Mosharraf Zaidi
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{{Infobox person
| name = Mosharraf Zaidi
| occupation = Newspaper and TV Analyst and Policy development adviser
| nationality = Pakistani
| alma_mater = Lahore University of Management Sciences
Baruch College at City University of New York
| honours = Young Global Leaders
}}
Mosharraf Zaidi is a Pakistani writer who writes a weekly column for The News International. Previously, he served as a Policy Advisor to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs between 2011 and 2013 under Hina Rabbani Khar, the former Foreign Minister of Pakistan.{{cite web|url= http://mofa.gov.pk/mfa/pages/article.aspx?id=16&type=4 |title=Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan (shows info about Mosharraf Zaidi)|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130115123031/http://mofa.gov.pk/mfa/pages/article.aspx?id=16&type=4|date=28 September 2011|archivedate=15 January 2013|publisher=Government of Pakistan official website|accessdate=21 May 2019}}[https://www.weforum.org/people/mosharraf-zaidi Profile of Mosharraf Zaidi on World Economic Forum website] Retrieved 21 May 2019
Early life and education
Zaidi was born in Hyderabad, Sindh in an Urdu-speaking Muhajir family.{{Cite web|title=Flying into Lyari for Eid|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/87876-flying-into-lyari-for-eid|access-date=2021-11-21|website=The News International|language=en}} He completed his B.Sc. (Hons) degree in Economics from the Lahore University of Management Sciences, Pakistan in 1997. He then went to Baruch College of the City University of New York in 1999 and completed his Master's degree in Public Administration (MPA) in 2001.
Career
Zaidi's work and analysis covers areas such as education, public policy, emergency relief and reconstruction, telecommunications, technology, trade, and public safety improvement in major cities of Pakistan.{{Cite web|title=Baruch College Alumnus Mosharraf Zaidi (MPA '01) Among World Economic Forum's Class of 2014 Young Global Leaders|url=https://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2014/03/18/baruch-college-alumnus-mosharraf-zaidi-mpa-01-among-world-economic-forums-class-of-2014-young-global-leaders/|access-date=2021-11-21|website=CUNY Newswire|language=en}}
From 2005 to 2008 he worked as a Governance Adviser for the Department for International Development, and was the team leader for the 2008 UN evaluation program in Afghanistan.[https://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/stories/pakistan901/zaidi.html Pakistan: The Lost Generation (Profile and Interview of Mosharraf Zaidi)] Public Broadcasting Service (USA) (pbs.org) website, Published November 2009, Retrieved 21 May 2019 He served as the principal Policy Advisor at Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 2011 to 2013, where he helped establish the Public Diplomacy division in 2012.{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Albright Stonebridge Group|url=https://www.albrightstonebridge.com/team/mosharraf-zaidi|access-date=2021-11-21|website=www.albrightstonebridge.com}}
From 2013 to August 2018, he led the Alif Ailaan campaign in Pakistan. The campaign was funded by the Department for International Development and worked towards addressing the education crisis in Pakistan.
In 2014, he was recognized as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum for leading a global campaign aimed towards improving the quality of education for children in Pakistan.
He has written columns for a number of different newspapers in Pakistan, the United States and the Middle East. He is also widely known for being a vocal critic of the Pakistani government's policies on educational reform and frequently makes recommendations, as a TV and newspaper journalist, to improve public safety in the major cities of Pakistan.{{Cite web|title=Stabilizing Karachi|url=https://www.cfr.org/interview/stabilizing-karachi|access-date=2021-11-21|website=Council on Foreign Relations|language=en}}
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