The CEJ team works hard to keep the centre running and designing new programs. Our team comprises people with diverse backgrounds and experiences.
Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multi-media journalist and free speech advocate, with wide-ranging experience in television, radio, online and the print media. She is also an International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) and The Centre for Excellence in Journalism (ICFJ) fellow. She is currently head of communications at Tabadlab, a public policy think tank, consults with Media Matters for Democracy, a research and advocacy organisation working on freedom of expression, the media and the internet in Pakistan. She has also participated twice in the Jinnah Institute's India-Pakistan Track II Chaophraya Dialogue as an Emerging Leader. Ms. Shamsi has hosted three news and current affairs shows on mainstream news channels and writes opinion pieces for international media platforms. Previously she was a bilingual reporter for the BBC World Service, television anchor, desk editor, and producer. Her reporting largely focused on human rights. She has also written research reports and training manuals on women in the media, gender and conflict reporting, as well as conducted numerous media trainings.
Administration Officer Imran Siddiqui has served as assistant in the testing service department at the Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, from 2003-2016. He holds a Master's degree in International Relations from the University of Karachi.
Logistics Officer Hafiz Abdul Mannan Iqbal has more than five years of administrative, procurement and logistics work experience. He has been an English Language instructor for over six years. He writes blogs too.
Hafiz has a Master's Degree in Mass Communication, and a Bachelor's Degree in Commerce from the University of Karachi.
Technology Officer Mohammad Ali Baloch has 12 years of broadcast engineering experience, having been associated with Geo News in the past. He holds a BE Degree in Electronics from Dawood Engineering College Karachi. He also holds a degree of LLB from SM Law College, and MBA from Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Institute of Science and Technology, Karachi. His association with Geo News groomed him in areas such as TV production, morning shows, live news, election transmissions, entertainment programs, and many others. Baloch is a professional engineer affiliated with the Pakistan Engineering Council.