Well, Dr Shahid Masood is no saint. People who expected high should look into his past.

Before joining ARY and then GEO, Dr sahib used to run a think tank in UAE. There are gossips that Dr Sahib was responsible for mishandling lots of funds.

No doubt Dr Shahid has a lot of readings and intellect under his belt but that doesn’t make him a saint. Before the Lal Masjid incident he was heard reminding the Govt of GOVT’s RIT and after the incident he was writing for “woh kon theen aur kahan gaeen”.

These days, Bhands make the most money. Just look at Jahil Online, with added lipstick and face makeup, this bhand is making a ton of money along with leading people astray.

Meaning thereby that if you consider him a porpagandist or what ever ………………… Was the propaoganda against the govt of Pervaiz Musharraf only and not against the sitting govt. I guess you maybe mixing up critical analysis with propagnda.

Or if not some facts to support your aleggations may just clear my mind with respect to you prespective.

Regards.

Now. Lets see. I considr him as a man with overwhelming and visible political ambitions (capable of doing all and everything for anyone to reach his personal goal) and I consider that an state run organization like PTV should not be run by partisan people. This man has proved to be a ruthless instrument for doing a ‘hatchet job” and he has time and again proved that he is available as “hired gun” for anyone who needs one. His loyalities are too blurred and questionable. He has proved that he has no respect and no sense of proportion for his actions (he gives a damn if supreme national interests are compromised while he is performing his task - like any ‘mafia’ ‘hired hitman’ for him nothing is personal the job has to be done - who cares how), he is hired to demolish some created and perceived “enemy” (for a fee he will even create and implant a perception in our minds - through the tried tested and proved best method which is by painting horror pictures / create and induce fear in innocent, unguarded simple minds of ordinary citizens like myself and there are millions and millions of “me” around. He must do it no matter what disinformation campaign and what manufacturing of false propaganda, no matter how brutally the truth has to be attacked or mutilated - JOB HAS TO BE DONE.

Then for my taste and I consider that we must beware that this MAN HAS A VERY ERRATIC BEHAVIOUR. What is he a Jamiat / Jamaat man or a Jiyala of PPP; what is he a physician or a killer; is he a journalist (with a sense of responsibility) or just a show master (generate revenues, enhance profits) or perhaps a propagandist (destroy the opponents, irrespective of nobility of a cause). What is his comfort zone? was he wrong when with the Islamists or is he right when with Socialists PPP - how does it reconcile with his financial ambitions and Islamic or Leftist political ideology? is he right as a free marketeer (using media for hatchet jobs) or wrong when tramples upon all decent human values like respect for individuals rights and passionate analysis of existing conditions and reason of. It is hard to define, it seems, for himself when he is right or when is he wrong. TOO UNPREDICTABLE.

PROPAGANDIST HE IS! AND THROUGH STATE RUN PTV HE WILL BE USED AND IS CERTAINLY AWARE OF HIS ROLE TO MANIPULATE PUBLIC OPINION BY ANY MEANS AGAINST ANYONE. HE IS MUCH TOO DANGEROUS - HE REMINDS ME OF ANOTHER DANGEROUS MAN IN THE HISTORY ANOTHER DOCTOR BY THE NAME JOSEPH GOEBBELS. NO THANK YOU SAVE US THIS PAIN!

Dr. Shahid Masood has had affiliations both with IJT and PSF. He in the end of his student political career was a member of IJT. Which happens to have a hardline stance against the PPP.

Anyhow political pundits can interpret it in different ways. One can be that it is yet another clue for Pervaiz Musharraf to lay off for a person whose programmes he didnot seem wrothy enough to be aired on private channels for they were a source of spreading chaos has got the whole STATE Channel to himself for now.

This appointment also seems quite interesting keeping in view Rehman Malik’s recent threat to Dr. Shahid Masood to lay his hands off Zardari and Dr. sb’s subsequent programmes in which he not only openly mentioned the threat but also thrashed Rehman Malik.

It can also be seen as a career jump for a man who was a practicing doctor and only started doing View on News for a past-time activity rising up to the cadres of managing the biggest network in terms of its coverage.

Also the salary and perks of which I already have replied earlier too I would like to add that let us get over the culture of honourary jobs for honourary jobs are managed in the very same way. So it is good to hear that he is taking salary and he should do so.

About Aftab sb’s I would say seemingly irrationnale comments I dont know what could be the reason of them but they seem too out of place when he overwhelmingly opposses Dr. Shahid’s appointment and is too ken to stop him from taking on his new appointment. I gues he too would have his reasons. But if talking out loud you should also share the reasons my Dear sir. :-/

keep this “khoti” out of the PTV

GEO has penetrated into PTV. Wow!