Javed Chaudhry
{{Short description|Pakistani columnist and journalist (born 1968)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Javed Chaudhry
| image =
| native_name = جاوید چوہدری
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|1|1|df=y}}
| nationality = Pakistani
| birth_place = Lala Musa, Gujrat District, West Pakistan
{{small|(present-day Punjab, Pakistan)}}
| father = Chaudhry Muhammad Khan
| television = Kal Tak TV show
| children =
| occupation = Journalist, Columnist
| years_active = 1991 - present
| employer = Express News (TV channel)
Daily Express newspaper
Daily Jang newspaper
Khabrain newspaper
| notable_works = Zero Point - newspaper columns and published books
| website = {{URL|javedch.com}}
| alma_mater = Islamia University Bahawalpur
| awards = Sitara-i-Imtiaz (2023)
}}
Javed Chaudhry{{efn|Punjabi, {{langx|ur|جاوید چوہدری}}}} ({{IPA|pa|d͡ʒəˈʋeːd t͡ʃɔː(ɦ)dəˈɾi}}; born 1 January 1968) is a Pakistani columnist,{{Cite news|date=2013-03-04|title=Threat to TV anchor|url=https://www.dawn.com/2013/03/04/threat-to-tv-anchor-2/|access-date=2022-01-18|newspaper=Dawn newspaper|language=en}} YouTuber, and journalist who has been hosting the Kal Tak show on Express News since 2006.{{cite news |title=Javed Chaudhry Scandal Who Is Famous Columnist Of Pakistan |url=http://www.allpakistaninews.com/javed-chaudhry-scandal-who-is-famous-columnist-of-pakistan.html |access-date=27 June 2021 |archive-date=27 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210627081551/http://www.allpakistaninews.com/javed-chaudhry-scandal-who-is-famous-columnist-of-pakistan.html |url-status=dead}}
He also writes newspaper Urdu columns on various topics in his Zero Point column series in the Daily Express newspaper.{{Cite web|date=2020-08-06|title=Pakistan pays back $1b Saudi loan|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2258238/pakistan-pays-back-1b-saudi-loan|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}
Personal life
Javed Chaudhry was born on 1 January 1968, to Chaudhry Muhammad Khan, in Gujrat District of West Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://urduwire.com/people/Javed-Chaudhry_181.aspx|title=Javed Chaudhry profile|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023164408/http://urduwire.com/people/Javed-Chaudhry_181.aspx|archive-date=23 October 2012|access-date=29 September 2024|url-status=dead|website=UrduWire.ccom website}} He graduated from the Islamia University of Bahawalpur with a degree in Mass Communication.{{cite news|title=Javed Chaudhry profile|url=https://www.pakistantimes.com/topics/javed-chaudhry/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004215455/https://www.pakistantimes.com/javed-chaudhry/|access-date=28 September 2024|date=31 March 2012|archive-date=4 October 2023|url-status=dead|newspaper=Pakistan Times Online newspaper}} He also enrolled in a few courses at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University.{{cite web |title=Journalist Javed Chaudhry Biography |url=https://folder.pk/javed-chaudhry-biography/#:~:text=Awards%20Javed%20Chaudhry%20was%20pronounced%20best%20Columnist%20in,brightened%20him%20with%20an%20Excellency%20Award%20in%201998. |website=Folder |access-date=6 May 2022 |date=3 February 2018}}{{cite news |title=Pakistan's Top 10 Highest Paid Anchors |url=https://blog.siasat.pk/pakistans-top-10-highest-paid-anchors/ |newspaper=Siasat.pk News Blog |access-date=6 May 2022 |date=11 March 2022}}
Career
Javed Chaudhry started journalism in 1991, with work on Daily Ummat and Daily Khabrain. He has been writing Urdu columns since 1997 under the header Zero Point. In 1997, he joined Daily Jang as a columnist. All Pakistan Newspapers Society declared him The Best Urdu Columnist of 1997 and 1998.{{Cite news|title=Javed Chaudhry profile|url=http://www.dailypakistan.com/Profile/127/Javed-Chaudhry.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=10 July 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130710021221/http://www.dailypakistan.com/Profile/127/Javed-Chaudhry.aspx|access-date=2024-09-28|newspaper=Daily Pakistan newspaper}} He left Jang and joined Express News in 2006, and has been hosting a political talk show titled Kal Tak since 2008.