Dur Mohammad Kassi
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Dur Mohammad Kassi is a television producer
and documentary filmmaker. He was born on 10 March 1946 in Quetta
, Balochistan
, Pakistan
to a Kassi Pashtun
family. He obtained a Masters degree in Economics. He worked as a lecturer in a government college. On November 1, 1974, he become a producer in Pakistan Television Center, Quetta. He produced and directed many serials, plays and documentaries. He achieved best producer of PTV
Award for documentary. He visited in connection with documentaries training to Holland. He served in PTV as a producer
and a director
. He was promoted to a Program Manager in 1984 and General Manager in 1989. He retired from his position on 10 March 2006. Dur Mohammad is also a well-known writer. He has written several books in Pashto and Urdu
languages.
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and documentary filmmaker. He was born on 10 March 1946 in Quetta
Quetta
is the largest city and the provincial capital of the Balochistan Province of Pakistan. Known as the "Fruit Garden of Pakistan" due to the diversity of its plant and animal wildlife, Quetta is home to the Hazarganji Chiltan National Park, which contains some of the rarest species of wildlife in the...
, Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
, Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
to a Kassi Pashtun
Pashtun people
Pashtuns or Pathans , also known as ethnic Afghans , are an Eastern Iranic ethnic group with populations primarily between the Hindu Kush mountains in Afghanistan and the Indus River in Pakistan...
family. He obtained a Masters degree in Economics. He worked as a lecturer in a government college. On November 1, 1974, he become a producer in Pakistan Television Center, Quetta. He produced and directed many serials, plays and documentaries. He achieved best producer of PTV
Pakistan Television Corporation
The Pakistan Television Corporation is Pakistan's national television broadcaster. The first live transmission of PTV began on November 26, 1964, in Lahore...
Award for documentary. He visited in connection with documentaries training to Holland. He served in PTV as a producer
Television producer
The primary role of a television Producer is to allow all aspects of video production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking...
and a director
Television director
A television director directs the activities involved in making a television program and is part of a television crew.-Duties:The duties of a television director vary depending on whether the production is live or recorded to video tape or video server .In both types of productions, the...
. He was promoted to a Program Manager in 1984 and General Manager in 1989. He retired from his position on 10 March 2006. Dur Mohammad is also a well-known writer. He has written several books in Pashto and Urdu
Urdu
Urdu is a register of the Hindustani language that is identified with Muslims in South Asia. It belongs to the Indo-European family. Urdu is the national language and lingua franca of Pakistan. It is also widely spoken in some regions of India, where it is one of the 22 scheduled languages and an...
languages.
His Best Documentaries on PTV
- Gul Zameen
- Caves in Balochistan
- Wadih-e-Bolan
- Zarghoon
- Shaheen Ka Jahan aur