George Fulton is a British television journalist and producer who lived in Pakistan for nine years and got Pakistani nationality. On March 1, 2011, George announced that he is leaving Pakistan.

Fulton was working for the BBC

BBC

The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...

 when he travelled to Karachi

Karachi

Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...

, 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 launch a BBC produced political talk show on Pakistani politics called Question Time Pakistan. Following which he produced BBC's Hard Talk Pakistan. He was then offered to do a reality show, George Ka Pakistan

George Ka Pakistan

George Ka Pakistan is a Pakistani reality show broadcast on Geo TV in 2005. The show revolves around George Fulton, a British journalist who has three months to become a Pakistani. The show is considered one of South Asia's first original reality TV shows.-External links:**...

, by Pakistan's Geo TV

Geo TV

Geo TV or Geo Television is a Pakistani television network, founded by Mr. Mir Shakil ur Rehman in May 2002 and owned by Independent Media Corporation. The channel began test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning 1 October 2002...

 based on his experiences in Pakistan. During the show which was a success, he married a Pakistani, Kiran.

George soon left Geo TV for another Pakistani TV channel, Aaj TV

AAJ TV

AAJ TV is a 24 hour Pakistani news television channel. Aaj in English means "Today".-Channel and its Programmes:AAJ News was initially started on March 23, 2005 by the Business Recorder Group...

, where he launched Pakistan's version of Have I Got News For You

Have I Got News for You

Have I Got News for You is a British television panel show produced by Hat Trick Productions for the BBC. It is based loosely on the BBC Radio 4 show The News Quiz, and has been broadcast since 1990, currently the BBC's longest-ever running television panel show...

, called News, Views & Confused

News, Views & Confused

News, Views & Confused is a Pakistani political and social satire show. It is based on BBC’s popular panel show Have I Got News for You. It started to air on one of Pakistan’s leading TV channels AAJ TV from April 11, 2007. The show is hosted by TV personality and journalist Fasi Zaka and co-hosted...

. He produced and scripted the show's first season, before moving on to produce Aaj TV's morning show, Kiran Aur George with his wife Kiran

Kiran

Kiran is a gender neutral given name. The name Kiran is pronounced keer-an. It is of Hindi and Sanskrit origin. In Sanskrit, it means "ray of light" or "beam of light" or the "first sunshine light" .Celebrities named Kiran include Kiran Chetry, a CNN News Anchor and Kiran Rathod, a Bollywood...

. Both also host the show.

External links

• George on Twitter
• The Guardian on George
• Kiran Aur George Aaj Site
• Farewall to George Fulton
• A different perspective on George