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JournalismPakistan.com
August 24, 2016
ISLAMABAD – Senior print and broadcast journalist Owais Tohid has joined Capital Television where he will soon start doing a show.
He sought support from his followers and viewers while making the announcement on Twitter Wednesday. “I have joined @CapitalTV_News and will soon do a show. Hope you all will extend support as you did in the past,” he tweeted.
Until late February this year, Tohid was head of Pakistan Television World (English).
Basit Riaz Shaikh, the owner of Capital TV welcomed him by tweeting: “#TeamCapital welcomes veteran journalist @OwaisTohid on board. He'll be seen in a new on-screen role and strengthen our editorial board.”
On the other hand senior journalist and analyst Ejaz Haider tweeted “@CapitalTV_News has just picked up one of the most credible and experienced journalists in Pakistan. Welcome @OwaisTohid!”
With over 25 years of journalistic experience, Tohid has also headed three of Pakistan’s private television channels, ARY, Geo (E) and Dunya.
His news management and editorial expertise draws strength from his reporting experience, in which he has covered conflicts in Israel, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.
He has also reported from the tribal belt along Pak-Afghan border and Afghanistan both pre and post 9/11.
He worked for the BBC in London and was Pakistan/Afghanistan correspondent of US-based newspaper Christian Science Monitor. He has been Bureau Chief of Agence France Presse (AFP) in Karachi and has written for Wall Street Journal, Time Magazine and The Guardian, among others.
Photo courtesy: Dawn.com
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