@aristotle
answer to ur question … he is the elite of (good) journalists in our country….. here is some detail if you like to read …..
Dr. Moeed Pirzada (Director & Anchor * World Today – Ptv-Prime), studied International Relations at the School of International Affairs, Columbia University, New York and studied Media & Internet law at London School of Economics, where he was a Britannia Chevening Scholar with the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
At Columbia University, he was Asst. Editor with the Journal of International Relations and made several contributions to South Asian Newsletter and fortnightly Communiqu‚; he worked with the Southern Asian Institute and remained closely associated with the organization of international conferences at that center of global excellence; he worked as external consultant with United Nations and World Economic Forum (Davos Group) and contributed to UNDP’s major publication: “Making Global Trade work for People” (EarthScan: London, 2003)
Dr. Pirzada has been a columnist for major Pakistani publications like the Karachi based, The Dawn, and The News; his policy papers have appeared in the Journal of Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI); has been invited to international conferences, seminars and symposia across the US, UK, South Korea, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.
In UK he has been a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), and has worked as external consultant with Commonwealth Business Council, and India & Pakistan Relations Study Group (INPAREL); he has assisted BBC with its documentaries on South Asia and was selected by Ford Foundation and Foreign & Commonwealth Office for the under forty leadership of South Asia at “Third South Asia Forum” at Wilton Park.(2003). In Pakistan he worked with Central Superior Services (CSS) and was awarded for meritorious services by the Federal government in 1998.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York; Masters International Affairs, 2001-2; Concentration: International Economic Policy.
London School of Economics, UK: MSc. Regulation; Department of Law; 2002-03, Research Analysis of the Law and Politics of Economic, Network, Media & Internet Regulation.
University of Punjab, Pakistan; MBBS; 1983-89.
Resident Training Programs
London School Of Economics: New Europe in World Economy; EU Economic Integration;1999.
Directorate of Training and Research, Pakistan: Constitutional Law, Policy & Procedure 1991-2.
Civil Services Academy, Pakistan: Economics, Political Science & Regional Studies 1990-91.
Professional Experiences (Over view)
Civil Services of Pakistan, 1990-2001
Selected for the Central Superior Services, after a distinct position in the nation wide competitive exams in 1989; and worked in different areas of public policy at increasing levels of responsibility. My job involved: assisting the top management in regional centers and federal capital with the overall process of strategic planning and decision-making: policy input papers; political analysis; economic assessments and forecasting; trade policy formulation; tax policy implementation; organizing conferences, seminar and expert panels; interacting with chambers of commerce and trade, regulatory bodies, and public Accounts Committee; administering first stage quasi-judicial proceedings and representing the government in courts and federal tribunals on technical matters related to policy and international commitments. Later selected by British Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a Britannia Chevening Scholar-a scheme reserved for potential leaders in government and industry.
Research & Consulting Assignments:
Commonwealth Business Council: As external consultant researched and wrote the chapter on Pakistan in Commonwealth Business Council FDI report, “Insight 2003; Foreign Direct Investment Report (London: 2003) Ed. Richard Synge”. Publication is to assist global business and governments with investment decisions.
United Nations Development Program: External consultant, with the core team that brought out UNDP’s major publication “Making Global Trade work for People” (Earthscan; London, Virginia, 2003); Conducted seminars with other UN agencies, academics and civil society NGO’s; Researched and wrote chapters on Antidumping and Trade Facilitation for this UNDP publication and contributed to other chapters.
World Economic Forum (Davos Group): External Consultant from Columbia University to World Economic Forum, Davos Group, during its annual conference in New York, Jan-Feb 2002.
India and Pakistan Relations Study Group, Leicester University (INPAREL): As external Consultant assisted with the conferences and seminars: University College London, Jan 2003; Kings College March 2003; Georgetown University October 2003 and with the conference at International Institute of Strategic Studies in March 2004.
Investment Bank Goldman Sachs: Consulting Assignment on a joint workshop between School of International Affairs and investment Bank Goldman Sachs on institutional problems in West African Oil & gas industry. (Jan-May 2002) Focus: Nigeria, Angola, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
RECENT CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
Assisting the ‘Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Honolulu, with the planned conference, Media, terrorism and the battle of ideas’ (scheduled: 1-3 Dec, 2004).
*** World Today, Ptv-Prime’s flagship program on current affairs, attracts a diverse viewer-ship across four continents. A daily broadcast from London, (6-7pm, BST) it provides an interactive platform for Pakistani Diasporas spread across UK, Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia and will soon be available in North America. It is available on cable in Pakistan.
This program aims to follow the political, social and cultural developments around the globe that affect the interests and consciousness of Pakistani state, society and its Diasporas. An ambition, such large in scope, instils a variety that makes, World Today, unique among all programs of its kind: one program may offer an in-depth analysis of South Asian politics, Indo-Pakistani relations or a rape case in a village; another may focus on the implications of new legislation on British Muslims and yet another will look at the developments in Middle East or the changing patterns of global media.
