Mosharraf Zaidi

Mosharraf Zaidi
Nationality Pakistani
Alma mater Lahore University of Management Sciences
Baruch College
Honours Young Global Leaders

Mosharraf Zaidi is a Pakistani columnist and development practitioner who writes a weekly column for The News International and works as a team leader for DAI Global. Previously, he served as an advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2011 and 2013.[1][2][3]

Since 2013 he has been leading an education campaign. He previously worked as a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor on education and has also been an adviser to Department for International Development.[4] 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[5] 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 touches areas such as education, emergency relief and reconstruction, telecommunications, technology and ICTs, civil society, citizen empowerment, and public diplomacy.[5]

Personal life

He was born in Canada and is a lifelong Toronto Maple Leafs fan[6].

He belongs to the Urdu-speaking Muhajir community.[7]

References

  1. ↑ The Lies They Tell Us, Foreign Policy
  2. ↑ Mosharraf Zaidi at The Atlantic
  3. ↑ "Mosharraf Zaidi · DAI: International Development". www.dai.com. Retrieved 2017-02-04.
  4. ↑ Interview of Mosharraf Zaidi
  5. 1 2 Biography of Mosharraf Zaidi
  6. ↑ https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/06/20/the-fp-twitterati-100-3/
  7. ↑ "Flying into Lyari for Eid".


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