Ali Kazi

Muhammad Ali Kazi also known as Ali Kazi (Sindhi: محمد علي قاضي‎, Urdu: محمد علی قاضی‎) is a Sindhi journalist and news anchor from Pakistan. He was born in the political and media business family of Hyderabad, Sindh and is the youngest son of Muhammad Akber Kazi, former Sindh Provincial Home minister.[1] He started his journalistic career at the age of 21 years. In 1990, along with his elder brother Aslam Akbar Kazi, he launched Daily Kawish as morninger from Hyderabad. In 2002 Kawish group launched the first-ever Sindhi language satellite channel KTN and Kazi became its CEO. This media group has now three channels; KTN News, KTN Entertainment and Kashish Music Channel.[2]

Ali Kazi
علي قاضي
Born1968
Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Alma materUniversity of Sindh
OccupationTV host, Journalist
Known forCEO and Founder of Kawish Television Network, editor Daily Kawish
RelativesFahmida Mirza (Cousin)

Journalistic career

Ali Kazi is a senior journalist, editor of the Sindhi newspaper Daily Kawish and the CEO of the first Sindhi private television Kawish Television Network (KTN). He has been hosting a program aired on KTN News Opinion with Ali Kazi[3][4]

Social activities

He called for Sindhi Topi Day to be celebrated on December 6, 2009 in response to criticism by TV anchor Dr Shahid Masood of the then President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari for wearing the Sindhi cap on foreign visits. The day was celebrated throughout Sindh.[5][6]

In January 2010, during a dry season, Ali Kazi, along with other people, went on to throw flowers in Indus River and prayed for recovery of the dry river.[7][8]

Political activities

Ali Kazi began his involvement in politics on January 22, 2012, when he organized a huge public gathering in Bhit Shah, a little town of central Sindh near the Sindhi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai's shrine. There he declared his plans to launch a political party with the slogan to bring change in the political system in favor of merit, good governance, equality, justice, and transparency. The party was named Tabdeeli Pasand Party.[9][10][11]

See also

References
  1. "New vibes politics". DAWN. Dawn Media Group. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  2. "A SINDHI IS A SINDHI". Retrieved 21 May 2016.
  3. "Opinion With Ali Kazi". Dailymotion. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. Sindhi Dunya. "Opinion With Ali Kazi". video.sindhidunya.com. Sindhi Dunya. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  5. "Sindh celebrates first ever `Sindhi Topi Day`". DAWN. Dawn Media Group. 6 December 2009. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  6. Irfan Ali (22 December 2012). "Pride and the province: Political rivals dance with one another to celebrate Sindh Culture Day". The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 20 August 2015.
  7. "Indus River Day: thousands throng dry riverbed". DAWN. Dawn Media Group. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2018.
  8. Raza Baloch. "Political marriage between Ali Kazi and Marvi Memon". LETS BUILD PAKISTAN (LUBP). Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  9. "Change is the vote: KTN CEO teams up with Marvi Memon to launch party". The Express Tribune News. The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
  10. Jogi, Asad. "Change through VOTE". Siasat.Pk. SisatPK. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  11. Imtiaz Ali, and Jan Khaskheli (20 January 2012). "'Tabdeeli Pasands' of Sindh to launch". The News International. Retrieved 8 September 2015.
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