Kamran Shahid

Kamran Shahid belongs to a Punjabi Rajput family. He was born in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.[3][2]

His father is the well known Pakistani film actor Shahid Hameed, while his mother, Munaza Shahid, studied at Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore, Pakistan and has been an academic.[3]

Kamran Shahid received his master's degree in Modern History from Government College University, Lahore. He holds a degree in International Relations from the University of Westminster, London. He has presented his research papers at different international forums.[2][3]

For 10 years, he taught at Punjab University, Lahore and Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.[2][3] He started his career in television journalism from PTV.[2] As a current affairs television anchor, Kamran has not confined himself to any one format. He has done a variety of programs from hard hitting socio-political and current affairs talk shows to documentaries and docu-dramas. He has to his credit many investigative programs as well. He has also conducted very informative and hard-hitting one-on-one interviews with many leading personalities including international dignitaries.[2]

Kamran Shahid now leads the flagship show at Pakistani TV channel Dunya News —On the Front which is tri-weekly news program based on current-affairs and issues related to politics and socio-economic demographics.[2][3] Before this TV show, he used to be an anchor person on Pakistani TV channel Express News TV show Frontline with Kamran Shahid.[3] He was a guest speaker for the Oxford University - (Pakistan Society) at Oxfordshire County Hall during Pakistan Young Leaders Conference in February 2011.[3][4]

In 2023, he entered the Pakistani film industry by directing a movie Huey Tum Ajnabi.[5]