Working Life
From 1969 to 1978 he worked in the Pakistan Foreign Service, reaching the position of was Third Secretary, and was posted to Moscow and Prague because of his expertise in the Russian language and Soviet affairs. He was awarded a Presidential commendation in 1973 for writing a special report from Moscow.
He then adopted journalism as a profession, working from 1978 to 1988 as assistant editor at The Pakistan Times (daily). During this period he won a fellowship in the United States and worked for three months at the Christian Science Monitor in Boston.
From 1988 to 1990 he was joint editor of The Nation, a Lahore daily. In 1990 he became editor of the English-language Lahore daily Frontier Post.
Since 1993 he has been Consulting Editor of The Friday Times, a Lahore weekly. From 1993 to 1997 he was also editor of the Urdu weekly Ajkal.
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