LAHORE – Pakistani journalist Nadeem Malik quit Samaa TV on Friday afterhis years of association with the private TV channel.
The former host of Samaa’s flagship current affairs programme, *Live WithNadeem Malik*, announced his resignation on Twitter.
Before joining Samaa, the 50-year-old worked for AAJ TV as DirectorProgrammes and hosted the leading daily talk show *Islamabad Tonight*.
Malik also served as the Bureau Chief of Islamabad for CNBC Pakistan andhosted talk show News Guru. He has longstanding associations with newsorganizations and business journals. He has contributed to dozens of localand international news journals as a freelancer, including BBC Online, AsiaTimes, The News International.
As a host, he has conducted several discussion programs featuring leadingpoliticians, economists and other professionals. He covered the 2002, 2008and 2013 General elections and the Parliamentary sessions for elections ofthe Prime Minister and Speakers. He has been an analyst and commentator formany current affairs programs for various international TV and Radiochannels, before joining CNBC Pakistan in 2005.
He was one of the few senior journalists who conducted programme for PTVNews and Current Affairs Channel and Radio Pakistan before the advent ofprivate news channels in the country. He hosted *News Morning* and *NewsNight* for PTV, which were leading talk shows of that time.
Malik interviewed many international leaders, including American Secretaryof State Hillary Clinton, Sri Lankan President Chandrika Kumaratunga,Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, and Afghan President HamidKarzai, and had interviewed almost all Pakistani Presidents and PrimeMinisters since 1990.