Ansari Massoud
«Educating the Future»

published in the Newsline (Pakistan)

Ansari Massoud

“Educating the Future” is based on investigations, which deal head on with the sheer cruelty of corruption in a bureaucratic government system that punishes children and the elderly for their weakness. In his articles, Massoud exposes corruption and talks about the way the dysfunctional societies operate, which is not an easy task by any standard of journalism, especially because violent retribution is quite common occurrence, when you expose those who are involved in these scams.

Ansari Massoud works as Senior Reporter for Newsline, which is one of the leading newsmagazines of the country since 1998 as well as a Pakistan correspondent for London Sunday Telegraph, covering subjects such as corruption in the bureaucratic system and political, environmental and social subjects mainly pertaining to human rights. Ansari has been travelling in far flung areas of Kashmir, Sindh, NWFP, Punjab, Baluchistan or Afghanistan or the tribal areas near Pak-Afghan borders, bringing out stories such as: Al-Qaeda and the network of militant organizations; politics and political crimes; rise of religious fundamentalism; environment and poppy cultivation; ethnic and sectarian violence; human rights including slavery of peasants under feudals; ritual killings of women in the name of honour; religious and sexual minorities (homosexuals and transsexuals).