Sajjad Haider
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Sajjad Haider | |
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 Sajjad Haider | |
| Born | 21 October 1966 Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | Editor-in-Chief Kashmir Observer Newspaper |
| Relatives | Mustafa Hussain Ansari (Father) Masroor Abbas Ansari (cousin) |
Sajjad Haider (Kashmiri: سجاد حيدرانصارى; born 1966) is an Indian journalist and media personality from Jammu and Kashmir who has been in the field of journalism since the 1990s. He is also publisher and editor-in-chief of the Kashmir Observer, a daily newspaper being published from Srinagar since 1996.[1]
Born in Srinagar on 21 October 1966, Haider studied engineering in Chennai, and subsequently studied journalism at Tehran University. During the 1990 Gulf War, he covered the conflict for various media outlets including the Tehran Times. He subsequently took up an assignment for National Iranian Radio and Television in New Delhi and moved back to Kashmir in 1994. He contributed to various international media organizations including BBC online, Deutsche Welle, IRNA and IRIB from Kashmir.[2][3][4]
Journalism in a Conflict Zone
In 1997 Sajjad Haider founded the daily Kashmir Observer[5][citation needed] of which he became the chief editor. Faced with a challenge to bring out a daily newspaper in the conflict ridden zone Sajjad Haider navigated through the difficult period overcoming the logistical nightmares and misplaced perceptions[6][7] [8][9]
