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Fasi Zaka
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He is recognized for a successful presence in print, television and radio, who employs humour from a political and democratic perspective in his media forays. Given his extensive experience, he was declared one of Pakistan"s newsmakers of the year in 2006. Zaka occasionally comments on the Pakistani media and politics to National Public Radio (National Public Radio).
He is also known for hosting awards ceremonies and speaking engagements.
Fasi Zaka has been a declared a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for 2012. Born to a Pakhtun family from Charsadda, Zaka received his elementary schooling in Peshawar, where he stayed until he acquired his Bachelor"s degree from Edwardes College in Peshawar and master"s degree from the University of Peshawar.
Zaka is also a University of Oxford postgraduate funded as a Rhodes Scholar in the session 2001-2003 from Somerville College where he was elected President of the Middle Common Room for Graduates and subsequently elected life member. On The Fringe
He rose to prominence in 2004 as the host of the off-beat program called On the Fringe which he also scripted for Indus Music and later Music Television Pakistan.
The show received critical appeal and is the only programme of Indus Music that Music Television Pakistan kept in its original format once Indus Music was shelved to become Music Television Pakistan.
News, Views and Confused
The show received significant international attention through The Washington Post and other publications for its programmes during the second emergency declared during President Musharraf"s rule in 2007 amidst a severe clampdown on press freedom. The show ended its run in 2008. Gateway on PTV World
Zaka currently hosts Gateway on PTV World, an education and careers programme available terrestrially in Pakistan.
Columns in print
Zaka is currently a weekly opinion editorial writer for The Express Tribune, the paper which also brings out the International Herald Tribune in Pakistan.
He used to write as a columnist for the leading Pakistani newspaper, The News International, where he wrote the weekly political opinion editorial column, The Pakistan Report Card and the popular culture criticism column titled His Bigness in the Instep segment of the Sunday edition He wrote a bi-weekly light humour diary column in the weekly magazine The Friday Times under the heading, Manitoba Friday.
His columns about branding and branding strategy are also an occasional feature of the advertising magazine Aurora. As a writer some of his prominent themes have included bringing back rationality into civil dialogue, political satire, debunking conspiracy theories that affect the national discourse in Pakistan.
Radio
The show is aired three times a week, and is known for its absurdist humour and liberal politics embedded in the jokes.
lieutenant was because of the show and its appeal that the British Council Pakistan linked up with Fasi Zaka to create Ace Encounter, an edutainment programme that used his appeal with the youth to send out educational advice.
Politics
On 11 April 2007, Zaka started to host and script a political and social satire show on one of Pakistan"s leading television channels, American Association For Justice television The show News, Views & Confused was co-hosted by Nadeem F. Paracha and Mohsin Sayeed, with scripting by Zaka.
