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Arif Nizami takes over at Channel 24 as Chief Executive Officer

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Arif Nizami takes over at Channel 24 as Chief Executive Officer

ISLAMABAD: Veteran journalist Arif Nizami has taken over as the Chief Executive Officer at Channel 24 where he already co-hosts a current affairs program named Debate News Analysis.
 
A source tells JournalismPakistan.com that some other senior journalists among them Azhar Abbas have been in negotiations with the channel’s management and could join soon.
 
Arif Nizami is son of the renowned journalist and founder of daily Urdu newspaper Nawa-e-Waqt late Hameed Nizami.
 
Arif is a publisher and editor of Pakistan Today and has also been hosting a current affairs program on Samaa TV.
 
He served as caretaker information minister prior to the 2013 general elections.
 
Channel24 is owned by Ejaz Gohar, President All Pakistan Textile Mills Association, who is also the owner of a mega housing project named Lake City.
 

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