{{Cite web|date=2021-06-10|title='Kuttay ke bacha,'Firdous Awan gets out of hand on live broadcast|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/2304527/kuttay-ke-bacha-firdous-ashiq-awan-gets-out-of-hand-on-live-broadcast|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2015-05-26|title=Bol fiasco: Media cannot be judged by a single case, says Talat|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/892327/bol-fiasco-media-cannot-be-judged-by-a-single-case-says-talat|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}} Since 2010, he has also been writing English columns for The Express Tribune.{{Cite web|title=Javed Chaudhry, Author at The Express Tribune|url=http://tribune.com.pk/author/203/javed-chaudhry|access-date=2022-01-18|website=The Express Tribune|language=en}}
During his career, Javed has interviewed some of the prominent personalities,{{cite news |title=Heated argument mars Qureshi's interview with Javed Chaudhry |url=https://thecurrent.pk/heated-argument-mars-qureshis-interview-with-javed-chaudhry/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=The Current |date=2 October 2019}}{{cite news |title=Bol fiasco: Media cannot be judged by a single case, says Talat |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/892327/bol-fiasco-media-cannot-be-judged-by-a-single-case-says-talat |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=The Express Tribune |date=26 May 2015 |language=en}} such as Malala Yousafzai,{{cite news |title=Malala Yousafzai in Kal Tak Show Of Express News by Javed Chaudhry - |url=https://www.awamipolitics.com/malala-yousafzai-in-kal-tak-show-of-express-news-by-javed-chaudhry-15462.html |access-date=6 May 2022 |date=13 March 2014}} former president of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf,{{cite web |title=Exclusive interview: Musharraf hits back at Shahid Aziz |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/500922/exclusive-interview-musharraf-hits-back-at-shahid-aziz |website=The Express Tribune |access-date=6 May 2022 |language=en |date=31 January 2013}} Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Chairman PTI Imran Khan{{cite news |title=Kayani's term as COAS should not be extended: Imran Khan {{!}} The Express Tribune |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/603439/kayanis-term-as-coas-should-not-be-extended-imran-khan |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=The Express Tribune |date=12 September 2013}} and Co-chair PPPP Bilawal Bhutto Zardari.{{cite news |title=Bilawal warns against hasty lockdown exit |url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2198291/bilawal-warns-hasty-lockdown-exit |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=The Express Tribune |date=14 April 2020 |language=en}}
Bibliography
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| Ilm o Irfan Publishers, Lahore |2000 |320 |{{ISBN|978-9674902599}} |
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|Ilm o Irfan Publishers, Lahore |2005 |312 |{{ISBN|978-9697244461}} |
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|Romail Publications, Rawalpindi |2010 |280 |{{ISBN|978-9693362466}} |{{Cite book|title=Gai Dino Ke Suraj (chand Interviews, Chand Mazameen)| isbn=4585216812 }} |
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|Ilm o Irfan Publishers, Lahore |2010 |328 |{{ISBN|978-9697447336}} |
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|Ilm o Irfan Publishers, Lahore |2010 |320 |{{ISBN|978-9698837068}} |
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|Zero Point 5 |Ilm o Irfan Publishers, Lahore |2015 |400 |{{ISBN|978-9693942651|invalid1=yes}} |
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|Kal Tak | |2015 |400 |{{ISBN|978-9690443342}} |
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|Zero Point 6 |Ilm o Irfan Publishers, Lahore |2015 |400 |{{ISBN|978-9697371365}} |
Awards
