Masood ul-Mulk

Masood is from Chitral, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/208562-Shahzada-Khush-Ahmadul-Mulk-passes-away|title=Shahzada Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk passes away|last=Baig|first=Shah Murad|website=The News International|language=en}} He is the son of Shahzada Khush Ahmed ul-Mulk {{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1337305|title=Last surviving son of Chitral's Ruler passes away|last=Aman|first=Sabir|date=2017-06-04|website=DAWN|language=en}}{{Cite book|title=Der Major, der den Krieg überlistete|last=Böhmer|first=Daniel-Dylan|publisher=Insel Verlag|year=2013|isbn=978-3458175889|location=Germany}}{{Cite book|title=Historic Battlefields of Pakistan|last=Spence|first=Johnny Torrens|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2006|isbn=9780195978971}} and the grandson of His Highness Sir Shuja ul-Mulk,{{cite book|title=Gem Symposiums|year = 2004|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WVAN9pjnRzMC&q=Maj+Khush+Ahmed+ul+Mulk&pg=PA155|publisher=The Gem Hunter: True Adventures of an American in Afghanistan|isbn = 9780974732312}}{{cite web|title=Two Readers of New Vision in remote Chitral by Bill Woodburn|url=http://www.thehamblintrust.org.uk/vision-mar2006.htm|publisher=The Hamblin Trust}} the former Mehtar (Ruler) of the Princely State of Chitral.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IH2-BAAAQBAJ&q=shuja+ul+mulk+mehtar&pg=PA23|title=The Chitral Campaign|last=Thomson|first=H. C.|date=2012-11-19|publisher=Andrews UK Limited|isbn=9781781513491|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2017/09/27/major-khush-ahmad-ul-mulk-chitral-prince-obituary/|title=Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Chitral prince – obituary|date=2017-09-27|work=The Telegraph|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/b098ns26|title=Last Word - Sean Hughes, Sir Brian Barder, David Marks, Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Marge Calhoun - BBC Sounds|website=www.bbc.co.uk|language=en-GB}} Masood is the son in law of veteran politician Shahzada Mohiuddin.{{Cite book|last=Bealby|first=Jonny|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ougvAQAAIAAJ|title=For a pagan song: travels in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan|date=1999-08-01|publisher=Arrow|isbn=978-0-7493-2362-2|pages=234|language=en}}

Masood pursued academic studies and professional courses from Lawrence College, Wye College, University of York, American University, University of Colorado Boulder the World Bank and IMF, Washington. He has also been a Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin, US. In 1996 a letters patent was issued by the Governor of Texas George W. Bush declaring Masood an Honorary Texan.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chitraltimes.com/english09/newseng90.htm|title=Strategy for Socio-Economic Development of Chitral: Views and Reviews V.|last=Mehmood|first=Tariq|date=11 March 2009|website=Chitral Times}}{{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://www.ahkrc.net.pk/board-members.html|access-date=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031231952/http://www.ahkrc.net.pk/board-members.html|archive-date=31 October 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=LBJ School Records International Students|url=http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/archive/pubs/record/Fall95/visitors/visitors.html|date=22 January 1996|access-date=9 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151225050601/http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/archive/pubs/record/Fall95/visitors/visitors.html|archive-date=25 December 2015|url-status=dead}}

