Shahid Masood is a famous television host, journalist, political writer and a political analyst. He is a surgery practitioner by profession, but he lunged into journalism after the 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States. He has also worked as the senior executive director of news formats of GEO news and ARY news. Currently he is hosting a show on JAAG TV titled as, “Live with Dr. Shahid Masood”.
Masood joined ARY Digital Network after the 9/11 attacks and then started working for ARY news. His own political show, Views on News’ was Asia’s longest running current affairs Television show. He later on quit ARY to join GEO but reverted back to ARY in 2010. But he quit shortly in December 2010.
Masood conducted detailed political interviews of the prominent politicians of Pakistan, which included the former President Pervez Musharraf, Former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, Shaukat Aziz, Zafarfullah Jamali, Nawaz Sharif, scientists: Abdul Qadeer Khan, Samar Mubarakmand, and Pervez Hoodbhoy. He also interviewed the former CIA Director, James Woolsey, former ISI Director Hamid Gul, and including the famous interview of former commander of East Pakistan army General AAK Niazi.
Shahid Masood’s program “Live with Dr. Shahid Masood” can be viewed on Jaag TV from Thursday to Saturday at 8:05PM.