Makhdoom Shahab-ud-Din
Award-winning Journalist | Writer | Social Media Influencer
Broadcast Journalist
Journalist of the Year 2019
Digital Media Journalist
He is one of the leading digital media journalists of Pakistan, and is working on reviving the media industry in the country by using social media effectively. He has over 2 million social media followers and has an average weekly reach of over 50 million. He is famous for his vlogs on YouTube anc Facebook.

Print Media and Blogs
Trainer/Motivational Speaker
He has appeared as a keynote speaker on various TV Channels across India, Pakistan, Turkey and Russia, Azerbaijan and Europe. He has served as a keynote speaker and trainer at a number of national and international conferences and workshops including the prestigious TEDx forum twice. He is also the recipient of the Best Speaker of Pakistan Award by the President of Pakistan H.E. Mamnoon Hussain. He also conducted a training on digital media at International Media Camp 2019 in Samsun, Turkey organized by OIC Youth Forum.

Education
- Erasmus Mundus Master's in Journalism, Media and Globalisation from Aarhus University, Denmark (2020-2021) and Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic (2021-2022)
- BE Civil Engineering (2015-2019) from NUST Islamabad, Pakistan
Trainings/Courses
- Mobile Journalism Course (2019) Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas - The University of Texas at Austin (US)
- Future News Worldwide (2018) Trainings conducted by BBC, Google, Facebook, Reuters (Scotland, UK)
- Workshop on ‘Storytelling from conflict zones’ (2019) from Aljazeera Media Institute (Qatar/Turkey)
- Media Training (2019) Anadolu News Academy (Turkey)
Recent Blogs/Latest News
How COVID affected the already isolated transgender community in Pakistan?
The aftermath of COVID-19 has seen many vulnerable communities at the cusp of debilitation and destitute …
The Illogical Two-Finger Virginity Test Still Being Used In Pakistan
Even in the wake of a new era, our lowbrow society has continuously stooped into an …
When I received life threats on ‘World Press Freedom Day’
When I received life threats on ‘World Press Freedom Day’ "Shahab, are you out of your mind? …