does it feel like to work for GEO which is the well-known? Naseem: Proud, Undoubtedly! The biggest organization of Pakistan. There is no comparison between any other. If you work for it, infact, youre included in one of the founder members since it was founded in 2002. Then it makes you feel proud. At that time when it was not even famous we didnt know its going to become a huge hit and nothing would be able to compete it. Obviously, it feels so nice and proud. I would like to say to students a lot of people dont really understand it. Probably people in media may not be financially strong but there is certain respect and status in society. There are like a lot of work that even if your brother/father is businessman would not be able to do but a media person would be because of numerous contacts that he has. All I can say is ALHAMDULILLAH!

11-Since youve become so popular, what response do you get from surroundings in your normal life? Naseem: It feels humbled. When you go out with your family, people recognize you pointing at what you did right what not. But your responsibility increases proportionally. If you do something wrong, they are the ones whore going to bring you down. By the same token, I am in a position that I signify justice. I strongly believe if you speak the truth and do justice, youre not going to face many problems. Definitely it feels nice. People come and take autographs and photographs. I usually refuse them because I am not a celebrity but a journalist.

12-Has there come any hindrance in relieving any top story via headlines or you know that you would face if you break any true news? Naseem: Look, youve to fight for your news yourself. It is not necessary that everyone where you work agree with you all the time. Its a part of life that out of 4 people, you might have a good understanding with 2 only. The other 2 definitely tries to stop news from breaking. Your news should contain the truth, proper proof and your organizations policy. For example; my organization has a policy from where I take my salary, that policy first of all should be followed by me. Afterwards, I will try to bring out the news from the same angle. For example, my organization has a policy that Pakistan cricket team is coining, they should never be criticized but if I got news that in Dubai there has occurred some quarrel between two players, and I have got proof, I am sound and my news has not broke yet. Now I have to struggle how I am going to fight for this news in my organization. I am going to try my first boss, then second boss; if it doesnt work I am going to go maximum level that I can reach. Nevertheless, I have to break this news by all means, so, there is a lot of newspaper where I can break this news.

13-Where a lot competition out there, how come these ideas strike is in your mind; what should be the topic of the content, who should be the guest? Naseem: Reading should be a regular habit. If you are good at it, ideas are going to pop up in your mind automatically. Your mind does generate ideas but when you study something, you get into its different angles that I am going to follow this. For example; today the show thats going to ON-AIR, its team meeting took place in which it was decided that today we are going to talk about the good performance of Anwar Ali and Bilawal Bhatti so the topic of the show should be Why youngsters are not getting chance? Its going to be the theme of the show. If senior players are threatened by junior players or whether someone else is involved in it. Sohaib Maqsood is a youngster who performed really well. Then Bilawal and Anwar performed really well in their debut. So it was really difficult to choose The man of the match. What I am

trying to say ideas click in your mind naturally if your reading is good, your thinking is good and your mind is positive.

14- You were in Athens Olympics, First T-20 Cricket World Cup, First edition of IPL, Doha hearing of spot fixing case and interviews of the renowned personalities of the world Shahrukh khan, Sharmila Tagore, Sangita Bijlani, Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Akram, Brian Charles Lara, Sunil Gavaskar, these assignments never changed your attitude?

Naseem: Never! All these things is not an individual effort if an organization will never trust me there will be another good worker, I was there I have technical staff over there they shoot it send it the people who are panelling here and the last past of the transmission boy, So the point is everyone is

paying an attention not only NASEEM RAJPUT is doing everything. These assignments will never archive if one of them will be missed.

15- So how does it feel the person who interviews others is interviewed today himself? Naseem: I felt really great. Firstly, because I was giving interview to Saad as I have even worked with him. Secondly, you belong to the department where I came from, Mass Communication. I respect Mass Communication a lot. Weve learnt a lot from our teachers. I would like to convey a message to all our students. These four years of Bachelors should be focused. Its going to be a really learning experience but this is theory, the actual practical life is when you enter in your professional life is seen over there and is totally different. There may be a vast difference between both. It is not right. What you learn in your student life is your base; you need to found your base strong yourself in your professional life. Find what you are good at yourself. This message is to all the students. As I always knew that I could only excel in sports so I explore myself in sports only so people who think they can do better in business should go in this field only. Those interested in politics should go in politics. The ones talk about crime, go in crime. Media has got a lot of its sub-branches but where your mind and your attention are, should be strictly controlled. Once you get into any field so I believe you cannot get this amount of success as the ones you could be interested whole-heartedly as happened with me. I made sports my profession, so it was made easy for me to learn and do work. Thank you, Saad. Nice talking to you. Wish you a very good luck.....