• Provide technical support to the Official Spokesperson Planning Commission in planning and organising development communication activates and advocacy campaigns

• Monitor and assess the outcomes of Brand Pakistan Initiative taken by Ministry of planning, Development and Reform, to improve its efficiency and quality delivery.

• Develop Communication strategies for external communication with partners such as INGOs, Private Sector and other government institutions.

• Implement and analyse the communication strategies to create a development narrative.

• Coordinate and collaborate with Private Sector, government institutions and INGOs to organise training workshops (Capacity building training workshops) and other tasks.

• Research and Develop Communication material such as Newsletters, magazine (Development Insight)

• Support the Development Communication team in engaging with media.

• Develop and writing content for digital media.

As a YDF, I am appointed in the Minister’s Office, directly working on the initiatives taken by the Minister himself, which are as follow:


• Global Competitiveness Index (GCI)
• Early Childhood Development (ECD)
• “How Nations Develop” Educational TV series
• Round Table Conferences on Small and Medium Enterprises
• Round Table Conference on Marketing Pakistani Cuisine Internationally
• Round Table Conference on promoting sports culture in Pakistan


Apart from that, this program has also provided me an opportunity to initiate my own Development projects such as:


• Start Up Pakistan Expo and Platform
• #AskTheMinister Social Media Campaign
• Civil Society Capacity Building Project on CPEC
• Pakistan Development Magazine


Other minister’s office tasks:


• Daily International Brief (Guardian, BBC, Independent, DW.Com)
• Weekly Global North Think Tank Report (UK, Germany, Latin America)
• Weekly International Relations Report (Diplomat, CFR, Foreign Policy, Foreign Affair)
• Macro Project: National Competitiveness Policy (Review existing Recommendations/ documents/ manuals)

Main Responsibilities As An Assistant Application Analyst:

1. Identified the features, advantages and disadvantages of CureMD’s application by conferring and empathising with clients.

2. Investigated and diagnosed issues by testing, evaluating and validating the CureMD application.

3. Accepted ownership of issues and developed solution by preparing and evaluating alternative workflow solutions.

4. Compiled data and produced relevant reports on various bugs within the CureMD application.

5. Held regular meeting with software developers to rectify issues and help improve the overall functionality of the CureMD application.

Assisting the John Lewis Customers with their queries and complaints, solving their problems via Email and phone calls and providing feedback. The Job required time management, problem solving skills and effective communication skills.

Creating awareness about International Refugee Law in Glasgow and adjoining areas. Participated in fundraising and public meetings.

Report formation, evaluation of data and Reporting back to Counsel General. Assisted the counsel general in day-to-day task. Managed Pakistani student community in Scotland