Masood has served in the development field for over 30 years.{{Cite journal|last=Green|first=Duncan|title=Power Lies at the Heart of Change – Oxford Scholarship|url=http://www.oxfordscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198785392.001.0001/acprof-9780198785392-chapter-3|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/can-publishers-survive-open-access-well-find-out-when-how-change-happens-is-published-today/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161031231601/http://oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/can-publishers-survive-open-access-well-find-out-when-how-change-happens-is-published-today|url-status=usurped|archive-date=31 October 2016|title=From Poverty to Power|last=Green|first=Duncan|website=Oxfam}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/116475-Free-machinery-distributed-among-62-skilled-youth|title=Free machinery distributed among 62 skilled youth|date=1 October 2016|website=GEO News|language=en-US}} While serving as the Regional Programme Manager {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i-SAAAAAMAAJ&q=masood+ul+mulk|title=Reclaiming balance: indigenous peoples, conflict resolution & sustainable development|last1=Tauli-Corpuz|first1=Victoria|last2=Cariño|first2=Joji|date=2004-01-01|publisher=Tebtebba Foundation, Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education, Third World Network|isbn=9789719284635|page=281|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IUg9AAAAYAAJ|title=International Agricultural Development|date=1994-01-01|publisher=Pharos Pub. Services|page=90|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5_1tAAAAMAAJ|title=The last Eden|last=Lines|first=Maureen|date=2003-01-01|publisher=Alhamra|isbn=9789695161265|page=275|language=en}} for the Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in Chitral his developmental work for the area manifested in social organization, women’s development, natural resource management, physical infrastructure development, human resource development, enterprise promotion, and provision of credit and savings services.{{cite web|title=The Next Ascent: An Evaluation of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program|url=http://ieg.worldbank.org/Data/reports/precis_226_aga_khan.pdf|publisher=World Bank Operations Evaluation Department|date=Summer 2002}}{{cite news|title=Escaping Pakistan's poverty trap|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9897739/Escaping-Pakistans-poverty-trap.html|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 March 2013}} He also introduced a micro-hydro power system {{cite web|title=AKRSP, Pakistan, Micro-hydro power for remote mountain villages|url=http://www.ashden.org/winners/akrsp|access-date=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022142116/http://www.ashden.org/winners/akrsp|archive-date=22 October 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Photos: the 2004 International Winners|url=https://www.ashden.org/media/international_photos/2004|access-date=2 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003204810/https://www.ashden.org/media/international_photos/2004|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yeDZAAAAMAAJ|title=Valleys in Transition: Twenty Years of AKRSP's Experience in Northern Pakistan|last1=Wood|first1=Geoffrey D.|last2=Malik|first2=Abdul|last3=Sagheer|first3=Sumaira|date=2006-01-01|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780195473278|pages=193 and 223|language=en}} that supplied electricity to about 175,000 people in over 110 villages, and won the organisation an Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy (2004).{{cite web|title=Ashden Awards case study, AKRSP, Pakistan|date=13 July 2020 |url=http://www.ashden.org/files/AKRSP%202004%20case%20study.pdf|publisher=Ashden Award 2004}}{{cite news|title=Power to the people|url=https://www.theguardian.com/prius/partthree/story/0,,1322186,00.html|newspaper=The Guardian|date=2004}} The power house unit's supplied electricity to inaccessible high altitude valleys in the Hindu Kush where the Water and Power Development Authority would take another 50 years to put the basic infrastructure in place.{{Cite journal|last=Khan|first=M. Ilyas|date=October 1999|title=People Power|journal=Herald|pages=92–97}}

