Noshad Ali joins Capital TV

JournalismPakistan.com | Published 10 years ago

LAHORE: Senior journalist Muhammad Noshad Ali has joined Capital TV as head of news.

Having vast experience in electronic, print and online media Noshad worked in senior positions in a number of organizations.

Before joining Capital TV, he was the Editor Content/Executive Producer News at Dunya TV and also served as Controller News. Earlier on, Noshad was the Head of Current Affairs at Express News at Lahore and also had a stint at Daily Times where he served in senior positions and Daily Pakistan where he founded dailypakistan.com.pk, now ranked among top five news sites in the country.

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