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Ishfaq Ahmed Mughal is a senior journalist. His father name Mehmood Ahmed Mughal. His belong to a Village, named Katasery, a beautifull Village of Tehsil Khuiratta District Kotli Azad Jammu Kashmir Pakistan. He is elder son of his parents and has two brothers.

=Early life = Ishfaq Ahmed Mughal was born in 3 April 1978 in Khuiratta District Kotli Azad Jammu Kashmir. By religion, he is Muslim and belongs to the Mughal family. His grandfathers Molvi Chiragh Alam migrated from Rajouri, Indian Held Kashmir to Khuiratta with his family in 1947.His father and grandfather paid duty in Pakistan Army and took part in Pak-India war 1965 and 1971.

=Academic career= He got his primary education in his village Katasery and got consecutives fist positions in the school in annual examination, after that he was a student of Govt. High School Khuiratta] and got [[SSC in 1995 and passed FA from Govt. Degree College Khuiratta in 1997. After that he shifted to Mirpur Azad Kashmir and took admission in BA in Govt. College Mirpur and passed BA in 2000.

=Student political career= During his academic career, he took part in student politics. He was known as a student leader and an activist of Islami Jamiat Tulaba (Islamic Organization of Students)Mirpur Azad Kashmir. Due to his personal interest in Journalism, the organization had appointed him as Muhtamid Nashr-o-ashaat (Information secretary). He attended two media workshops in the Central headquarters of Islami Jamiat Tulaba in 1998 and 2000. He participated in a competition of making press releases and taking note of Program at the platform of Islami Jamiat Tulaba Pakistan in Lahore and won the competition and got First Prize in 2000. This competition was among information secretaries of Islami Jamiat Tulba. This competition was held after a two day media workshop.

=Professional Career=

Ishfaq Ahmed Mughal started his career in September 2001 as a Computer inspector in Govt. Pilot High School No. 2 and after that in March 2002 He joined Jinnah Scientific Public School Khuiratta District Kotli. After a two year career of teaching, he shifted to Islamabad, the capital of Pakistan and joined a Pakistan based news agency "South Asian News Agency" (SANA), as a trainee Sub Editor in July 2003. He was promoted to Sub Editor in December 2003 and after that he was promoted to News Editor in January 2006. Due to his personal interest in reporting,specially in Economic and Commerce reporting, he was shifted from the News Room to reporting section and appointed as an Economic Reporter in November 2006, which was carried on until now.

He is member of Rawalpindi/Islamabad Union of Journalists and Kashmir Journalist Forum.He was elected as a Joint Secratery of Kashmir Journalists Forum for the session of 2010-2012.