Omar Quraishi — CEO
We offer a variety of consulting and advisory services related to media content, strategy, planning, communications, narrative building, perception management, crisis management and public relations. We also have years of experience of working in print, digital and social media and television and we leverage that to provide services to clients that are not really matched by others in Pakistan. We have also successfully organized media workshops and undertaken detailed engagements with key leaders in the media industry. We also have the capacity to hold training workshops for journalists on issues as important as ethics in journalism, fake news and digital/social media, censorship, and related topics. Turned a major news website affiliated with a major TV news channel in Pakistan around in terms of content and traffic -- doubled traffic to the website by over 87% in 2017, compared to 2016. Achieved growth of over 61% in users and over 57% increased sessions. Introduced new original content, including videos. Managed to significantly increase engagement -- over an 18 month period, the website's verified Twitter account more than doubled from around half a million to 1.15 million. Presently, the website is ranked in Pakistan's Top 100 websites on Alexa. September 2015 -- Moderated a session at the Social Good Summit in Peshawar -- organized by the United Nations Development Programme and Peshawar 2.0 -- Topic of the session was "Youth, Entrepreneurship and Economic Growth" September 2015 -- Invited as a panelist at the Social Media Summit in Karachi -- on Pakistan's media landscape and issues related to censorship and regulation
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Media and Communications expert with extensive experience in public relations and digital media.
Location: Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan
Experience: 32 yrs 1 mo
Career Highlights
- Doubled traffic to major news website in 2017.
- Moderated sessions at international summits.
- Advised political leaders on media strategy.
Work Experience
The News
Columnist (1 yr 1 mo)
PR PMC
Podcast Host (1 yr 7 mos)
Chief Executive Officer (7 yrs 6 mos)
The Friday Times
Columnist (1 yr 10 mos)
The Lakshmi Mittal and Family South Asia Institute, Harvard University
Conference speaker (1 mo)
Positive Media Communications Pvt Limited
CEO/Director (7 yrs 2 mos)
Positive Media Communications
Media Consultant (7 yrs 4 mos)
Social Media Specialist (7 yrs 6 mos)
Independent media and communications consultant and media trainer - Social Media Influencer
Media and Communications Consultant and Social Media Influencer (7 yrs 8 mos)
Natcour
Digital and News Consultant (7 yrs 8 mos)
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Media Advisor (5 mos)
Consultant
Media Consultant to PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto Zardari (6 mos)
SAMAA TV
Head Of Digital Media (1 yr 10 mos)
ARY
Head of Digital, Online and Web (1 yr)
Fellow for 2013
Chevening South Asia Journalists Programme (1 mo)
The Express Tribune
Editorial Pages Editor (5 yrs 5 mos)
The News
Editorial Pages Editor (3 yrs 6 mos)
Dawn Group of Newspapers
Assistant Editor (6 yrs 4 mos)
Staff Reporter (4 yrs 6 mos)
Sub-editor (10 mos)
The News
Sub-editor (1 yr)
Education
BA at Columbia University
MA at University of Chicago
O and A levels at Karachi Grammar School
Master's degree at University of Chicago
Master's degree at University of Chicago
Master of Arts - MA at University of Chicago
