User:Dr. Saqib Riaz/sandbox

Introduction: Dr. Saqib Riaz is Professor and Chairman (HOD) at the Department of Mass Communication, Allama Iqbal Open University (AIOU), Islamabad, Pakistan. He has honor to deliver guest lectures in some of the leading universities of the world. He completed his Post Doctoral studies from Indiana University USA in 2013 on the Post-Doctoral scholarship awarded by HEC. Earlier he got the degrees of Masters, M.Phil and PhD from Pakistan. He also received higher education of Journalism and Mass Communication from the International Institute for Journalism, (IIJ) Berlin, Germany. He also worked as magazine editor in a couple of Islamabad based national newspapers. He is author of three books on Journalism. He has achieved a number of awards and honors during his professional career. He is a Free Lance journalist and contributes articles to national and international newspapers. Dr. Saqib has published 100 research articles in national and international research journals. Some of the leading organizations of the country invite him as media expert in their meetings regarding media matters. Dr. Saqib has the honor to represent Pakistan in International Media Conference held in Germany in March 2010. He is member of the Boards of Studies, selection boards, research committees, review boards and other academic bodies of several universities in Pakistan. He has been an active member of several academic and professional organizations including the Association of Education for Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC) USA. He is also a renowned journalist and media consultant of Pakistan. Under his leadership, the Department of Mass Communication at Allama Iqbal Open University Islamabad flourished significantly and it has achieved several milestones. The Department is very well recognized all over the Globe in the circles of academia and media.

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Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=PczF1gcAAAAJ&amp;hl=en

Academia.edu: https://aiou.academia.edu/DrSaqibRiazProfessorChairmanDepartmentofMassCommunica tion

Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Saqib-Riaz-2

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHNA7Zu8w40 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=usAT9gbMVws