Shireen M. Mazari
Occupation	Editor, The Nation Spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, PTI
Known for	Academic, Journalist, Politician
Website www.insaf.pk www.nation.com.pk

Shireen M. Mazari is a Pakistani academic, defence analyst, journalist and politician. She is currently working as the editor of the conservative daily The Nation newspaper and as the Spokes person on Foreign Affairs of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf political party. She has also served as the Director General of The Institute of Strategic Studies, a think-tank based in Islamabad and was until recently a regular columnist at the daily The News International.

Mazari, however, was removed from both of these positions prematurely. She cites American pressure in these episodes, a charge that both the government and the The News administration denies.^{[citation needed]}

Contents 1 Education 2 Career 2.1 Academic career 2.2 Journalist and editor 2.3 Political career 3 Views 4 Books 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Education

She received her B.Sc (Honours) from the London School of Economics and Political Science and a Ph.D in Political Science from Columbia University, New York.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Career

[edit] Academic career

Mazari formerly was an Associate Professor and then Chairperson of the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies at the Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.

She then stayed as the Director General of The Institute of Strategic Studies, a research think-tank based in Islamabad until 2008. Reportedly under pressure from the United States (so claims Mazari, but the government denies), she was removed from this position in May 2008 ahead of the end of her contract in August 2009. Former Foreign Secretary Ambassador Tanvir Ahmad Khan replaced her.^[1]

[edit] Journalist and editor

Mazari was the Publisher and Editor-in-Chief of Weekly Pulse, from 1993 to 1999. She has also stayed as a regular columnist for The News International newspaper, writing for the daily as recently as 3 September 2009. She left the paper claiming American intrusion. Addressing a news conference, Mazari said that the US is poking its nose in all affairs of Pakistan, and when she started writing columns critical of the US policies in the region, the US Ambassador exerted pressure on the newspaper's management to suspend her writing.^{[citation needed]} The News International team, however, denied this allegation.^{[citation needed]}

Barely four days after leaving The News, she was offered the editor position at The Nation. She took over this position on 7 September 2009 vice Arif Nizami who was earlier sacked by his uncle and the Waqt Media Group editor-in-chief Majid Nizami.^[2]

[edit] Political career

She joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf on 25 November, 2008 after a meeting with the Chairman of the party, Imran Khan.

[edit] Views

She is a vocal critic of the United States policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Mazari said her life has been under threat adding that the Minister of Interior and US diplomats will be responsible if anything happened to her.^[3]

[edit] Books

• Pakistan's Lesson from its Kargil War: An Analysis (1999)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

This article's citation style may be unclear. The references used may be made clearer with a different or consistent style of citation, footnoting, or external linking. (September 2009)

• Dr. Shireen Mazari on TV program Islamabad Tonight
• Dr. Shireen Mazari joins Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf
• Website of the Institute of Strategic Studies
• http://www.saag.org/papers13/paper1231.html
• http://www.asian-affairs.com/biographies/shireenmmazaricv.html
• http://www.nupi.no/IPS/filestore/semi0902_04.pdf%20
• "The truth about Kargil" by A.G. Noorani at Frontline
• Weekly Pulse
• Compilation of her articles