Masood ul-Mulk
TI (
Urdu : مسود الملک ) is a Pakistani expert on
humanitarian aid and a development practitioner.
[1]
[2]
[3] He is the
CEO of
SRSP the largest
NGO working to
alleviate poverty in North-West
Pakistan .
[4]
[5]
Background and education
Masood is from
Chitral ,
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa .
[6] He is the son of Shahzada Khush Ahmed ul-Mulk
[7]
[8]
[9] and the grandson of
His Highness Sir Shuja ul-Mulk ,
[10]
[11] the former Mehtar (Ruler) of the
Princely State of
Chitral .
[12]
[13]
[14] Masood is the son in law of veteran politician
Shahzada Mohiuddin .
[15]
Masood pursued academic studies and professional courses from
Lawrence College ,
Wye College ,
University of York ,
American University ,
University of Colorado Boulder the
World Bank and
IMF ,
Washington . He has also been a
Hubert Humphrey Fellow at the
Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the
University of Texas at
Austin ,
US . In 1996 a
letters patent was issued by the
Governor of Texas
George W. Bush declaring Masood an
Honorary Texan .
[16]
[17]
[18]
Career
Masood has served in the development field for over 30 years.
[19]
[20]
[21] While serving as the Regional Programme Manager
[22]
[23]
[24] for the
Aga Khan Rural Support Programme in
Chitral his developmental work for the area manifested in social organization, women’s development, natural resource management, physical infrastructure development, human resource development, enterprise promotion, and provision of credit and savings services.
[25]
[26] He also introduced a
micro-hydro power system
[27]
[28]
[29] that supplied
electricity to about 175,000 people in over 110 villages, and won the organisation an
Ashden Award for Sustainable Energy (2004).
[30]
[31] The
power house unit's supplied electricity to inaccessible high altitude valleys in the
Hindu Kush where the
Water and Power Development Authority would take another 50 years to put the basic infrastructure in place.
[32]
Since 2001, Masood has been leading the
Sarhad Rural Support Programme , the organisation set up by
Nishan-e-Imtiaz
[33] recipient
Shoaib Sultan Khan .
[34]
[35]
[36] SRSP is part of the
Rural Support Programmes (RSP's), which are working with 32 million
people across the country.
[37]
[38] Masood led SRSP’s relief and reconstruction work following the
2005 earthquake ,
[39]
[40]
[41]
2009 Swat valley conflict and
2010 floods ,
[42]
[43] and worked closely with civil and military authorities. Given the technical difficulties and social resistance faced by
international non-governmental organization 's and
multilateral organisations , their ability to deliver on ground was restricted, more so after
September 11 attacks . Thus making the dispensation of foreign
aid difficult.
[44] Hence a high proportion of the international
developmental ,
humanitarian and
relief
aid to
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had to flow through SRSP. Masood has combined innovative techniques with aboriginal ones to make sure that the aid reaches those in need.
[45]
[46]
[47] He endorses the view that at times of
austerity and destabilizing socio-economic and political conditions, a
holistic approach to
international development is required.
[48] At the core of his approach is the compelling idea that
downward accountability is as important as
upward accountability . He believes that amongst development approaches undertaken in
developing countries , the most successful involve targeting the
population as
stakeholders in the development initiative.
[49]
[50]
[51]
Following the earthquake of 2005 Masood oversaw the relief work of SRSP followed by its reconstruction of 62,000 houses. The project was funded by the
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
[52] and continues to be one of the largest of its kind anywhere in the world.
[53]
[54]
[55]
He was part of the five-member
United Nations , government and humanitarian team that led the 2009 United Nations Humanitarian Appeal for
Internally Displaced Persons .
[56]
[57]
[58] While doing so he also headed SRSP's humanitarian assistance, which reached out to 3.5 million IDP's, through systematic provision of transportation, accommodation, food items and medical services. Masood was invited to represent the
Pakistani
Civil Society in 2009 as one of the speakers at the
Presidency where the
President and
Prime Minister of Pakistan had organised a function to honour those who had worked for the
IDPs .
[59]
[60] He was among a select gathering of international donors,
NGO 's and
civil society representatives who were honoured by the
President for their efforts and contributions.
[61]
During the 2010 floods Masood lead SRSP’s humanitarian and relief assistance.
