ISLAMABAD: The federal government has appointed Fahd Husain, a profession journalist and former editor of Daybreak‘s Islamabad version, as its particular assistant “with speedy impact”, a notification introduced late Friday.

The notification to this impact, issued by Cupboard Division, stated Husain, who’s the nephew of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) Senator Mushahid Hussain Syed, will benefit from the standing of a federal minister.

Whereas the notification didn’t point out Husain’s portfolio, many speculated he’d handle authorities’s relations with the media.

He resigned from Daybreak — which he had joined in October 2019 as resident editor primarily based within the capital — in February however continued his weekly column for the publication and his primetime political chat present on Daybreak Information TV.

Earlier than becoming a member of Daybreak, Husain labored as govt director of reports at Specific Information TV and govt editor of its English-language newspaper, Specific Tribune.

For the reason that starting of his profession at The Muslim in 1991, he has labored with The Nation, Geo Information and CBS Information in New York the place he was a member of the workforce that oversaw the protection of the post-9/11 Conflict of Terror in Afghanistan and Iraq.

His determination to affix the federal government drew criticism not simply from members of the general public but additionally from journalists.

“FELLOW JOURNALIST GOES DOWN,” tweeted veteran reporter and editor Shaheen Sehbai.

“So sorry to listen to. Fahad was a real journo however his uncle Mushahid Hussain did the identical. [Please] DON’T COME BACK TO JOURNALISM.”

FELLOW JOURNALIST GOES DOWN: Simply noticed TV Ticker that till ‘now’ “revered” journlist Fahad Hussain was appointed PM’s Particular Asstt wth standing of Minister. So sorry to listen to. Fahad was a real journo however his uncle Mushahid Hussain did the identical. PL DON’T COME BACK TO JOURNALISM

— SHAHEEN SEHBAI (@SSEHBAI1) May 13, 2022

“I want Fahad Hussain shouldn’t have accepted this place. He’s too good a author to be a part of any authorities. Journalists and authorities[s] are adversaries,” wrote Geo Information anchor Mazhar Abbas.

I want Fahad Hussain shouldn’t have accepted this place. He’s too good a author to be a part of any authorities. Journalists and authorities are adversaries.

— Mazhar Abbas (@MazharAbbasGEO) May 14, 2022

Mubashir Zaidi of Daybreak Information TV stated a journalist taking over a place in a authorities “ought to first announce it publicly with justification earlier than notification of the appointment.”

For my part if a journalist accepts a authorities place he/she ought to first announce it publicly with justification earlier than notification of the appointment

— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) May 14, 2022