Mazhar Abbas

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Mazhar Abbas
مظہر عباس
Born (1958-07-06) 6 July 1958 (age 65)
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan [1]
EducationMasters in Mass Communication
Alma mater University of Karachi [1]
Occupation Journalist
Years active1987-present
Employer Geo TV
Spouse
Irum Mazhar
​
(died 2020)​
[2]
Children2 daughters
Relatives
Awards International Press Freedom Award (2007) [4] by the CPJ

Mazhar Abbas is a Pakistani journalist currently working with Geo News as Senior Analyst and columnist for Daily Jang. Previously he was the deputy director of ARY News Television, the bilingual news channel in Pakistan, and the secretary general of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. [5] He is the brother of Zaffar Abbas, the editor of Dawn, and Azhar Abbas (journalist), the managing director of Geo News.

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Early life

Abbas studied journalism at the University of Karachi. He wants to give each citizen in Pakistan the right to speak on social and human rights issues, regardless of what the military and government are doing. Because of this, he has covered many controversial cases over the years. [6] [ failed verification ]

In his early career in 2002, he covered the kidnapping and murder of Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal Bureau Chief. [7] [ failed verification ]

Career

Abbas worked for Agence France-Presse as Bureau Chief in Karachi for six years. [1]

Abbas is the deputy director of the ARY News Television network. [8] Through this network, he focuses on providing commentary on the country's powerful and controversial military and government figures. He also provides financial support to journalists who are working in difficult conditions as they try to report on what is happening in dangerous areas.[ citation needed ]

Abbas was awarded the CPJ International Press Freedom Award in 2007. [9]

He was awarded the Missouri Honour Medal for Distinguished Service in Journalism in 2009. [8]

Abbas, who has worked as a journalist for nearly thirty years, has received threats as a result of his work. After protesting the closing of three independent TV channels for their reporting on demonstrations against President Musharraf, he was charged by police in early 2007. In May 2007, he and two other journalists found white envelopes containing bullets placed on their cars. [4]

Political views

As a member of the Karachi Press Club, whose members regularly perform demonstrations against the government in the name of human and civil rights, he ended up on a hit list of the Mohajir Rabita Council, an ethnic political group in Pakistan's southern province of Sindh, which was allied with former President Pervez Musharraf. [10]

Personal life and family

Abbas's father, an educationist, was Mirza Abid Abbas, the former secretary of the Hyderabad Board of Education; he died in 2002. [11] Mazhar has four brothers, Maj. Gen. (R) Athar Abbas, Zaffar Abbas, Anwer Abbas, and Azhar Abbas. [12]

In 2008, Abbas's brother, Athar Abbas, became the Director General of the ISPR. [13] He served until 2012 and was Pakistan's Ambassador to Ukraine from 2015 to 2018. [8] His other brother Azhar Abbas (journalist) was the managing director of Geo News (TV network), [14] while another Zaffar Abbas is the editor of Dawn (newspaper). [11] [15]

Abbas has two daughters.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Profile of journalist Mazhar Abbas on pakistanileaders.com website Retrieved 29 November 2017
  2. ↑ "Wife of journalist Mazhar Abbas passes away".
  3. ↑ "Band of Brothers". 6 December 2019.
  4. 1 2 "Mazhar Abbas - TV journalist, Pakistan - International Press Freedom Awards (2007) - Committee to Protect Journalists (Profile of Mazhar Abbas)". cpj.org website. 27 November 2007. Retrieved 29 November 2017.
  5. ↑ Arrest of journalists condemned Dawn (newspaper), Published 21 November 2007, Retrieved 29 November 2017
  6. ↑ "Mazhar Abbas".
  7. ↑ "Arrest of journalists condemned". 21 November 2007.
  8. 1 2 3 https://www.prideofpakistan.com/who-is-who-detail/311 [ bare URL ]
  9. ↑ "Mazhar Abbas - TV journalist, Pakistan".
  10. ↑ "Mazhar Abbas - TV journalist, Pakistan".
  11. 1 2 "KARACHI: Abid Abbas passes away". 18 January 2002.
  12. ↑ "KARACHI: Abid Abbas passes away". 18 January 2002.
  13. ↑ https://www.ispr.gov.pk/ [ bare URL ]
  14. ↑ "Writer - Geo.tv: Latest News Breaking Pakistan, World, Live Videos".
  15. ↑ "News stories for Zaffar Abbas - Herald".
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