- In November 2023, Islamia University of Bahawalpur awarded him an honorary PhD degree recognising his services in the field of journalism.{{cite news|url=https://www.app.com.pk/national/governor-awards-honorary-phd-degrees-to-shakir-shuja-abadi-javed-chaudhry/|title=Governor awards honorary PhD degrees to Shakir Shuja Abadi, Javed Chaudhry|date=11 November 2023|archive-date=12 November 2023|author=Rizwan Arshad|work=Associated Press of Pakistan (APP)|access-date=29 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231112164508/https://www.app.com.pk/national/governor-awards-honorary-phd-degrees-to-shakir-shuja-abadi-javed-chaudhry/|url-status=dead}}
- Sitara-i-Imtiaz (Star of Excellence) Award by the Government of Pakistan for his services in journalism in 2023.{{cite news|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2371004/renowned-journalist-javed-chaudhry-awarded-sitara-e-imtiaz|title=Renowned journalist Javed Chaudhry awarded Sitara-e-Imtiaz|newspaper=The Express Tribune newspaper|archive-date=31 August 2022|date=13 August 2022|access-date=29 September 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220831222121/https://tribune.com.pk/story/2371004/renowned-journalist-javed-chaudhry-awarded-sitara-e-imtiaz|url-status=dead}}
Controversies and criticism
Javed Chaudhry has faced criticism on multiple accounts. In 2012, he was accused of victim blaming, on the basis of his April 1 column in the Urdu newspaper Daily Express. In 2018, in his satirical article, he claimed that Bushra Bibi married Imran Khan, after being directed by the Prophet in a dream. Bushra blatantly rejected this claim.{{cite news |title=Who's Khawar Farid Maneka and why Bushra took divorce from him |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/178023/whos-khawar-farid-maneka-bushra-took-divorce/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Daily Times |date=10 January 2018}}{{cite news |title=Bushra Bibi refutes senior journalists' claims over marriage with Imran Khan |url=https://en.dailypakistan.com.pk/28-Sep-2018/bushra-bibi-refutes-senior-journalists-claims-over-marriage-with-imran-khan |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Daily Pakistan Global |date=28 September 2018 |language=en}}
Javed was also criticized for doing nothing, during popular stand-off between Qadir Mandokhail and Firdous Ashiq Awan which led to Awan slapping Mandokhail, on his show.{{cite news |title=After Sialkot AC, Dr Awan operates upon PPP MNA in operating theatre of Javed Chaudhry |url=https://dailytimes.com.pk/770604/after-sialkot-ac-dr-awan-operates-upon-ppp-mna-in-operating-theatre-of-javed-chaudhry/ |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Daily Times newspaper|date=10 June 2021}}
In 2019, he published alleged interview of by-then NAB chairman Javed Iqbal in his column published in Daily Express,{{cite news |title=NAB Chairman's removal: a legal conundrum |url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/238223-nab-chairpersons-removal-a-legal-conundrum |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=Geo TV News |language=en}} which NAB called fake and untrue.{{cite news |title=NAB says chairman didn't give any interview to journalist |url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/474853-nab-says-chairman-didn-t-give-any-interview-to-journalist |access-date=6 May 2022 |work=The News International newspaper |language=en}}
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References
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External links
- [https://onepakistan.net/browse-Kal-Tak-videos-1-date.html Latest episodes of Kal Tak with Javed Chaudhary] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929225700/https://onepakistan.net/browse-Kal-Tak-videos-1-date.html |date=29 September 2020 }}
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Category:Islamia University of Bahawalpur alumni
Category:Pakistani male journalists
Category:People from Gujrat District
Category:Pakistani reporters and correspondents
Category:Pakistani television journalists
Category:Urdu-language columnists
Category:21st-century Urdu-language writers
Category:20th-century Urdu-language writers
Category:Urdu-language writers from Pakistan