I am proud of you all!! Glad to know that all of you guys are focused on the core issues in this program. I felt that none of your questions is responded comfortably. If I had the option to formalize the leadership of the country, I would have pick my president, chief of Army staff, prime minister, Foreign minister etc. from you all and will challenge to better deliver than the current structure.
Why don’t we have people like yourselves in the main stream politics and decisions making?though its emerging in the form of Imran Khan but don’t see any other examples. Why don’t you guys do individual programs on that to highlight this issue of
“Drought of honest, sincere, qualified and patriotic leadership”
I am proiud of my country and I’m very said to heared jasmin manzoor program she is very
noisy lady and she has no maner to deal with guest. I want to send my message spacialy jasmin please improve you are personality you are looking so funny when you shoutted and misbehave to our respected ulmas.
fundamental questions were raised and fundamental response was received. we need money therefore we have to ensure transparency, otherwise produce observable development not just raise slogans
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Definitely, he has impressive skills, knowledge and command on his subject. But I think that becoz he is very polite, elegant and non aggressive anchor in our main stream of media so that USA officials choose him for conversation becoz they think that he is a harmless person.
Nice Program! Great questions by all anchors. Hillary presented her case well. She is right, we don’t have to take the money. If we do, it would come with strings attached. Nothing is free in this world. We have been doing this for quite some time. We should have gotten use to it by now.
She was very professional but madam please do understand Afghanistan is not our problem but yours. Our problem is Kashmir. Play a role such that Indida ceases to be stubborn and solves the problems.
Our journalists are so pre-conceived and pre-judgemental particularly that Talat Hussain and Hamid Mir that they cannot think straight. Cannot ask the right questions and miss the opportunity. She has pointed out how a wrong story would not die – of the 1,000 marines. A totally false story. Such stories undermine our credibility. Thanks to the twisted approach of people like Hamid Mir, Dr. Shahid Hussain, Javed Choudhry and Kamran Khan etc.
It is high time our journalists and anchors inform themselves better before they comment and write.
Proud of our Pakistani media.
Million times more objective, independent and brave than the “privately” CONTROLLED business machines like Fox, CNN, BBC and IBN etc.
Good show, we proud of our media nad anchors /journalists.
Btw, I don’t understand that why USA officials like to give a chance of conversation to Dunya Today (Dr Moeed Pirzada) ? Has anyone any clue abt it?
@aristotle
answer to ur question … he is the elite of (good) journalists in our country….. here is some detail if you like to read …..
Dr. Moeed Pirzada (Director & Anchor * World Today – Ptv-Prime), studied International Relations at the School of International Affairs, Columbia University, New York and studied Media & Internet law at London School of Economics, where he was a Britannia Chevening Scholar with the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office.
At Columbia University, he was Asst. Editor with the Journal of International Relations and made several contributions to South Asian Newsletter and fortnightly Communiqu‚; he worked with the Southern Asian Institute and remained closely associated with the organization of international conferences at that center of global excellence; he worked as external consultant with United Nations and World Economic Forum (Davos Group) and contributed to UNDP’s major publication: “Making Global Trade work for People” (EarthScan: London, 2003)
Dr. Pirzada has been a columnist for major Pakistani publications like the Karachi based, The Dawn, and The News; his policy papers have appeared in the Journal of Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI); has been invited to international conferences, seminars and symposia across the US, UK, South Korea, Turkmenistan and Pakistan.
In UK he has been a member of the International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS), and has worked as external consultant with Commonwealth Business Council, and India & Pakistan Relations Study Group (INPAREL); he has assisted BBC with its documentaries on South Asia and was selected by Ford Foundation and Foreign & Commonwealth Office for the under forty leadership of South Asia at “Third South Asia Forum” at Wilton Park.(2003). In Pakistan he worked with Central Superior Services (CSS) and was awarded for meritorious services by the Federal government in 1998.
EDUCATION & TRAINING
School of International & Public Affairs, Columbia University, New York; Masters International Affairs, 2001-2; Concentration: International Economic Policy.
London School of Economics, UK: MSc. Regulation; Department of Law; 2002-03, Research Analysis of the Law and Politics of Economic, Network, Media & Internet Regulation.
University of Punjab, Pakistan; MBBS; 1983-89.
Resident Training Programs
London School Of Economics: New Europe in World Economy; EU Economic Integration;1999.
Directorate of Training and Research, Pakistan: Constitutional Law, Policy & Procedure 1991-2.
Civil Services Academy, Pakistan: Economics, Political Science & Regional Studies 1990-91.
Professional Experiences (Over view)
Civil Services of Pakistan, 1990-2001
Selected for the Central Superior Services, after a distinct position in the nation wide competitive exams in 1989; and worked in different areas of public policy at increasing levels of responsibility. My job involved: assisting the top management in regional centers and federal capital with the overall process of strategic planning and decision-making: policy input papers; political analysis; economic assessments and forecasting; trade policy formulation; tax policy implementation; organizing conferences, seminar and expert panels; interacting with chambers of commerce and trade, regulatory bodies, and public Accounts Committee; administering first stage quasi-judicial proceedings and representing the government in courts and federal tribunals on technical matters related to policy and international commitments. Later selected by British Foreign & Commonwealth Office as a Britannia Chevening Scholar-a scheme reserved for potential leaders in government and industry.
