Kamran Shahid
{{Short description|Pakistani television anchor and journalist}}
{{Use Pakistani English|date=August 2021}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2016}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Kamran Shahid
| native_name = کامران شاہِد
| image = Kamran shahid on the front.png
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1975|9|20|df=y}}
| birth_place = Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan
| othername =
| occupation = TV News anchor
| television = On The Front with Kamran Shahid
| yearsactive =
| father = Munaza Shahid & Shahid
| spouse =
| children =
| alma mater = {{ubl|University of Westminster|Government College University}}
| awards =
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Kamran Shahid (Punjabi, {{langx|ur|{{Nastaliq|کامران شاہِد}}}}), is a Pakistani TV anchor person, academic, author and journalist. He is the main news anchor for the TV show On The Front with Kamran Shahid on Dunya News.
Early life and education
Kamran Shahid belongs to a Punjabi Rajput family. He was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com.pk/celebrity/Kamran-Shahid/361/biography |title= Profile of Kamran Shahid |website=tv.com.pk website|accessdate=13 August 2021}} His father is the well known Pakistani film actor of the 1970s and the 1980s Shahid Hameed, while his mother, Munaza Shahid, studied at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan and has been an academic.
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.
Career
= Academia =
For 10 years, he taught at Punjab University, Lahore and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
= Television journalism =
He started his career in television journalism from PTV. 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.
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. Before this TV show, he used to be an anchor person on Pakistani TV channel Express News TV show Frontline with Kamran Shahid.[http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/kamran-shahid-1378 Profile of Kamran Shahid on PakistanHerald.com website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220220223958/http://www.pakistanherald.com/profile/kamran-shahid-1378 |date=20 February 2022 }} Retrieved 13 August 2021 He was a guest speaker for the Oxford University - (Pakistan Society) at Oxfordshire County Hall during Pakistan Young Leaders Conference in February 2011.{{cite web|last=Zuberi |first=Saad |url=https://tribune.com.pk/article/10448/outlandish-kamran-shahid |title=Outlandish Kamran Shahid|newspaper= The Express Tribune (newspaper)|date=29 February 2012 |access-date=14 August 2021}}
= Cinema =
In 2023, he entered the Pakistani film industry by directing a movie Huey Tum Ajnabi.{{Cite web |date=2023-02-09 |title=Kamran Shahid enters showbiz with directorial debut |url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Entertainment/697471-Renowned-journalist-Kamran-Shahid-enters-showbiz-with-directorial-debut |access-date=2023-07-28 |website=Dunya News |language=en}}
Books
Filmography
References
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Category:Pakistani male journalists
Category:Journalists from Lahore
Category:People from Islamabad
Category:Defence and security analysts in Pakistan
Category:Government College University, Lahore alumni