Journalist
Working as a talk show host MereSawalWithAbsarAlam with SAMAA TV and;
Podcast: AbsarAlamLive@SAMAA Digital
Writer. Scholar. Reader. Traveler. Dreamer.
Director news, Geo News formerly with Agence France-Presse (AFP)
CEO and major Shareholder of Next Capital. Founding CEO of CDC. EX SECP Ex CEO JSIL. EDUCATION: Govt College Lahore, Uni of Michigan, Harvard-AMP
Nobody knows politics and policy like we do.
Writes history - books include Old World Empires, The State During the British Raj, The Culture of Power and Governance of Pakistan, Downfall: Lessons for our Final Century, and just about to drop, New World Empires. OUP/Routledge/CSCR.
Mom to twins. Opinion columnist. International lawyer. Born in Pakistan. Raised in Saudi Arabia. University in USA. Currently in London, UK.
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