Mehdi Hasan (Urdu: مہدی حسن) SI was a Pakistani left-wing journalist, media historian, and academic.
[6] Hasan did Master in Journalism and PhD in mass communication from the University of the Punjab on Role of Press in Formation of Public Opinion 1857–1947.
He won a Fulbright Scholar (1990) at the University of Colorado Boulder, where he conducted research on "Coverage of Third World Countries in the American Mass Media".
[7] Hasan was a frequent commentator and panellist on television and radio stations, where he brought his academic research into social context.
[3] A long-time member and twice elected chairperson of the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan,[9] Hasan wrote many papers, and participated in multiple seminars.