Research & Consulting Assignments:
Commonwealth Business Council: As external consultant researched and wrote the chapter on Pakistan in Commonwealth Business Council FDI report, “Insight 2003; Foreign Direct Investment Report (London: 2003) Ed. Richard Synge”. Publication is to assist global business and governments with investment decisions.
United Nations Development Program: External consultant, with the core team that brought out UNDP’s major publication “Making Global Trade work for People” (Earthscan; London, Virginia, 2003); Conducted seminars with other UN agencies, academics and civil society NGO’s; Researched and wrote chapters on Antidumping and Trade Facilitation for this UNDP publication and contributed to other chapters.
World Economic Forum (Davos Group): External Consultant from Columbia University to World Economic Forum, Davos Group, during its annual conference in New York, Jan-Feb 2002.
India and Pakistan Relations Study Group, Leicester University (INPAREL): As external Consultant assisted with the conferences and seminars: University College London, Jan 2003; Kings College March 2003; Georgetown University October 2003 and with the conference at International Institute of Strategic Studies in March 2004.
Investment Bank Goldman Sachs: Consulting Assignment on a joint workshop between School of International Affairs and investment Bank Goldman Sachs on institutional problems in West African Oil & gas industry. (Jan-May 2002) Focus: Nigeria, Angola, Ivory Coast and Ghana.
RECENT CONFERENCES & SEMINARS
Assisting the ‘Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Honolulu, with the planned conference, Media, terrorism and the battle of ideas’ (scheduled: 1-3 Dec, 2004).
*** World Today, Ptv-Prime’s flagship program on current affairs, attracts a diverse viewer-ship across four continents. A daily broadcast from London, (6-7pm, BST) it provides an interactive platform for Pakistani Diasporas spread across UK, Europe, Middle East, and Central Asia and will soon be available in North America. It is available on cable in Pakistan.
This program aims to follow the political, social and cultural developments around the globe that affect the interests and consciousness of Pakistani state, society and its Diasporas. An ambition, such large in scope, instils a variety that makes, World Today, unique among all programs of its kind: one program may offer an in-depth analysis of South Asian politics, Indo-Pakistani relations or a rape case in a village; another may focus on the implications of new legislation on British Muslims and yet another will look at the developments in Middle East or the changing patterns of global media.
@aristotle
you can read ur self .. abt him:)
http://www.prideofpakistan.com:8080/maincontroller?requestId=4&userId=210
Please, where is there complete program?
Welldone Media,
I am proud of you all!! Glad to know that all of you guys are focused on the core issues in this program. I felt that none of your questions is responded comfortably. If I had the option to formalize the leadership of the country, I would have pick my president, chief of Army staff, prime minister, Foreign minister etc. from you all and will challenge to better deliver than the current structure.
Why don’t we have people like yourselves in the main stream politics and decisions making?though its emerging in the form of Imran Khan but don’t see any other examples. Why don’t you guys do individual programs on that to highlight this issue of
“Drought of honest, sincere, qualified and patriotic leadership”
I am proiud of my country and I’m very said to heared jasmin manzoor program she is very
noisy lady and she has no maner to deal with guest. I want to send my message spacialy jasmin please improve you are personality you are looking so funny when you shoutted and misbehave to our respected ulmas.
fundamental questions were raised and fundamental response was received. we need money therefore we have to ensure transparency, otherwise produce observable development not just raise slogans
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@mujtaba-ali
Thanks for ur kind information.
Definitely, he has impressive skills, knowledge and command on his subject. But I think that becoz he is very polite, elegant and non aggressive anchor in our main stream of media so that USA officials choose him for conversation becoz they think that he is a harmless person.
Nice Program! Great questions by all anchors. Hillary presented her case well. She is right, we don’t have to take the money. If we do, it would come with strings attached. Nothing is free in this world. We have been doing this for quite some time. We should have gotten use to it by now.
She was very professional but madam please do understand Afghanistan is not our problem but yours. Our problem is Kashmir. Play a role such that Indida ceases to be stubborn and solves the problems.
Our journalists are so pre-conceived and pre-judgemental particularly that Talat Hussain and Hamid Mir that they cannot think straight. Cannot ask the right questions and miss the opportunity. She has pointed out how a wrong story would not die – of the 1,000 marines. A totally false story. Such stories undermine our credibility. Thanks to the twisted approach of people like Hamid Mir, Dr. Shahid Hussain, Javed Choudhry and Kamran Khan etc.
It is high time our journalists and anchors inform themselves better before they comment and write.
Good work. Let the world know its different pakistan and government in power does not neceassary represent view of pakistani people.
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