Since 2001, Masood has been leading the Sarhad Rural Support Programme, the organisation set up by Nishan-e-Imtiaz{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1471417|title=President Alvi confers top civil, military awards for excellence on Pakistan Day|date=2019-03-23|website=DAWN|language=en}} recipient Shoaib Sultan Khan.{{cite news|title=The road to a stable Afghanistan is through ... the Pakistani countryside|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2012/04/27/the-road-to-a-stable-afghanistan-is-through-the-pakistani-countryside/|newspaper=Foreign Policy|date=27 April 2012}}{{cite news|title=Man in the Hat book on Shoaib Sultan Khan by Noel Cossins released by CM Kiran Kumar Reddy|url=http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/Man-in-the-Hat-book-on-Shoaib-Sultan-Khan-by-Noel-Cossins-released-by-CM-Kiran-Kumar-Reddy-42178.html|newspaper=Hyderabad Deccan English Daily|date=15 July 2013|access-date=31 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131102123044/http://www.newswala.com/Hyderabad-News/Man-in-the-Hat-book-on-Shoaib-Sultan-Khan-by-Noel-Cossins-released-by-CM-Kiran-Kumar-Reddy-42178.html|archive-date=2 November 2013|url-status=dead}}{{Cite news|last=Oborne|first=Peter|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/9897739/Escaping-Pakistans-poverty-trap.html|title=Escaping Pakistan's poverty trap|journal=Daily Telegraph|date=2013-03-04|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} SRSP is part of the Rural Support Programmes (RSP's), which are working with 32 million people across the country.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1021757|title=Office productivity: Celebrating 30 years of rural support|date=30 June 2013|newspaper=DAWN}}{{cite web|title=Pakistan: Scaling up Rural Support Programs|url=http://web.worldbank.org/archive/website00819C/WEB/PDF/PAKISTAN.PDF|publisher=World Bank|date=May 2004}} Masood led SRSP’s relief and reconstruction work following the 2005 earthquake,{{cite news|title=UK charity hails quake 'miracle'|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4342060.stm|work=BBC News}}{{Cite journal|last=ul Mulk|first=Masood|date=2006-01-01|title=Rural Support Programmes, Communities and Disaster Management|jstor=43615513|journal=Pakistan Horizon|volume=59|issue=4|pages=137–148}}{{Cite web|url=http://groupspaces.com/ewb-uk-pn/emails/90055|title=EWB-UK Professional Network : Group Spaces|website=Humanitarian Center}} 2009 Swat valley conflict and 2010 floods,{{cite news|title=Swat valley NGO finds a solution to the assault on education|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2011/may/10/swat-ngo-solution-to-assault-on-education|newspaper=The Guardian|date=10 May 2011}}{{cite news|title=Pakistan: Where there is a will there is a way|newspaper=Unhcr |url=http://www.unhcr.org/4c6d5ee49.html}} and worked closely with civil and military authorities. Given the technical difficulties and social resistance faced by international non-governmental organization's and multilateral organisations, their ability to deliver on ground was restricted, more so after September 11 attacks. Thus making the dispensation of foreign aid difficult.{{cite news|title=A radically different way of bringing U.S. aid to Pakistan|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/04/a-radically-different-way-of-bringing-us-aid-to-pakistan/256459/|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=30 April 2012}} Hence a high proportion of the international developmental, humanitarian and relief aid to Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had to flow through SRSP. Masood has combined innovative techniques with aboriginal ones to make sure that the aid reaches those in need.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1058147|title=When in Rome|date=24 November 2013|newspaper=DAWN}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3f6HAwAAQBAJ|title=Foreign Aid in South Asia: The Emerging Scenario|last=Kelegama|first=Saman|date=2012-06-13|publisher=SAGE Publications India|isbn=9788132109938|pages=128|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cd3ZAAAAQBAJ|title=Managing for Change: Leadership, Strategy and Management in Asian NGOs|last1=Hailey|first1=John|last2=Smillie|first2=Ian|date=2013-09-13|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781134201068|language=en}} He endorses the view that at times of austerity and destabilizing socio-economic and political conditions, a holistic approach to international development is required.{{cite news|title=Building communities: how poor people are unlocking their own potential|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/poverty-matters/2013/feb/28/building-communities-poor-people-potential|newspaper=The Guardian|date=1 March 2013}} At the core of his approach is the compelling idea that downward accountability is as important as upward accountability. He believes that amongst development approaches undertaken in developing countries, the most successful involve targeting the population as stakeholders in the development initiative.{{cite news|title=Amid Pakistan's many problems, aid groups quietly do good work|url=http://www.thenational.ae/thenationalconversation/comment/amid-pakistans-many-problems-aid-groups-quietly-do-good-work|newspaper=The National|date=6 October 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/11505IIED.pdf|title=Insights from Southern NGO leaders|last=Buckley|first=Lila|date=December 2015|pages=28, 32 and 63}}{{Cite book|url=https://global.oup.com/academic/product/how-change-happens-9780198785392?cc=pk&lang=en&|title=How Change Happens|language=en}}

