Education of Journalism in Pakistan

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Minimum Qualification needed to be a Journalist in Pakistan

In Pakistan, there is no specific condition or qualifications need joining the profession of journalism. Anybody who has Master degree in any discipline i.e. M.A can join journalism. New comers initially are linked with a senior journalist where he gets training and learn skills. Awesome career opportunities are obtainable for a fresh graduate of journalism in the publishing groups like Jang Publishing Group Pakistan, The Dawn Publishing Group, The Express Publication Residence and so on.

1 will need to have the following qualities prior to picking journalism as career:

• Truthfulness and Powerful character
  
• Impartiality and unbiased
  
• Well mannered and truthfulness
  
• Alert and intelligent
  
• Enthusiastic and fever
  
• Confident and Responsible
  
• Honest and sincere
  
• Diligent and Courageous
  
• Career opportunities in Journalism

Journalism is finding reputation day by day. The way events are emerging round the globe right now, opportunities are increasing in this field. Print and electronic media provides tremendous career choices in Journalism. The situation of journalism in Pakistan has totally changed now. Improve in literacy rate, industrial development and advancement in technology have pleasantly affected the print and electronic media in Pakistan. Even more than sixty news and entertainment tv channels are broadcasting their Programmes at this time. The conventional miserable situations of news papers are totally changed.

Remuneration of the working journalists have elevated approximately twenty times that of the pre partition time. Additional than 300 newspapers have been given declaration. Those who have appropriate qualification of journalism i.e. master degree in journalism or mass communication from a recognized university prove much more prosperous in journalism. On the job training further open window of opportunities. It is consequently a quite appealing career option for the youth. Hardworking and aspiration to get perfection in this field result a very profitable career.

Universities who offered programs in Journalism and Mass Communication

A candidate who wants to get started a career in journalism have to have passed Bachelor degree examination soon after which they can apply for admission in the following university of Pakistan:

Allama Iqbal Open University, Islamabad
Federal Urdu University of Arts, Sciences and Technology, Islamabad
Foundation University, Rawalpindi
International Islamic University, Islamabad
Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan
Fatima Jinnah Ladies University, Rawalpindi
Government College University Faisalabad, Faisalabad
Islamia University, Bahawalpur
University of Central Punjab, Lahore
Jinnah University for Girls, Karachi
Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi
Nazeer Hussain University*, Karachi
Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur
Sardar Bahadur Khan Women University, Quetta
University of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Muzaffarabad, AJK

Besides the above list of universities, there are some training institutions where mass communication certificate courses are taught. These institution can be contacted when admission notice is published in the newspapers in Pakistan.