Once Karachi University
comprised such clued-up and inspiring teachers in journalism as
Professor Shariful Mujahid, Inam ur Rahman, Dr Sajid Zakaria and Mr
Mohsin Ali, in the visiting faculty, who were not only assets for the
university but were trend-setters of positive thinking and practice in
journalism. Like teacher like student, Shahida Kazi, a KU student of
journalism turned pioneer of a woman reporter with an illustrious
background in media and a teacher and mentor of students in journalism,
is still at work as a source of inspiration to media students and young
professionals alike.
Among KU’s cherished assets are such noble and humble men of letters
as Abul Khair Kashfi, Asif Noorani, Aslam Farrukhi, Farman Fatehpuri,
Ghulam Mustafa Khan, Ibn-e-Insha, Muhammad Ali Siddiqui, Imran Nazar
Hosein, Jameel Jalibi, Jamiluddin Aali, Manzoor Ahmad, Moinuddin Aqeel
and others. While Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan, and Prof Dr Atta ur Rahman need
no introduction as KU alumni being instrumental in Pakistan’s nuclear
capability and higher education reforms respectively, Dr Khalida Ghous,
Justice Saeed-uz-Zaman Siddiqi and Mr Muhammad Taqi Usmani are KU alumni
of credibility in human rights, law and jurisprudence respectively.
Remembering late Dr Mrs Khursheed Haider, late Dr Abdul Qadeer and late
Dr Mujtaba Rizvi as KU’s distinguished faculty in international
relations, one recalls of the same department the legendary Professor Dr
Ehsan Chaudhry and Professor Shamim Akhtar. KU’s faculty in economics
range from the academic excellence and research acumen of late Dr Ehsan
Rasheed to the national and international credibility of Dr Shahida
Wizarat.
Pakistan’s universities, whether it is Bahauddin Zakaria University,
Multan; Islamia University Bahawalpur; Gomal University D I Khan;
Punjab University, Balochistan University, Peshawar University, or for
that matter, our medical and engineering colleges and others, quietly
have such illustrious but humble alumni that need to be discovered as
trend-setters for the youth. It is where discovering is the key to
cherishing and benefiting from what may be called a reservoir of
national strength.
PARVEZ JAMIL, Karachi, PakistanToday.
By now the consensus is that most journalists should “know how to use social media” in their day-to-day jobs.
Jointly
organised by the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers
(WAN-IFRA), ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America Office, and the
Institute of the Americas, the March 26-29 event titled, "Different
Worlds, Similar Threats", gathered 25 experienced journalists from 14
countries in La Jolla, California. The goal is to promote safe reporting
and identify measures for reducing the violence and impunity affecting
journalists in their respective regions.