Urgent Pakistan Update with Imran Khan's Sister in Law, Mirza Shahzad Akbar & Hasan Ali 📱

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Maryam Wattoo has been an active part of Imran Khan's party PTI since 2008. In 2016, she introduced her sister Bushra Bibi to future-husband Imran Khan. Maryam is is a Data Scientist, currently doing her PhD in Business Administration. She works as a Data Scientist for a Government entity in the Middle East.

Barrister Shahzad Akbar is a Pakistani origin Barrister exiled in UK, who served as Advisor to Prime Minister Imran Khan on important portfolios such as Interior and Accountability in the capacity of a Federal Minister in Cabinet, which would roughly correspond to a US Cabinet Secretary position in the US. Akbar is also known for his human rights work, particularly representing civilian victims of U.S. drone strikes in Pakistan.

Hasan Ali is a journalist whose reporting focuses on civil rights, freedom of speech, and the intersection of culture and political activism. He has been a longtime contributor to The Nation Magazine and has also written for Time and Vanity Fair.

Hasan has worked as a journalist in three different continents. He began his career working as a correspondent for the english-language service of Pakistan television. After moving to New York in 2015, he worked as a producer on the award-winning documentary “Rigged: The Voter Suppression Playbook,” and was also part of the team that launched the CBSN digital series “On Assignment.” Hasan holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Oxford and a master’s degree from Columbia University in the City of New York.