Kamran Shahid
کامران شاہِد
Born (1973-08-22) 22 August 1973
Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
Alma mater
OccupationTV News anchor
TelevisionOn The Front with Kamran Shahid
Parent

Kamran Shahid (Punjabi, Urdu: کامران شاہِد), is a Pakistani TV anchor person, academician, author and journalist. He is the main news anchor for the TV show On The Front with Kamran Shahid on Dunya News.[1][2]

Personal life

Kamran Shahid belongs to a Punjabi Rajput family. He was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[3][2]

His father is the well known Pakistani film actor Shahid Hameed, while his mother, Munaza Shahid, studied at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan and has been an academic.[3]

Education

Kamran Shahid received his master's degree in Modern History from Government College University, Lahore. He holds a degree in International Relations from the University of Westminster, London. He has presented his research papers at different international forums.[2][3]

Career

For 10 years, he taught at Punjab University, Lahore and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.[2][3] He started his career in television journalism from PTV.[2] As a current affairs television anchor, Kamran has not confined himself to any one format. He has done a variety of programs from hard hitting socio-political and current affairs talk shows to documentaries and docu-dramas. He has to his credit many investigative programs as well. He has also conducted very informative and hard-hitting one-on-one interviews with many leading personalities including international dignitaries.[2]

Kamran Shahid now leads the flagship show at Pakistani TV channel Dunya News —On the Front which is tri-weekly news program based on current-affairs and issues related to politics and socio-economic demographics.[2][3] Before this TV show, he used to be an anchor person on Pakistani TV channel Express News TV show Frontline with Kamran Shahid.[3] He was a guest speaker for the Oxford University - (Pakistan Society) at Oxfordshire County Hall during Pakistan Young Leaders Conference in February 2011.[3][4]

In 2023, he entered the Pakistani film industry by directing a movie Huey Tum Ajnabi.[5]

Works

Books

  • Gandhi and the partition of India : a new perspective, Lahore : Ferozsons, 2005, 124 pages[2][3]
  • International relations & political theory, Lahore : Ferozsons, 2006, 235 p.

Movie as a director

References

  1. 1 2 Kamran Shahid's The Trial (2017 film) has a historical backdrop The News International (newspaper), Published 2 December 2016, Retrieved 13 August 2021
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Profile of Kamran Shahid". tv.com.pk website. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Profile of Kamran Shahid on PakistanHerald.com website Retrieved 13 August 2021
  4. ↑ Zuberi, Saad (29 February 2012). "Outlandish Kamran Shahid". The Express Tribune (newspaper). Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Kamran Shahid enters showbiz with directorial debut". Dunya News. 9 February 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  6. ↑ Ozair Majeed (27 March 2019). "Hip Exclusive: The Trial will be an Epic Cinematic Experience - Shamoon Abbasi". HipInPakistan.com website. Retrieved 13 August 2021.
  7. ↑ Film on East Pakistan debacle in works (Kamran Shahid to explore 1971 war in untitled project) The Express Tribune (newspaper), Published 2 December 2016, Retrieved 13 August 2021
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