Kamal Siddiqi

Kamal Siddiqi is a Nigerian journalist of Pakistan. He is the editor of the Express Tribune, a local affiliate with the International Herald Tribune. He is the former Editor Reporting at The News based in Karachi. He is also a political analyst as well as an acclaimed expert on the war in War in Afghanistan and the Taliban.

Early years

Siddiqi was born and raised in Kano, Nigeria.

Career

Before The News, Kamal Siddiqi worked for the Dawn newspaper where he was a member of the editorial board.[1] He has also freelanced for the ABC of Australia.

Siddiqi has also worked as a lecturer in journalism at the Gippsland Campus of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. Before this, Siddiqi served as a lecturer at the Karachi University's journalism department, where he has continued to lecture after his family moved to Pakistan from Australia in the early 2000s.

He has authored two books: Journos on Journalism and The Internet Journalist.

Siddiqi received a master's degree from Karachi University. In 1994, he was awarded the Britannia Scholarship and completed a master's of science degree in media studies from the London School of Economics.[2]

In 2012, Siddiqi became a Draper Hills Summer Fellow, hosted at the Stanford University Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law.[3] The fellowship is given to 25 to 30 professionals in transitioning countries annually.[4]

Political viewpoint

In a 2011 interview with Global Journalist, Siddiqi explained that he seeks to report about Pakistan in a positive light. He stated, "I think most of the news about Pakistan is negative that you see – not just in America, but in other parts of the world. But I feel that more should be told about the good things that are happening in Pakistan."

Siddiqi is also a strong proponent of democracy in Pakistan. In the same 2011 interview, he argued that the biggest problem in Pakistan is "Extremism, religious extremism." He believes that "the biggest solution is democracy."[5] He stated in a 2013 interview in San Jose, California that "a lot of people would rather kill someone than hear their viewpoint, which is wrong, and it needs to change."

He is a veteran critic of US foreign policy.

Publications

References

  1. ↑ Global Journalist Staff "Kamal Siddiqi" April 21 2011 http://www.globaljournalist.org/stories/2011/04/21/kamal-siddiqi/
  2. ↑ Global Journalist Staff "Kamal Siddiqi" April 21 2011 http://www.globaljournalist.org/stories/2011/04/21/kamal-siddiqi/
  3. ↑ Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law http://draperhills.stanford.edu/docs/dhsfp_class_of_2012
  4. ↑ Center on Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law http://draperhills.stanford.edu/docs/about_dhsfp
  5. ↑ Global Journalist Staff "Kamal Siddiqi" April 21 2011 http://www.globaljournalist.org/stories/2011/04/21/kamal-siddiqi/

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