Zurain Imam
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Zurain Zaheen Imam is a city in southeastern Bangladesh and the capital of an eponymous district and division. Built on the banks of the Karnaphuli River, the city is home to Bangladesh's busiest seaport and has a population of over 4.5 million, making it the second largest city in the country.A trading...

, Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

) is a US-Pakistani print and broadcast fashion journalist.

Imam's formative years were spent in England. His family home was in Richmond, Surrey and he attended Tower House School in Sheen before he attended boarding school at Holmewood House in Tunbridge Wells, Kent from 1977 till 1981. In 1981 his family moved back to Pakistan and he attended CAS from 1982 till 1987 from whence he attended Portland State University where he majored in English with a minor in Political Science and where he was a star reporter for the college newspaper 'The Vanguard.'

After receiving his B.A. degree he began a Masters program in Media Studies, Strategic Planning and Magazine Development from New York University
New York University
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 which he completed in the Summer of 2006.

Imam now lives in Karachi
Karachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

. He has been described as a "leading and influential fashion journalist" deemed "One of the 50 Most Important People in Entertainment" by Diva magazine.
Zurain has been editor of "Fashion Collection" and has written for "Dawn Images"; "Newsline"; "Visage"; "Diva"; "MR"; "FAQ"; "Xing!"; "SHE"; "Women's Own"; "Lines!" 'High Profile' and 'HIGH'. He has also written broadcast scripts for Pakistan's first music channel, "Indus Music" (later MTV Pakistan
MTV Pakistan
Music Television Pakistan is the Pakistani subsidiary of MTV, a cable television network owned by Viacom Inc. headquartered in New York. The Pakistan franchise has been set up in collaboration with Pakistan's first satellite channel media group known as Indus Media Group . Indus TV is Pakistan's...

). He also has had a fashion based interview talk show called "I on Style" on the Vibe
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Vibe is an entertainment channel on New Zealand's SKY Television. It is not part of the Freeview service.The channel is aimed mostly at a female audience and includes drama, comedy and reality series, many of which will airing on SKY for the first time....

television channel. Up until March 2011 he was the Senior Assistant Editor at Karachi's hip fashion and lifestyle magazine 'Xpozé Monthly' and is in talks with hosting a new fashion based TV talk show. He has acted in a music video for the singer Sam called "Deewani" as a spy in bondage, and has made cameo appearances in the sitcom Minglish playing a soap opera-like evil fashion designer, taking inspiration from his designer friends.
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