Following the earthquake of 2005 Masood oversaw the relief work of SRSP followed by its reconstruction of 62,000 houses. The project was funded by the Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund{{cite news|title=Tenants clamour for rights in quake-affected Allai|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report/73746/pakistan-tenants-clamour-for-rights-in-quake-affected-allai|newspaper=IRNI Asia|date=15 August 2007}} and continues to be one of the largest of its kind anywhere in the world.{{cite web|title=Annual Report 2006|url=http://www.ppaf.org.pk/Annual_Reports/PPAF_Annual_Report_2006.pdf}}{{cite news|title=Insecurity threatens quake rehabilitation work|url=http://www.irinnews.org/report/73488/pakistan-insecurity-threatens-quake-rehabilitation-work|newspaper=IRIN News|date=30 July 2007}}{{Citation|last=Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN)|title=Mr. Masood ul Mulk sharing his views during CDD Conference Peshawar, You Tube.|date=2016-01-05|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C39lyVm_mRE}}

He was part of the five-member United Nations, government and humanitarian team that led the 2009 United Nations Humanitarian Appeal for Internally Displaced Persons.{{cite web|title=Pakistani Relief Expert to Speak at Cambridge|date=3 February 2011 |url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/news/pakistan-emergency-relief-expert-to-speak-in-cambridge}}{{cite web|title=UN Humanitarian Appeal: CEO SRSP Speech|url=http://pakteahouse.net/2009/05/24/un-humanitarian-appeal-ceo-srsp-speech/}}{{cite news|title=UN seeks $543 million assistance for IDPs|url=http://www.brecorder.com/general-news/172/376/|newspaper=Business Recorder|date=23 May 2009}} While doing so he also headed SRSP's humanitarian assistance, which reached out to 3.5 million IDP's, through systematic provision of transportation, accommodation, food items and medical services. Masood was invited to represent the Pakistani Civil Society in 2009 as one of the speakers at the Presidency where the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan had organised a function to honour those who had worked for the IDPs.{{cite news|title=Asif invites Obama to FDP moot|url=https://www.nation.com.pk/14-Jul-2009/asif-invites-obama-to-fodp-moot|newspaper=The Nation (Pakistan)|date=1 November 2013|access-date=1 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103224449/http://www.nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/politics/14-Jul-2009/Asif-invites-Obama-to-FoDP-moot|archive-date=3 November 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Zardari reiterates all-out efforts to rehabilitate IDPs|url=http://www.aaj.tv/2009/07/zardari-reiterates-all-out-efforts-to-rehabilitate-idps|newspaper=AAJ News|date=14 July 2009}} He was among a select gathering of international donors, NGO's and civil society representatives who were honoured by the President for their efforts and contributions.{{cite web|title=President vows to ensure safe and honourable return of displaced persons to their homes.|url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/President+vows+to+ensure+safe+and+honourable+return+of+displaced...-a0203572940}}

During the 2010 floods Masood lead SRSP’s humanitarian and relief assistance.{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/600554/call-for-integrated-efforts-to-help-flood-survivors|title=Call for integrated efforts to help flood survivors.|date=22 January 2011|newspaper=DAWN}} The immediate reflexive actions were followed by more protracted and deliberate efforts to rebuild community infrastructure throughout Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,{{cite news|title=Militancy-affected students go back to school|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/250531/militancy-affected-students-go-back-to-school/|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=12 September 2011}}{{cite news|title=With much to be done in Swat, over 140 houses built in four villages|url= http://tribune.com.pk/story/375070/with-much-to-be-done-in-swat-over-140-houses-built-in-four-villages/|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=7 May 2012}} where they had been damaged by the flood's.{{cite news|title=SRSP completes 16 dug well of potable drinking water in Chitral|url=http://thefrontierpost.com/article/182020/|newspaper=The Frontier Post|date=2 July 2014}}{{cite web|title=Rebuilding lives: UN starts training communities in conflict zone|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/81512/rebuilding-lives-un-starts-training-communities-in-conflict-zone/|newspaper=The Express Tribune|date=25 November 2010}}

