20 Facts About Jamim Shah

Jamim Shah was a Nepalese media entrepreneur and the chairman of Channel Nepal Pvt.

Jamim Shah was the pioneer of commercial cable television network in Nepal with over 1,000 kilometres of cable network.

Jamim Shah had two newspapers and a television channel Channel Nepal, which was the first satellite television station in Nepal.

Jamim Shah worked for the first company in Nepal to uplink via satellite.

Jamim Shah was allowed to go ahead with transmission but wanted to expand further.

Jamim Shah was accused of being a henchman of Dawood Ibrahim and Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence agency, which he denied, and was blamed for using his television channel to whip up anti-India violence.

Jamim Shah was gunned down by two assailants on motorcycles near the French embassy on 7 February 2010 in Kathmandu.

Jamim Shah was accused of having ties to both a major Indian crime syndicate and to Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency.

Jamim Shah received two gun shots to the head and one shot to the chest after being shot in broad daylight.

Jamim Shah had received death threats prior to being gunned down.

Jamim Shah was under a lot of stress in the days before the attack.

The police say the same hit man that killed Jamim Shah possibly killed Faizan Ahmad, the general secretary of the Islamic Association, and tried to kill Yunus Ansari, the chairman of National Television.

Authorities arrested 18 people in connection with Jamin Jamim Shah's death, including 3 police officers and 2 people are still at large.

Since Jamim Shah was conducting business in the Indian subcontinent, it was believed early on that his murder had something to do with conflict between India and Pakistan.

In popular culture in Nepal, Jamim Shah's death attracted national attention and his murder was examined on national TV.

Jamim Shah born in Wotu area of Kathmandu was a descendant of a Kashmiri family.

Jamim Shah got his primary education from Laboratory School in Kirtipur and completed high schooling from Durbar High School.

Jamim Shah then went to Taiwan aiming to be a pilot but he did not complete the formal training.

Sources say that the Indian prime minister's powerful security adviser, Brajesh Mishra, allowed Jamin Jamim Shah to go on air.

Jamim Shah publicly threatened to go to court if his satellite permission was cancelled.