Pakistan Today's Islamabad editor quits
JournalismPakistan.com | Published: 5 July 2012
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Pakistan Today’s Islamabad Resident Editor Rana Qaisar has resigned after less than two years with the paper. He has joined the Frontier Post as its Islamabad editor, while Chief Reporter Shaiq Hussain is reported to be his likely replacement.Summary
ISLAMABAD: Rana Qaisar, the Resident Editor of Pakistan Today in Islamabad has quit after less than two years with the struggling newspaper. There are reports he was not getting along well with those at the headquarters in Lahore. He is likely to be replaced by Shaiq Hussain, the Chief Reporter in the capital. Rana has now joined Peshawar daily Frontier Post as its Islamabad editor. A senior journalist, Rana had arrived at Arif Nizami’s Pakistan Today after a brief stint at NewsOne TV. He helped launch the newspaper which intitially appeared to do well but later ran into serious financial difficulties. He was also on the launch team of Daily Times back in 2002 which he had joined as the bureau chief. Later, in 2006 he took over as the paper’s Islamabad resident editor. Before joining Daily Times, he was associated with The Nation for almost 12 years. The Frontier Post, it is being said has plans to hire more journalists as it bids to make its mark more effectively in the market.
KEY POINTS:
- Rana Qaisar resigned as Pakistan Today’s Islamabad Resident Editor after under two years.
- He is reported to have had differences with the Lahore headquarters.
- Qaisar has joined Peshawar-based daily Frontier Post as its Islamabad editor.
- Shaiq Hussain, Pakistan Today’s Chief Reporter in Islamabad, is tipped as a potential replacement.
- Qaisar previously worked with The Nation, Daily Times and NewsOne TV.
