Manzoor Ahmed

MANZOOR AHMED Daily Dawn, Haroon House, Dr Ziauddin Ahmed Road, Karachi, Pakistan--   My career experience and skills have grown from my education at Pakistan’s prestigious university in Islamabad, various academic and professional courses in the country and abroad and employment as a media person and communication manager for a Word Bank project. I’m a working journalist for the last 24 years and have worked as an individual consultant for the World Bank from July 2017 till Dec 31, 2018. During my consultancy services, I was responsible for data collection, writing reports and internal and external communication for the Reform Support Unit. I created and managed SELD’s Facebook page and Twitter handle followed by thousands of people, including ministers, parliamentarians and diplomats. I built this social media platform with hard work and handled it in a very professional manner. I also prepared reports and gave briefings to the delegates of the Global Partnership for Education, a United Nations fund for promotion of education across the globe, who visited Pakistan for meetings. I’m a working journalist, writer and blogger currently associated with Pakistan’s largest-circulated English Daily Dawn in Karachi. My key activities related to the profession include editing, rewriting and making headlines. So far I’ve written over 200 reports published by the leading dailies in the country. Prior to Dawn, I was sub-editor at The News (Jang Group of Newspapers) and reporter at The Frontier Post’s bureau office in Karachi. Most of my reports are data based. Fellowships, projects and courses International Finance Corporation (IFC) World Bank Group I’ve completed IFC’s certificate course ‘Corporate Governance and Media’ conducted by a team of the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and received certificate. Institute of Business Administration (IBA) I’ve completed 'News Reporting and Writing' course at the Centre for Excellence in Journalism (CEJ) at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), Karachi, in collaborationwith the Medill School of Journalism-Northwestern University, USA, and International Centre for Journalists (ICFJ) in August 2015. United Press International I’ve completed a year-long ‘Impact Pakistan’ project. The UPI-Next project, a year-long online training and mentoring programme for journalists, was built around the 2013 election and later tracking the government performance in collaboration with INTERMEDIA-Pakistan and Pak Institute for Peace Studies, Islamabad. Beaconhouse National University I’ve completed Beaconhouse National University and Rozan’s 6-month ‘Media Fellowship on Social Justice’ in June 2013. I designed “the Elections 2013 and Formation of New Government, Spotlight on manifestoes, policymaking and governance” project to explore positions of all parties on the core issues concerning marginalised people and highlight the same through my write-ups. I brought out the most hidden and often ignored details of socioeconomic problems of people which have kept them in chains for centuries. US Department of State I’ve completed “the New Faces of American Journalism and Activism: Blogging and Social Media” May 2011 to June 2011 The Department of State sponsored the project and the Institute of International Education administrated it. The programme included a variety of appointments with individuals and representatives of organisations at the University of Maryland, discussions at The Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. Besides, I attended ‘Innovation Journalism Conference’ at Stanford University in Palo Alto and ‘Effective Use of New Media Platform’ seminar at Columbia University in New York. Honours and Awards I’m a recipient of the Top Readership Award from the Washington-based United Press International (UPI.com) on my story 'New Pakistani Prime Minister seen facing major challenges' in 2014. I’ve been a member of the Karachi Press Club’s governing body for two years and a member of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists. Education -Master’s Degree, History,- Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad Grade: Second Division -Bachelor of Arts (B.A.), Social Sciences,- Shah Abdul Latif University, Khairpur Grade: 2nd class -Intermediate, Pre-Engineering,- Govt Degree College, Larkana Grade: 2nd Div -Matriculation, Science and Arts,- Govt High School, Qambar