Zafar Masud (banker)
# Zafar Masud (banker)

Zafar Masud (Urdu: ظفر مسعود‎) is a Pakistani banker who is the current chief executive officer of the Bank of Punjab (BOP), having held the position since 4 April 2020. Masud is also known as one of only two survivors of the PIA Flight 8303 crash in May 2020, in which 97 people perished.

## Early life

Masud was born to father Munawar Saeed, a veteran actor of Pakistani cinema, and mother Shahnaz Saeed. He belongs to a Muhajir family settled in Karachi with roots in the city of Amroha, India. His maternal grandfather, Taqi Amrohi, was chief editor of the Urdu newspaper Jang, a brother of the writers Rais Amrohvi and Jaun Elia, and a first cousin of the Indian film director Kamal Amrohi.

## Air crash incident

On 22 May 2020, Masud was one of two survivors of the crash of Pakistan International Airlines Flight 8303. The Airbus A320 aircraft, en route from Lahore to Karachi, had initiated a go-around after an aborted first landing attempt at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, when the flight crew issued a distress call, following which the aircraft crashed into the nearby neighbourhood of Model Colony, killing 97 of the 99 people on board.

Masud sustained multiple fractures from the crash, but was reported to be in a stable condition. Two days after the accident, Masud wrote a letter to the BOP, expressing his condolences and his intention to continue serving as CEO of the bank.

