Daniyal Waseem

Daniyal Waseem
Born	Asif Waseem September 9, 1982 (1982-09-09) (age 29) Quetta, Balochistan, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Nationality	Pakistani
Citizenship	Pakistani
Alma mater	St. Mary's School (SSC) FGDC (HSSC) University of Balochistan (MA Journalism)
Occupation	Journalist, Businessman
Years active	1999–present
Known for	Editor Naxaf.com Co-Founder OARAX Network Vice President Solution 9 Joint Secretary Origin NGO
Spouse	Tahira Akram 2006 - Present
Children	Maha Daniyal
Relatives	Waseem Ahmed Jahangir Wasim (Brother)
Awards	Khidmat-e-Khalq Award 2006, 2007, 2009 Best Editorial Writing Award 2008 APNS Award for Best Columnist (English) 2008 CPNE Award for Youth Editors 2002 DA Gallantry Award for War Journalists 2009 Origin Award for Volunteers for Humanity
Website
http://www.naxaf.com

Daniyal Waseem (Arabic: دانيال وسیم ) (born 9 September 1982) is a Pakistani Journalist, Businessman. He is the Editor and Founder of entertainment website Naxaf. Initially Daniyal worked with Daily Awam and covered war fronts many times. He had deep research on Talibanisation of South Aisia and Afghan War issues. He traveled several times to Kashmir conflict zones and been to Asian College of Journalism Chennai India and International Institute of Journalism Berlin, Germany.

Early life

Daniyal Waseem is the eldest son of Ahmed, Waseem. He was born in Quetta provincial capital of Balochistan, Pakistan. Waseem finished his schooling from St. Mary's High School, Quetta Balouchistan and had his Master's Degree in Mass Communication from Univerity of Balochistan. He started working for Daily Public, an evening Urdu daily newspaper from Quetta which later become morning daily in English Language

Assassination attempt

Daniyal Waseem and his family survived many attacks to their lives. In October 2008 a powerful bomb exploded next to the wall of his personal chamber in the offices of Awam Group of Publications in Quetta, Pakistan in which 7 employees of the newspaper received serious injuries.^[1][2] In those days the issue of Rediff Pakistan was also in controversy and some security officials indicated the involvement of Indian elements in the blast. He moved to Germany while he was on a tour and received multiple life threats from extremists religious groups.

Notable Activities

Daniyal Waseem is one of the founder members Origin Community Development Organisation and worked in many field projects of the organisation including the free medical camps and food camps for the people of remote areas in Kharan and Chaghai districts of Balochistan. He is well known for raising his voice against child labour and issues of sexual abuses in Pakistan.

Controversies

Rediff Pakistan remains in news for nearly two years where Daniyal Waseem as an individual was facing the trail against one the world's best lawyers of Rediff Inc a company having more than $25 million revenue every year. ^[3][4][5] .^[6]

See also

• Daily Awam
• Origin NGO
• Ahmed, Waseem

References

1. ^ Journalist Network Journalist Danial Waseem 2008 bomb blast
2. ^ CPNE News Release Journalists condemned the bomb blast in newspaper office
3. ^ Wat Blog Rediff Wins Domain Squatting Case Over Rediff Pakistan Domain
4. ^ Day Life Rediff Won Squatting Case Over Rediff Pakistan
5. ^ India Times Rediff has filed against Daniyal Waseem
6. ^ Hamsab Rediff India Wins Cybersquatting Case Against a Pakistani

External links

• NAXAF - Glimpses and Reflections
• Origin Community Development Organisation - About Us
• Daily Awam - DA Contact
• Rediff News - Daniyal Waseem News Photos Videos

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Name	Waseem, Daniyal
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Date of birth	9 September 1982
Place of birth	Quetta, Balochistan, Pakistan
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