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A senior journalist, media man, and author of Army, Democracy and People (1988), the prolific Azhar Abbas is the Managing Director of Geo News, Karachi. He has been involved in mainstream journalism since 1990 and started his career with the English-language daily newspaper as a reporter. He had completed his master's degree in economics from the University of Karachi in 1990. Azhar Abbas was a recipient of the Fulbright Scholarship program and studied at Boston University and Newhouse School of Communication. He has also served as a correspondent to NBC and CNBC. In 2001, he joined the core team that launched Geo News and became the network's first Director, News. In 2007, Azhar Abbas helped launch Dawn News as Director, News & Current Affairs. However, he eventually returned to Geo News. In recognition of his services to journalism, Azhar Abbas was awarded Hilal-e-Imtiaz