Zubeida Mustafa is a freelance
journalist who writes a weekly column for Dawn, the paper with which she worked as an
assistant editor from 1975 to 2008. Dawn is
Pakistan’s most widely circulated and influential English language newspaper
that was founded in 1947.
Ms Mustafa writes on a variety of
subjects but her interest has mainly been in the social sector which she has
covered extensively. She has investigated in-depth issues such as education,
health care, women’s empowerment, children’s rights and the lives of ordinary
people.
While
working with Dawn, Ms Mustafa
wrote editorials and also launched a number of sections which were very well
received. She was in-charge of the One World Supplement which Dawnpublished in the early 1980s in partnership
with 15 leading newspapers from all over the world. These included Le Monde (Paris), Asahi Shimbun (Tokyo), La Stampa (Rome), The Indian Express (New Delhi), Jornal du Brasil (Rio de Janeiro), etc.
She
launched and edited Dawn’s “Health
Page”, “Book Page”, “Education Page”, “CareerWise”, “Encounter”, “Karachi
Notebook” and most notably “Books & Authors”, the first book magazine
brought out by any newspaper in Pakistan.
Before
she entered the world of journalism, Ms Mustafa worked at the Pakistan
Institute of International Affairs (PIIA), Karachi as a Research Officer. Her
research papers were published inPakistan Horizon, the quarterly journal of the
PIIA.
Ms Mustafa’s articles have been
published in foreign newspapers and websites.
She has compiled and edited a number
of books:
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Transfer of Power (PIIA, Karachi)
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The Kashmir Question (PIIA, Karachi)
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The South Asian Century (Dawn and
OUP)
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For Life, Peace and Justice by Maisoon Hussein (Piler, Karachi)
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The Press in Chains (revised edition) by Zamir Niazi
(OUP)
She is the winner of “Global Media
Award for Excellence” in 1986 and 2004 presented by the Population Institute,
Washington, USA.
She
also received an award from the Pakistan Publishers and Booksellers Association
in December 2005 in recognition of her contribution to Books & Authors.
In
May 2012 The International Women Media Foundation nominated her for its Lifetime
Achievement Award 2012.
Zubeida Mustafa did her Masters in
International Relations from the University of Karachi. She has also studied at
the London School of Economics and Political Science.
You can learn more about Zubeida
Mustafa’s professional life. She was widely interviewed in the US which she
visited in October 2012 to receive her award given by the International Women’s
Media Foundation.
Zubeida Mustafa did her Masters in International Relations from the University of Karachi. She has also studied at the London School of Economics and Political Science.
You can learn more about Zubeida Mustafa’s professional life. She was widely interviewed in the US which she visited in October 2012 to receive her award given by the International Women’s Media Foundation. Here are the links of her interviews and pictures in international media.
