BOL makes first new hiring in Islamabad, signs up Mazhar Tufail
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 14 October 2016
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BOL News has announced its first hiring in Islamabad, appointing Mazhar Tufail as an executive correspondent and anchorperson. Tufail brings over 26 years of journalism experience, including roles at prominent news organizations.Summary
ISLAMABAD – After more than a year of distress, BOL News Television Friday made its first hiring in Islamabad in preparation for a launch before the end of the year.
Senior journalist Mazhar Tufail was taken on board as executive correspondent and anchorperson in what is a fresh signing by BOL. He was not part of the original team.
Insiders tell JournalismPakistan.com the hiring in Islamabad is now on as it is in Karachi and Lahore where some of the previous staff have been contacted to seek their consent about rejoining the channel.
Tufail brings with him over 26 years of experience that has seen him work for several top news organizations, among them Geo, Capital TV, Abb Takk and Express News. He was once the Pakistan producer of Sky News Arabia and a stringer for Sky News UK and NHK.
He also has experience of print, beginning his career in early 1990s with Jang and was later a team member of The News Investigation Cell in Islamabad.
Tufail joins BOL from Diplomatic News Agency where he was a deputy news editor. He is now likely to cover defense and politics at BOL.
The BOL Group was aiming to become Pakistan’s biggest media house but a New York Times story published in May 2015 that claimed their parent company Axact was engaged in selling fake degrees, put things off track for them for 15 months.
Image: Mazhar Tufail/Facebook
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Key Points
- Mazhar Tufail joins BOL News as executive correspondent and anchorperson.
- BOL aims for a launch in Islamabad before the end of the year.
- Tufail has 26 years of experience in top news organizations.
- Previous staff in Karachi and Lahore are also being contacted.
- BOL's revival follows past challenges related to its parent company's reputation.
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