Kamran Khan (journalist)
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Kamran Khan is a Pakistan
i investigative journalist, espionage and intelligence expert. Khan is the current director of the News Intelligence Unit (NIU), where he manages investigative reports for News International
. Khan is the Pakistan's Geo TV
's lead anchor
during special news and landmark events. His first stint on television as an anchor was on Geo’s programme, "Frontline."
Kamran Khan is also special correspondent for the Washington Post. His stories have appeared in The Washington Post, International Herald Tribune
, and The Sunday Times
.
In his book, "A Mighty Heart," Mariane Pearl the widow of Daniel Pearl
the South Asia Bureau Chief of Wall Street Journal singled out Kamran Khan, a journalist for the English-language News in Karachi and a Washington Post stringer, who wrote the first story that identified Daniel Pearl as a Jewish reporter, information that Mariane has equated to a "death sentence" in Pakistan. Khan told the Washington Post that he was simply pursuing the story aggressively and didn't mean any harm.
Khan also published intelligence agency efforts to link India to the kidnapping by raising the possibility that Asra Q. Nomani (was a spy for India, claiming that she was Daniel Pearl's "full-time assistant," identifying her as an "Indian journalist" (she was born in India, but have a U.S. passport and was raised a Muslim in the United States since the age of 4) and reporting falsely that Daniel Pearl had brought her into Karachi to work with him. He also raised questions about why Daniel Pearl would travel to Karachi from India, where he was based, saying "officials" were "intrigued as to why an American newspaper reporter based in Bombay would also establish a full-time residence in Karachi." Anyone familiar with the fractured relations between Pakistan and India can understand how this sort of characterization could tarnish Daniel Pearl's reputation in Pakistan and weaken public outrage about his brutal killing, a goal some ISI officials might have wanted.
His first stint on television as an anchor was on Geo’s program, “Frontline.”
Geo now has Kamran Khan in a new show, “ Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Saath”, this show is a late edition for political enthusiasts, offering them a daily news round-up.
On Pakistan Tv Kamran Khan who is usually critical of the Pakistan government, blasted it for incompetence on the capture and killing of Osama Bin Ladan. He said, "We had belief that our defenses were impenetrable, but look what has happened. Such a massive intrusion and it went undetected."
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/05/pakistani-pundits-lash-out-government-bin-laden-failure/37378/
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i investigative journalist, espionage and intelligence expert. Khan is the current director of the News Intelligence Unit (NIU), where he manages investigative reports for News International
The News International
The News International , published in tabloid size, is the largest English language newspaper in Pakistan. The News has an ABC certified circulation of 140,000. It is published from Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi/Islamabad...
. Khan is the Pakistan's Geo TV
Geo TV
Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...
's lead anchor
News presenter
A news presenter is a person who presents news during a news program in the format of a television show, on the radio or the Internet.News presenters can work in a radio studio, television studio and from remote broadcasts in the field especially weather...
during special news and landmark events. His first stint on television as an anchor was on Geo’s programme, "Frontline."
Kamran Khan is also special correspondent for the Washington Post. His stories have appeared in The Washington Post, International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
The International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
, and The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
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.
In his book, "A Mighty Heart," Mariane Pearl the widow of Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl
Daniel Pearl was an American journalist who was kidnapped and killed by Al-Qaeda.At the time of his kidnapping, Pearl served as the South Asia Bureau Chief of the Wall Street Journal, and was based in Mumbai, India. He went to Pakistan as part of an investigation into the alleged links between...
the South Asia Bureau Chief of Wall Street Journal singled out Kamran Khan, a journalist for the English-language News in Karachi and a Washington Post stringer, who wrote the first story that identified Daniel Pearl as a Jewish reporter, information that Mariane has equated to a "death sentence" in Pakistan. Khan told the Washington Post that he was simply pursuing the story aggressively and didn't mean any harm.
Khan also published intelligence agency efforts to link India to the kidnapping by raising the possibility that Asra Q. Nomani (was a spy for India, claiming that she was Daniel Pearl's "full-time assistant," identifying her as an "Indian journalist" (she was born in India, but have a U.S. passport and was raised a Muslim in the United States since the age of 4) and reporting falsely that Daniel Pearl had brought her into Karachi to work with him. He also raised questions about why Daniel Pearl would travel to Karachi from India, where he was based, saying "officials" were "intrigued as to why an American newspaper reporter based in Bombay would also establish a full-time residence in Karachi." Anyone familiar with the fractured relations between Pakistan and India can understand how this sort of characterization could tarnish Daniel Pearl's reputation in Pakistan and weaken public outrage about his brutal killing, a goal some ISI officials might have wanted.
His first stint on television as an anchor was on Geo’s program, “Frontline.”
Geo now has Kamran Khan in a new show, “ Aaj Kamran Khan Ke Saath”, this show is a late edition for political enthusiasts, offering them a daily news round-up.
On Pakistan Tv Kamran Khan who is usually critical of the Pakistan government, blasted it for incompetence on the capture and killing of Osama Bin Ladan. He said, "We had belief that our defenses were impenetrable, but look what has happened. Such a massive intrusion and it went undetected."
External links
- Pakistan bans program over sacking of chief justice - CNN
- Pakistan pulls TV news show off air after coverage of legal crisis, network says - IHT, France
- Reaction on Banning of Kamran Khan Show
- Kamran Khan's interview to PBS Frontline
- The News International official website
- Geo TV official website
- http://dir.salon.com/story/opinion/feature/2003/10/22/pearl/index1.html
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/global/2011/05/pakistani-pundits-lash-out-government-bin-laden-failure/37378/