Dr Shahid Masood Sold Himself as Chairman PTV

By Salman Mugsi • Jun 22nd, 2008 • Category: Politics • (6,483 views) • 21 Comments

Though there is nothing inherently bad in accepting the government job or specifically becoming the chairman of state-owned Pakistan Television, but when you see the whole scheme of things, the appointment of Dr. Shahid Masood, the anchorperson of renowned GEO News TV talk show “Meray Mutabiq” as the new chairman of the Pakistan Television reeks, and it reeks very badly.

The things become more fishy, when you also keep in perspective the recent ban on his program along with the program of Hamid Mir. GEO News then shifted it’s setup from Dubai to Pakistan, and Hamid Mir resumed his program “Capital Talk”, but mysteriously Shahid Masood never resumed, while the slide on GEO told us that he would resume soon.

He did resume, but as the new chairman of the PTV. I still remember his aloof rhetoric and the high rise slogans, and then I read in the media that he stooped so low that he also demanded that along with the hefty salary and all the perks and privileges, he would also get the percentage of earning from his programs aired by the PTV.

PTV is the mouthpiece of the state. It has never changed it’s stance and it’s very hard that it would do so. Shahid Masood may get a lush push job with all the majesty and access to the Prime Minister House and the President House (why not?), but his credible standing has become tainted for ever.

The unknown person like Pervaiz Rashid was better than the Dr Shahid Masood. Pervaiz Rashid was the previous chairman of the PTV during the second term of Nawaz Sharif, who had refused to take any salary from the national exchequer.

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Aftab S. Alam Says:
June 24th, 2008
Let me repeat here what I wrote above about this charlie who goes by the name of - lets just call himthe spin doctor!
Speaking Truth is the most old fashioned but most desired element in public life. The track record you create for yourself predicts your destination; this man has a poor record of creating disinformation and must neither be given a chance nor be trusted, He belongs in that ill reputed brothel where he was with bad fame and trail of mailicious premeditated wrongdoings. He is a manipulator and a blackmailer who has bulldozed his way into an organization run by public money. His entry should be blocked otherwise once there you can criticise as much as you like. PTV is much too dangerous place in the hands of such characters - remember in history there was a man called - Joseph Goebbls with a title of DOCTOR, to boot!.