ISLAMABAD: The authorities has appointed Fahd Husain, a profession journalist and former editor of Dawn‘s Islamabad version, as its particular assistant “with immediate effect”, a notification introduced late Friday.
The notification to this impact, issued by Cabinet Division, mentioned Husain, who’s the nephew of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, will benefit from the standing of a federal minister.
While the notification didn’t point out Husain’s portfolio, many speculated he’d handle authorities’s relations with the media.
He resigned from Dawn — which he had joined in October 2019 as resident editor based mostly within the capital — in February however continued his weekly column for the publication and his primetime political chat present on Dawn News TV.
Before becoming a member of Dawn, Husain labored as government director of reports at Express News TV and government editor of its English-language newspaper, Express Tribune.
Since the start of his profession at The Muslim in 1991, he has labored with The Nation, Geo News and CBS News in New York the place he was a member of the crew that oversaw the protection of the post-9/11 War of Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.
His resolution to affix the federal government drew criticism not simply from members of the general public but in addition from journalists.
“FELLOW JOURNALIST GOES DOWN,” tweeted veteran reporter and editor Shaheen Sehbai.
“So sorry to hear. Fahad was a genuine journo but his uncle Mushahid Hussain did the same. [Please] DON’T COME BACK TO JOURNALISM.”
FELLOW JOURNALIST GOES DOWN: Just noticed TV Ticker that till ‘now’ “respected” journlist Fahad Hussain was appointed PM’s Special Asstt wth standing of Minister. So sorry to listen to. Fahad was a real journo however his uncle Mushahid Hussain did the identical. PL DON’T COME BACK TO JOURNALISM
— SHAHEEN SEHBAI (@SSEHBAI1) May 13, 2022
“I wish Fahad Hussain should not have accepted this position. He is too good a writer to be part of any government. Journalists and government[s] are adversaries,” wrote Geo News anchor Mazhar Abbas.
I want Fahad Hussain mustn’t have accepted this place. He is simply too good a author to be a part of any authorities. Journalists and authorities are adversaries.
— Mazhar Abbas (@MazharAbbasGEO) May 14, 2022
Mubashir Zaidi of Dawn News TV mentioned a journalist taking over a place in a authorities “should first announce it publicly with justification before notification of the appointment.”
In my opinion if a journalist accepts a authorities place he/she ought to first announce it publicly with justification earlier than notification of the appointment
— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) May 14, 2022