In 2015 under Masood’s care,{{cite news|title=Green energy awards seek sustainable energy pioneers in Asia|url=http://www.eco-business.com/press-releases/green-energy-awards-seek-sustainable-energy-pioneers-in-asia/|newspaper=Eco-Business|date=8 September 2015}}{{Citation|last=SRSP|title=CEO SRSP Masood ul Mulk's speech, Ashden Award 2015, You Tube.|date=2016-03-15|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yrxjx5kmZY8}}{{Citation|last=This Planet|title=Harnessing Rivers in Pakistan, You Tube.|date=2015-08-25|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKPMNlBA4Xw}} SRSP won the Ashden Award for increasing energy access, for its work with communities living in one of the world’s most remote, dangerous and inhospitable environments.{{cite news|title=2015 International Ashden Awards shortlist unveiled|url=http://blueandgreentomorrow.com/2015/03/17/2015-international-ashden-awards-shortlist-unveiled/|newspaper=Renewable Energy Focus|date=10 August 2015}}{{Citation|last=Ashden|title=Hydro power brings new life to remote Pakistani villages {{!}} SRSP, Ashden Award|date=2015-06-11|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKmN7O60ISE}} The Sarhad Rural Support Programme had constructed 189 village micro-hydro schemes and brought inexpensive, clean, sustainable and renewable energy to around 365,000 people in the area,{{cite news|title=Pakistan: 'Son, you brought electricity to the village and added 15 years to my life'|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2015/jun/12/pakistan-electricity-village-micro-hydro-ashden-award|newspaper=The Guardian|date=12 June 2015}}{{Cite web|url=http://andrewaitchison.photoshelter.com/image/I0000BttW7Sg4.fg|title=UK – 2015 – Ashden – Conference|last=Aitchison|first=Andy|date=2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080202/http://andrewaitchison.photoshelter.com/image/I0000BttW7Sg4.fg|archive-date=2017-02-11|url-status=dead}} spread over hundreds of kilometre's.{{cite news|title=Six bright ideas for switching on sustainable energy for all|url=https://www.theguardian.com/global-development-professionals-network/2015/jun/19/sustainable-energy-for-all-access|newspaper=The Guardian|date=19 June 2015}} With the aim of crossing the 1 million figure.{{cite web|title=About PEACE Project|url=http://www.srsp.org.pk/srsp-main/index.php/our-projects/peace-project/about-peace-project}}{{cite web|title=Winner case study summary Sarhad Rural Support Programme, Pakistan Rural Electrification|url=https://www.ashden.org/files/case_studies/SRSP%20Pakistan.pdf|access-date=7 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091952/https://www.ashden.org/files/case_studies/SRSP%20Pakistan.pdf|archive-date=4 March 2016|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}{{cite web|title=A little goes a long-way: how small-scale sustainable energy is transforming lives|date=20 July 2015 |url=http://www.power-technology.com/features/featurea-little-goes-a-long-way-how-small-scale-sustainable-energy-is-transforming-lives-4626890/}}

As the Chief Executive of SRSP Masood has over the years presided over many locally and internationally funded projects including:

