PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE

Photographer and writer2013 – current

Published zine titled Four Letters with Faraar Gallery, Karachi

Participated in two-artist show in Karachi: Half-Truths, July 19—August 9, 2017

Solo exhibition in Vancouver presented with Indian Summer FestivalThere, There, April 21—May 26, 2017

Selected Exhibit Participant in Capture Photography Festival, 2017

Published in various photography journals in print and online, including Documentum, Maisonneuve Mag, Phroom, Incandescent, Archive Collective, Lenscratch, and Rental Magazine

Photographed for commissioned marketing material of various corporations

Documentary Filmmaker, 2009 - 2011: Made multimedia videos for the nongovernmental organisation, Gawaahi

Poet: published in Al Hamra Literary Review 

MARKETING EXPERIENCE

Executive Vice President, Thriving Arts Pvt Ltd, 2013 - 2014

Head of Marketing, Alchemist Ltd, 2012 - 2013

JOURNALISM EXPERIENCE

Executive Director, Gawaahi, 2009 - 2011: Worked on an awareness and advocacy program for the benefit of women, promotion of democratic values and the growth of digital media

Host and Anchor Dawn News, 2007 - 2011: Presented live news with interviews and analysis

Print Journalist, 2010 - 2012

Online Journalist, 2009-2012: Wrote for Huffington Post, Dawn.com, Spider, and personal website

Speaker/Moderator, 2009-2011: Interviewed politicians, diplomats, activists, and journalists

Bureau Chief/Producer for NBC News, 2002 – 05: Produced news stories for Nightly News and Today show, conducted on-camera interviews, reported breaking news for MSNBC, wrote stories for MSNBC.com, and managed the Islamabad bureau

Stringer for NBC News, 2001 – 02

TELEVISION EXPERIENCE

Entertainment Television Production Manager, 1998 – 2000

Television Actor, January 1992 – 2000

Music Show Host and Model, December 1991 – 2000