Curriculum Vitae
Zahid Mehmood
Personal Information:
Email: *******@*****.***
Cell Phone: +92-306*******
Father Name: Haji Jan Muhammad (late)
Date of Birth: March 05, 1979
CNIC No: 61101-2767981-1
Career Objective:
To find a challenging position to meet my competencies, capabilities, skills, education and experience.
Professional Experience:
More, than seventeen year experience as Senior Sub-editor and Media Assistant in different Media Organizations.
Pakistan Observer
Currently working with Pakistan Observer as Senior Sub-Editor. Editing News stories especially Reporter and correspondent news stories along with daily issued press releases.
International News Network (Online) News Agency.
Worked with ‘Online” news agency as senior Sub-editor on “English Desk” for past six years. From October 2016 to November 2021.
Main work as a Sub-Editor.
Editing News stories especially Reporter’s news stories. Writing city diary and also editing daily issued press releases.
Pakistan Press International (PPI, News Agency)
Worked with PPI news agency as sub-editor for eight years on English Desk. From 2003 to 2008. Again worked with this news agency from January 2010 to October 25, 2016.
As a Sub-Editor/ News Editor:
Editing News stories especially Reporter’s news stories. Writing city diary and also editing daily issued press releases. Translate Urdu news items into English.
2. Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation
Also worked Broadcasting House Islamabad Correspondent, FM-1 in (Reporting)
*Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf*
Six, year working experience in Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Print Media Department as a Media Assistant at its Central Secretariat Office Islamabad. Worked with this organization from August 2016 to October 2021.
Main work to monitor country top English and Urdu Newspapers and prepare reports on daily basis. These reports were helpful in making party narrative.
Pakistan Observer (Newspaper)
Worked as staff Reporter from January to September 2008 to August 2009.
Education
BA: With subjects Journalism and History from University of Punjab
Intermediate: Federal Board Islamabad.
Matriculation Science: Federal Board Islamabad
Computer Skills:
Microsoft Office & Internet Surfing
PROFESSIONAL TRAININGS
1. Inter-media in a day long orientation workshop for journalist on Election Reporting November to December 2007.
2. One week training workshop for print journalists organized by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on June 10, 2010
Membership
Council member of National Press Club
Member of Rawalpindi, Islamabad Union of Journalist