• Bacha Khan Poverty Alleviation Programme{{cite news|title=KP extends Bacha Khan Poverty Alleviation Programme|url=http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=12974&Cat=7&dt=8/8/2011|newspaper=The News International|date=31 October 2010}}{{cite web|title=Bacha Khan Poverty Programme Evaluation Report|url=http://srsp.org.pk/srsp_new1/component/content/article/83-evaluations-new/200-bacha-khan-poverty-programme-evaluation-report}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1027092/the-future-of-poverty-reduction-programmes-in-kp|title=The future of poverty reduction programmes in KP|last=Amir|first=Intikhab|date=2013-05-13|publisher=DAWN}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/790112/poverty-alleviation-programme-to-undergo-third-party-evaluation|title=Poverty alleviation programme to undergo third party evaluation|last=Amir|first=Intikhab|date=2013-03-03|publisher=DAWN}}
• Programme for Economic Advancement and Community Empowerment{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1025822/european-union-working-for-public-welfare-in-Malakand|title=European Union working for public welfare in Malakand|date=30 April 2013|newspaper=DAWN}}{{cite web|title=Make your own electricity: A tale of Swat's restless heroes|date=10 June 2015 |url=http://defence.pk/threads/make-your-own-electricity-a-tale-of-swat%E2%80%99s-restless-heroes.380216/}}{{cite web|title=KP allocates Rs 69.3bn for ADP|url=http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/13-Jun-2010/kp-allocates-rs-69-3bn-for-adp|access-date=18 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151003143024/http://archives.dailytimes.com.pk/national/13-Jun-2010/kp-allocates-rs-69-3bn-for-adp|archive-date=3 October 2015|url-status=dead}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1257905|title=Earthly matters: A bright future|last=Khan|first=Rina Saeed|date=2016-05-15}}
• Community Driven Local Development{{cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1174045|title=EU-funded uplift scheme to be launched in Chitral soon|date=5 April 2015|newspaper=DAWN}}{{cite web|title=Community Driven Local Development|url=http://lgkp.gov.pk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/Community-driven-local-development-GoKP-2013.pdf}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/116775-Work-on-EU-funded-micro-hydel-power-project-launched-in-remote-Chitral-valley|title=Work on EU-funded micro-hydel power project launched in remote Chitral valley|website=Work on EU-funded micro-hydel power project launched in remote Chitral valley.|publisher=The News International}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/132224-CDLD-attains-targets-in-Malakand-division-against-all-odds|title=CDLD attains targets in Malakand division against all odds|website=CDLD attains targets in Malakand division against all odds|publisher=The News International}}
• People’s Primary Healthcare Initiative{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/669286/withdrawing-assistance-rural-healthcare-initiative-in-limbo-as-centre-backs-off/|title=Withdrawing assistance: Rural healthcare initiative in limbo as centre backs off.|last=Zia|first=Asad|date=2014-02-09|newspaper=The Express Tribune|language=en-US}}{{cite news|url=http://tribune.com.pk/story/1133644/duress-govt-succumbs-political-pressure-managing-bhus/|title=Under duress: Govt succumbs to political pressure over managing BHUs.|last=Farooq|first=Omer|date=2016-06-30|newspaper=The Express Tribune|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1192430|title=PPHI's contract to run health units to be extended|last=Yusufzai|first=Ashfaq|date=2015-07-05|publisher=DAWN}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/121764-PPHI-closure-protested|title=PPHI closure protested|newspaper=The News International}}
• Earthquake Relief and Rehabilitation Project{{cite news|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/62945-germany-to-support-displaced-people-in-fata-agreement-signed|title=Germany to support displaced people in Fata, agreement signed|date=17 September 2015|newspaper=The News International}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.irinnews.org/feature/2007/07/30|title=Insecurity threatens quake rehabilitation work|date=2007-07-29|publisher=IRNI}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9DclBSlTrCYC|title=Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction: An Asian Perspective|last1=Shaw|first1=Rajib|last2=Pulhin|first2=Juan M.|last3=Pereira|first3=Joy Jacqueline|date=2010-01-01|publisher=Emerald Group Publishing|isbn=9780857244857|page=200|language=en}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wslqUFA-XWAC&q=Sarhad%252520rural%252520support%252520programme%252520earthquake%2525202005&pg=PA45|title=Ecosystems, Livelihoods and Disasters: An Integrated Approach to Disaster Risk Management|last1=Sudmeier-Rieux|first1=Karen|last2=Masundire|first2=Hillary M.|last3=Rizvi|first3=Ali Husain|date=2006-01-01|publisher=IUCN|isbn=9782831709284|pages=45|language=en}}
• Access to Justice Initiatives{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/how-access-justice-helping-women-northern-pakistan|title=Starting a New Story: How Access to Justice Is Untangling Women's Lives in Northern Pakistan|last=Teale|first=Lotta|date=28 May 2014|website=Open Society Foundations|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/sites/default/files/glei-description-092712.pdf|title=Global Legal Empowerment Initiative|website=Open Society Foundation}}{{Cite news|url=https://namati.org/network/organization/srsp/|title=Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP)|newspaper=Namati|language=en}}{{Cite book|title=How Change Happens|last=Green|first=Duncan|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2016|isbn=9780198785392|pages=43, 44, 102 and 235}}
• Federally Administered Tribal Areas Programmes{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/173578-German-funded-livelihood-projects-initiated-in-Kurram-Agency|title=German-funded livelihood projects initiated in Kurram Agency|date=22 December 2016|website=The News International|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.dawn.com/news/1297449|title=Last of IDP families repatriated to Orakzai|date=2016-11-20|newspaper=DAWN|language=en}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.rspn.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Conference-Speaker-Profiles.pdf|title=Regional Conference on Empowerment and Rights of Communities|website=Open Society Foundation}}{{Cite news|url=https://scroll.in/article/828836/from-india-to-pakistan-and-afghanistan-is-climate-change-behind-spate-of-himalayan-avalanches|title=From India to Pakistan and Afghanistan: Is climate change behind spate of Himalayan avalanches?|last=Ebrahim|first=Zofeen T.|date=2017|newspaper=Scroll.in|language=en-US}}

