BA, London School of Economics; Master's degree, St Antony's College, Oxford. Former Senior Editor, Herald, Pakistan. From 2003, South Asia Researcher, Human Rights Watch, expert on Pakistan; took over as Pakistan Director. Responsible for researching, authenticating and writing reports, briefing papers and news releases produced by Human Rights Watch on Pakistan. Advocates South Asian human rights concerns globally with regional bodies, national governments and international financial institutions. Regular contributor on Pakistan in the international media. Commentator on television. Opinion pieces have appeared in major international media. 2006 and 2007, Visiting Research Fellow, Leverhulme Changing Character of War Programme, University of Oxford.