Who is who in Islamabad

  Asma Shirazi is a popular Pakistani journalist, anchorperson who has worked with various news channels including GEO News, ARY News, Samaa TV and Dawn News. She is most popular for her current affair program Faisla Awam Ka on Dawn News. She was born in Islamabad, and has a Postgraduate Degree in Political Science. She has experience as a news reporter and program anchor. Asma started her career with GEO News in 2001. She later joined ARY News as an anchor and host of current affairs program. She joined SAMAA TV in July 2010 and later joined DAWN TV. She currently hosts a Talk Show, “Faisla Awam Ka”. Asma Shirazi is Pakistan’s first female war correspondent and host was also named 2014 Winner of Peter Mackler Award for Courageous and Ethical Journalism in 2014. In her talk show Faisla Awam Ka reported on conflicts that include the 2006 Israel-Lebanon war, Taliban violence on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border in 2009 and General Pervez Musharraf’s 2007 state of emergency. She also ho...

Working for UNESCO Islamabad office as Communication and Information Expert, Phyza Jameel is working in Pakistan, with the mandate; to contribute towards ” freedom of expression” and ” access to information”. issues. Currently she is implementing a program on “Safety of Journalists and Impunity issues in Pakistan” as part of UN Action Plan. She had been a Broadcast journalist in her earlier life, and has studied in National College of Arts, Stanford University and Central European University.

She once dreamed of pursuing a career as an interior designer. She became an Art of Living teacher and loves seeing people recognise the beauty within - an interior designer in the true sense! Born on the 6th of May, in Pindi , Pakistan , Shahnaz Minallah comes from a long line of Sufi saints from the ‘Kakakhel’ tribe. It resulted in her having a deep spiritual background, significant in shaping a divine outlook. She spent her childhood years with her parents on their tea estate in Bangladesh , where she was first home-schooled by her mother, and then, later, was sent to a convent school, where she was educated by nuns. The partition of East and West Pakistan brought Shahnaz and her family back to Pakistan , leaving behind their well-established life and belongings to begin a new life. She graduated in Law and Political Science, married and gave birth to two children, Sharmine and Sharez. Her married life was accompanied with plenty of travel. She eventually settled in Islamab...

Nobel peace prize nominee and former federal minister of Pakistan, Julius Salik, 57 year old is currently promoting his mission of world peace.   Understanding what he stands for doesn’t take much effort. He simply put, works for love and peace. He leaves no scope for ambiguity about his end-results. And in whatever he does, he strikes out a new path never following a trodden path. Salik plans to do just that. He names his home ‘The Black House’. Which explains the “Black House.” “Where does light shine?  In darkness, isn’t it?” he asks. Which further explains why he had camels in his living room. That was his way of protest against the complacency of the authorities in disconnecting the electricity to the slum areas of Islamabad. He used a hand-fan, read by candle-light and heard the radio using battery cells. All he wanted was the authorities to realize the pain, the poor children in the slums had to undergo.   Salik burnt his belongings to press upon the aut...