In his private capacity Masood has been a consultant for Department for International Development, Sustainable Development Commission, United Nations Development Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization,{{cite web|title=The Pakistan Society|url=http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/images/newsletters/the_pakistan_society_newsletter_january_2011.pdf|access-date=12 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112094310/http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/images/newsletters/the_pakistan_society_newsletter_january_2011.pdf|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}} International Fund for Agricultural Development, International Institute for Environment and Development{{cite web|title=Personalising Development:Policies, Processes and Institutions for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods|url=http://pubs.iied.org/pdfs/9173IIED.pdf}} and International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development.{{Cite web|url=http://www.chitralnews.com/LT204.htm|title=Chitral a Strategic Gateway|last=Mehmood|first=Tariq|date=10 March 2009|website=Seminar on Lawari Tunnel Project|publisher=Chitral News}}

Masood has lectured at various forums including, Lahore University of Management Sciences, the Civil Services Academy of Pakistan Lahore as well as several universities across Canada. He has also delivered lectures at the University of Cambridge,{{cite web|url=http://cambridgedevelopmentstudies.wordpress.com/2011/02/08/humanitarian-centre-annual-lecture/|title=Humanitarian Centre Annual Lecture|date=8 February 2011 |publisher=Cambridge Ph.M Development Studies}}{{cite web|url=http://www.humanitariancentre.org/2011/02/development-alongside-the-military/|title=Development alongside the Military|publisher=Cambridge Humanitarian Centre|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004181249/http://www.humanitariancentre.org/2011/02/development-alongside-the-military/|archive-date=4 October 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.humanitariancentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/HC-Newsletter-Issue-8.pdf|title=The Humanitarian Center News|publisher=University of Cambridge|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117023859/http://www.humanitariancentre.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/07/HC-Newsletter-Issue-8.pdf|archive-date=17 November 2015|url-status=dead}} The Pakistan Society in London,{{cite web|title=Newsletter January 2011|url=http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/images/newsletters/the_pakistan_society_newsletter_january_2011.pdf|publisher=The Pakistan Society|access-date=12 November 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131112094310/http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/images/newsletters/the_pakistan_society_newsletter_january_2011.pdf|archive-date=12 November 2013|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|title=Humanitarian-Military interaction in Complex Emergencies: the Experience of Pakistan|url=http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/news_news_story_twentythree.shtml/|access-date=6 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401005518/http://thepakistansociety.org.uk/news_news_story_twentythree.shtml|archive-date=1 April 2016|url-status=dead}} WANA forum in Jordan,{{cite web|title= 6th WANA forum 11–12 June 2014|url=http://wanainstitute.org/sites/default/files/files/Conference%20program%20-%20FINAL%20VERSION%20FOR%20PRINT.pdf|publisher=WANA|date=June 2014}} and European Environment Foundation in Germany.{{cite web|title=Enviro-Network|url=https://www.european-environment-foundation.eu/en-en/environetwork/profiles/ul-mulk-masood|publisher=European Environment Foundation|date=2016}}{{cite web|title=Networking and Exchange|url=https://www.european-environment-foundation.eu/en-en/laureates-convention/past-events/5th-international-convention-of-environmental-laureates/programme/networking-exchange|publisher=European Environment Foundation}}{{Citation|last=European Environment Foundation|title=Laureates Presentation Part 4, Masood ul Mulk, You Tube.|date=2016-03-31|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hXv8dNGPKM}}

