Mosharraf Zaidi
Encyclopedia
Mosharraf Zaidi is a leading Pakistan
i columnist, journalist and policy development advisor who writes a weekly column for The News, one of the largest English-language newspapers published in the country. In his capacity as a political expert, he advises governments and international organisations on topics such as public policy and international aid. He has worked as a United States Agency for International Development
(USAID) contractor on education and has also been an adviser to the British government’s development arm. Educated in the United States
, he has written for a number of different newspapers such as Al-Shorouk, the Nation, the Times of India, the Mumbai Mirror, the National, and the Wall Street Journal and is widely known for being a vocal critic of the Pakistani government's policies on educational reform and political development.
His work and analysis on policy discourse touches areas such as education, emergency relief and reconstruction, telecommunications, technology and ICTs, civil society, and citizen empowerment.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
i columnist, journalist and policy development advisor who writes a weekly column for The News, one of the largest English-language newspapers published in the country. In his capacity as a political expert, he advises governments and international organisations on topics such as public policy and international aid. He has worked as a United States Agency for International Development
United States Agency for International Development
The United States Agency for International Development is the United States federal government agency primarily responsible for administering civilian foreign aid. President John F. Kennedy created USAID in 1961 by executive order to implement development assistance programs in the areas...
(USAID) contractor on education and has also been an adviser to the British government’s development arm. Educated in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, he has written for a number of different newspapers such as Al-Shorouk, the Nation, the Times of India, the Mumbai Mirror, the National, and the Wall Street Journal and is widely known for being a vocal critic of the Pakistani government's policies on educational reform and political development.
His work and analysis on policy discourse touches areas such as education, emergency relief and reconstruction, telecommunications, technology and ICTs, civil society, and citizen empowerment.
External links
- Official website
- Mosharraf Zaidi on TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Zaidi#; Articles by Mosharraf Zaidi on The News