Akhtar Jamal (), is the founder and editor-in-chief of Pakistan Press Agency (PPA) and Tele-Visual Infolink. Akhtar Jamal is also a Special

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of Bridges TV, USA and Channel News Asia (CNA-Singapore).Biography of Akhtar Jamal
Bihar Urdu Youth Forum website, Retrieved 14 October 2022 Akhtar Jamal also writes exclusively on regional affairs for

Pakistan Observer ''Pakistan Observer'' is an English-language daily newspaper of Pakistan. It is published from six cities – Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Peshawar, Quetta and Muzaffarabad. The newspaper was founded in 1988 by Zahid Malik. The newspaper wa ...

newspaper and edits the weekly publication of Pakistan Observer's "Economy Watch".

Background

Akhtar Jamal is a senior journalist with more than two decades of professional experience. He has worked for

Jang Group of Newspapers Jang Media Group (), also known as Geo Group, is a Pakistani media conglomerate and a subsidiary of Dubai-based company Independent Media Corporation. It has headquarters in Printing House, Karachi. It is the publisher of the Urdu language new ...

for over a decade and represented several international top news organisations and

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. Akhtar Jamal has also written several hundreds articles and analysis on regional situation and is specialised on Central Asian and Middle East strategic affairs. Akhtar Jamal has travelled widely and attended dozens of Summit Meetings of different regional and international organisations including OIC, ECO,

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etc. He also speaks more than six foreign languages and specialises in regional political and geo-strategic developments.

Pakistan Press Agency (PPA)

Pakistan Press Agency (PPA) was established in 1990 in

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by Akhtar Jamal (who served several reputed international news organizations for more than ten years in

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, Vienna and

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) as its chief executive and M. N. Deen, (who had retired as director of Press & Information Department, Government of Pakistan) as its managing editor. (Mr. Deen expired in 1998). Initially PPA started its work with

for which Mr. Jamal had already worked for years. On 30 April 1990, PPA established its Islamabad Bureau office which was inaugurated by Mr. Jamal and attended by the founder and the then editor-in-chief of

Mir Khalil-ur-Rehman Mir Khalil ur Rahman (19 July 1921 – 25 January 1992) was a Pakistani newspaper editor and founder of the Jang Group of Newspapers, which currently publishes many Urdu and English newspapers in Pakistan. A self-made newspaper magnate, he rank ...

. The ceremony was attended by two other federal ministers and several prominent journalists, diplomats. PPA gained popularity during Iraqi occupation of

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and the 1991

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due to massive coverage with its correspondents in Middle East particularly in Sydney,

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, Ankara,

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, Beirut,

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and

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. More one hundred thousand stories of PPA have already been published during last one decade particularly in

newspapers.

Daily Dawn ''Dawn'' is a Pakistani English-language newspaper that was launched in British India by Muhammad Ali Jinnah in 1941. It is the largest English newspaper in Pakistan, and is widely considered the country's newspaper of record. ''Dawn'' is the f ...

also published several PPA exclusive stories as its main lead. Apart from more than a dozen

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newspapers, several English dailies, including

(

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), The

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(Karachi), Jang London,

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(

Peshawar Peshawar is the capital and List of cities in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa by population, largest city of the Administrative units of Pakistan, Pakistani province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It is the sixth most populous city of Pakistan, with a district p ...

) and The Statesman published PPA stories.PPA reports, In 1998, Pakistan Press Agency published its first book "Who is Who in Pakistan" edited by Akhtar Jamal. PPA has two main offices in Pakistan, Islamabad and Karachi.

Tele-Visual Infolink (TVI)

Tele-Visual Infolink (TVI) was established by Mr. Akhtar Jamal, founder and editor-in-chief of Pakistan Press Agency (PPA). TVI serves as the only Pakistani visual agency supplying visual clips to dozens of local and foreign TV networks. TVI has established its own visual clipping bank and provides important video clips to a number of news and information agencies around the world. In Pakistan TVI operates mainly from its

while it also maintains regional offices in all provincial capitals of Pakistan and

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. TVI also offer special coverage of international or regional meetings, seminars, exhibitions and lectures on Pakistan and regional affairs. In year 2007, TVI published the most comprehensive Book & CD on Pakistani websites entitled as "Web Guide to Pakistan". In year 2009, TVI brought out one of the most unusual book on Media "PAKISTAN MEDIA & PR GUIDE". PAKISTAN MEDIA & PR GUIDE, On 14 August 2009, TVI launched a website entitled as "ViewPakistan.com". The main objective to launch "View Pakistan" is to promote Pakistan as a worldwide destination and create awareness about Pakistani culture, heritage, lifestyle and tourism among locals and foreigners. TVI also conducts surveys and polls to ascertain public opinion on National issues as well as current and regional issues.

Publications

*"Who is Who" - Web Guide to Pakistan – Year 1998 *"Web Guide to Pakistan" – Year 2007 *"Pakistan Media & PR Guide" – Year 2009 *"Pakistan Business Guide" – Year 2011 (estimated)

References

External links

Tele-Visual Infolink

Pakistan Observer
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