Masood has served on the boards of various organisations including:

• AKH Resource Center
• Rural Support Programme Network {{cite web|title=Directors|url=http://rspn.org/oldsite/about_us/directors_staff.html|access-date=30 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131101012459/http://rspn.org/oldsite/about_us/directors_staff.html|archive-date=1 November 2013|url-status=dead}}
• The United States Education Foundation in Pakistan {{cite web|title=Board of Directors|url=http://198.143.172.46/AboutUSEFP.cfm}}{{cite web|title=USEFP Bimonthly Newsletter|url=http://www.usefpakistan.org/Media/Newsletter/Mar_Apr_2012/Mar_Apr_2012_Printables.pdf}}
• Provincial Steering Committees of Essential Institutional Reform Project of Government of NWFP {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-YOAQAAMAAJ&q=masood+ul+mulk+UNDP|title=Annual Review of the World Pheasant Association|date=2004-01-01|publisher=World Pheasant Association|language=en}}
• Steering Committee of Tropical Forestry Project of the United Nations Development Programme (2002 to 2006) {{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O-YOAQAAMAAJ&q=masood+ul+mulk+UNDP|title=World Pheasant Association|date=2004-01-01|location=Pennsylvania State University|language=en}}
• National Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature {{Cite web|url=https://data.iucn.org/about/union/secretariat/offices/asia/asia_where_work/pakistan/pnc/mem_directory/|title=IUCN Pakistan|publisher=IUCN}}{{Dead link|date=May 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
• Pakistan Micro Finance Network (2001 to 2007)
• Langlands School and College {{cite news|title=The Langlands School and College, Chitral|url=http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/24-Jul-2015/the-langlands-school-and-college-chitral|newspaper=Daily Times|date=24 July 2015|access-date=23 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124091122/http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/national/24-Jul-2015/the-langlands-school-and-college-chitral|archive-date=24 November 2015|url-status=dead}}
• International Network of Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI Asia) {{cite web|title=INAFI Asia Regional Workshop|url=http://www.inafiasia.net/download/new/Mainstreaming%20Gender/1.pdf}}

• [http://lib.icimod.org/record/11104/files/1434.pdf Personalising Development: Policies, Processes and Institutions for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20071010064342/http://ftp%23fifa.ns1.ensim.hu/://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/003/X9121E/X9121E00.pdf The Inter-Group Resource Book-FAO]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=IV9m8gF6XDcC&dq=masood+ul+mulk+author&pg=PA167 Ending Poverty in South Asia: Ideas that Work]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=_6AfAQAAIAAJ&q=masood+ul+mulk Sustainable Mountain Agriculture. 2. Strategies and Innovative Approaches]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=qOhtAAAAMAAJ&q=masood+ul+mulk Pakistan Horizon, Volume 59, Issues 3–4]
• [https://www.landcoalition.org/sites/default/files/documents/resources/08_SGP_PTF_forest_lives_book.pdf Lessons on Sustaining Communities and Forests from The Small Grants Programme for Operations to Promote Tropical Forests]
• [http://www.slideshare.net/zeenux/working-in-uncertain-complex-fragile-environments-41340089 Working in Uncertain, Complex and Fragile Environments]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=Rh3bAAAAMAAJ&q=chitrals+royal+family A Microcosm of Farmers Strategies in Chitral]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=OUZdAgAAQBAJ&dq=masood+ul+mulk&pg=PA210 State, Society and the Environment in South Asia]

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