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Iftikhar Ahmad (born 1950) is a journalist and a political activist. He currently serves as an editor for Daily Jang, as Director Elections, Investigates and Special Projects for Geo News and also hosts the popular Pakistani interview show JAWAB DEYH on Geo TV. With over 30 years of experience and very extensive research, Iftikhar Ahmad is known for his incisive and aggressive style of journalism.[citation needed]
[edit] EducationIftikhar was educated in Lahore. He attended Central Model High School. He is also said[by whom?] to have attended Modern Anglo Oriental college (MAO), Government College (GC) and The University of Punjab (PU). [edit] Early lifeIftikhar spent quite some time of his childhood with his grandfather Maulana Hifz-ur-Rehman who was a very keen reader. Iftikhar picked up the habit of reading books since a very young age. He was 15 when he along with a friend from the local library crossed a minefield on bicycle in order to kill Indian soldiers on Wagha Border in the War of 1965. In the end he managed only to be fed military ration and sent back with an escort by the astonished Pakistani soldiers. He also managed to defeat his opponent by a large margin in school elections for presidency at Central Model High school. He achieved this feat while he was still in Grade 8 whereas his opponent came from 10th Grade. In November 1967, at the age of 17 Iftikhar became a founding member Pakistan Peoples Party. [edit] Political activityIftikhar has been a political activist as well. He was a Student Leader in the movement against General Ayub Khan, and was later a founding member of Pakistan Peoples Party. His political philosophy was very much in line with Socialist ideas and hence he was too mesmerized by Z.A. Bhutto. Iftikhar has served multiple jail terms under martial law governments for various violations of MPO.[clarification needed] He has been a regular resident of Sibbi Central Jail, Shahpur Central Jail, Camp Jail Lahore and the infamous dungeons of the Lahore Fort. Iftikhar has also served as advisor to one Chief Minister and two Governors of Punjab. His political philosophy is that the real political divide is always between the poor and the rich. He argues that Pakistan may never see a leader better than Z.A Bhutto, and a slogan better than "Roti, Kapra aur Makan". [edit] CareerIftikhar started his journalism career in 1980 and worked for various publications including Daily Aftab and Daily Pakistan. He has been working for Daily Jang since 1986. In the 1980s Iftikhar introduced personal interviews of politicians; these were different in the way that for the first time politicians divulged private information as well. Iftikhar through his interviews for Daily Jang set a new trend in Pakistani journalism. Iftikhar is also the brain behind Jang Group's Election Cell. He has run it with pride since 1988, and has covered more than five elections. He takes great pride in the accuracy of his results[citation needed] which are delivered to general public many hours before an official announcement is made. In this regard he is also credited[by whom?] with heading the 2002 election campaign where the Geo Election Cell became a flagship of the Geo brand. This live election telecast helped Geo take off with a bang. Iftikhar has also worked closely with the Geo News Admin and fellow friend and journalist Hamid Mir on the Zarra Sochiye campaign. A campaign which aimed to start debate on issues that divide us[who?], after the broadcast of the debate on Hudood Ordinance, the National assembly of Pakistan had to ratify the Hudood Ordinance. [edit] Controversy – pleading the case for BhuttoIftikhar through his program Jawabdeh has questioned several key power players of the coup of General Zia ul Haq and the subsequent hanging of the then elected Prime Minister Z.A. Bhutto. In these interviews, some of these people spilled the beans about Zia's real intentions. For instance, Justice Naseem Hassan Shah, who was a member of the bench of Pakistan Supreme Court which upheld Bhutto's death sentence. In his interview with Iftikhar, he admitted that he should have voted against the hanging and felt bad for not doing so. He also admitted that there was not enough evidence to put Bhutto on death row. Iftikhar has done at least 40 interviews which even though very relevant from an historical point but are seen by many[who?] as an attempt to absolve Bhutto. Due to the special and, some[who?] argue, undue attention attention paid, and thorough probing done by Iftikhar of a certain lost period of Pakistani history (from 1977 to 1988) he has been labeled quite often as a Bhutto loyalist, or a Bhuttoist. He is said[by whom?] to have over-glorified Mr Bhutto and has been accused of trying to resurrect Bhutto by some senior politicians. The opponents also point out that Iftikhar still maintains close relations with the Pakistan People Party Cadre. But now he is not much attached with the Party, because now every member of the PPP is story of corruption and stealing of the national resources. And at the end, he is such a good enchor and citizen of Pakistan. [edit] Resignation in protestWhat a great action taken by him which eliminated the truth, philosophy and well wishness for Pakistan by Dr. Shahid Masood. Because his interview was based on lies, totally. It was reported 17 November 2008 that he resigned from Geo TV in protest over its refusal to broadcast his interview with Shahid Masood. He alleged that he was earlier pressured to censor certain portions of the said interview, which he declined. The Geo TV administration retracted from their position and the complete interview was broadcast the following week. After the program went on air, Iftikhar took back his resignation. Iftikhar still insists that no compromises can be made where principles are concerned. He is now a very professional journalist with very high moral and ethical values and regards Pakistan's interest as first and everything secondary.he is dishearted from the current politicians of PPP who are highly incompetent,corrupt,dishonest,liars and hypocartes. He is now very much inclined towards political views of Muslim League(N) and Tehrik-E-Insaf.[1] [edit] See also[edit] References
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