[1] In a 2004 interview to Arab News, Masood said that his father was a civil engineer in Saudi Arabia who worked there for 15 years while, his mother is a teacher.
[3][4] In February 2021, he joined Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in the capacity of a Senior Executive Fellow.
[10] According to Dawn, this came following mounting tensions between Masood and the then-Minister of Information Sherry Rehman when the former refused to take back deputy managing director PTV Shahid Nadeem and cancelled his reinstatement orders.
Masood also suspended PTV director administration and personnel, and issued him a show-cause notice for complying with the prime minister's orders and allowing Nadeem to rejoin the organization as deputy MD.
Masood was supposed to pay six months' salary to PTV in case of resigning as per contract terms, which however was waived by the then-prime minister.
In December 2013, he joined Jaag TV (formerly CNBC Pakistan) where he hosted his show Live with Dr. Shahid Masood.
[16] In 2014, he joined News One (Pakistani TV channel) and started a show Live with Dr. Shahid Masood, as a guest journalist.
[23] Masood also had presented documentary on Islamic eschatology entitled End of Time: The Hidden Truth in 2004 from ARY News.
As CEO of 1950.ai, Shahid Masood leads the organization in pioneering Predictive Artificial Intelligence, focusing on big data and quantum computing to address global challenges.
[28] This initiative is guided by the visionary principles of Alan Turing and aims to advance AI for improved decision-making and innovation.
In 2010, Express Tribune reported that a Karachi resident filed a petition against Masood and asked the court to take action against him for encouraging cultural hatred through his TV show.
[35][36][37] In March 2018, JIT declared that Masood's report about Zainab murder case was false and baseless, for which he was banned for 3 months from hosting his TV show by the Supreme Court.