[62] The immediate reflexive actions were followed by more protracted and deliberate efforts to rebuild community infrastructure throughout
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ,
[63]
[64] where they had been damaged by the
flood's .
[65]
[66]
In 2015 under Masood’s care,
[67]
[68]
[69] SRSP won the
Ashden Award for increasing energy access, for its work with communities living in one of the world’s most remote, dangerous and inhospitable environments.
[70]
[71] The Sarhad Rural Support Programme had constructed 189 village
micro-hydro schemes and brought inexpensive,
clean ,
sustainable and
renewable
energy to around 365,000 people in the area,
[72]
[73] spread over hundreds of
kilometre's .
[74] With the aim of crossing the 1 million figure.
[75]
[76]
[77]
Projects overseen
As the
Chief Executive of
SRSP Masood has over the years presided over many locally and internationally funded projects including:
Miscellaneous
In his private capacity Masood has been a consultant for
Department for International Development ,
Sustainable Development Commission ,
United Nations Development Programme ,
Food and Agriculture Organization ,
[106]
International Fund for Agricultural Development ,
International Institute for Environment and Development
[107] and
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development .
[108]
Masood has lectured at various forums including,
Lahore University of Management Sciences , the
Civil Services Academy of Pakistan
Lahore as well as several universities across
Canada . He has also delivered lectures at the
University of Cambridge ,
[109]
[110]
[111] The Pakistan Society in
London ,
[112]
[113] WANA forum in
Jordan ,
[114] and European Environment Foundation in
Germany .
[115]
[116]
[117]
Directorships
Masood has served on the boards of various organisations including:
AKH Resource Center
[17]
Rural Support Programme Network
[118]
The United States Education Foundation in Pakistan
[119]
[120]
Provincial Steering Committees of Essential Institutional Reform Project of Government of NWFP
[121]
Steering Committee of Tropical Forestry Project of the United Nations Development Programme (2002 to 2006)
[122]
National Committee of the International Union for Conservation of Nature
[123]
Pakistan Micro Finance Network (2001 to 2007)
Langlands School and College
[124]
International Network of Alternative Financial Institutions (INAFI Asia)
[125]
Publications
References
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"Pakistan emergency relief expert to speak in Cambridge" . University of Cambridge. 3 February 2011.
^
"Humanitarian Centre Annual Lecture" . University of Cambridge Humanitarian Department. 7 February 2011.
^
"President of Pakistan conferred awards on civil and military personalities" . DAWN . 24 March 2018.
^ Khalid, Mohammad (1 January 2003).
Social Problems of Pakistan . Kifayat Academy. p. 547.
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^ Green, Duncan (27 October 2016).
How Change Happens . Oxford University Press. p. 43.
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^ Baig, Shah Murad.
"Shahzada Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk passes away" . The News International .
^ Aman, Sabir (4 June 2017).
"Last surviving son of Chitral's Ruler passes away" . DAWN .
^ Böhmer, Daniel-Dylan (2013). Der Major, der den Krieg überlistete . Germany: Insel Verlag.
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^ Spence, Johnny Torrens (2006). Historic Battlefields of Pakistan . Oxford University Press.
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^
Gem Symposiums . The Gem Hunter: True Adventures of an American in Afghanistan. 2004.
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"Two Readers of New Vision in remote Chitral by Bill Woodburn" . The Hamblin Trust.
^ Thomson, H. C. (19 November 2012).
The Chitral Campaign . Andrews UK Limited.
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^
"Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Chitral prince – obituary" . The Telegraph . 27 September 2017.
ISSN
0307-1235 .
^
"Last Word - Sean Hughes, Sir Brian Barder, David Marks, Major Khush Ahmad-ul-Mulk, Marge Calhoun - BBC Sounds" . www.bbc.co.uk .
^ Bealby, Jonny (1 August 1999).
For a pagan song: travels in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan . Arrow. p. 234.
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^ Mehmood, Tariq (11 March 2009).
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"Free machinery distributed among 62 skilled youth" . GEO News . 1 October 2016.
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"The Next Ascent: An Evaluation of the Aga Khan Rural Support Program" (PDF) . World Bank Operations Evaluation Department. Summer 2002.
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"Escaping Pakistan's poverty trap" . The Telegraph . 4 March 2013.
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"AKRSP, Pakistan, Micro-hydro power for remote mountain villages" . Archived from
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^
"Photos: the 2004 International Winners" . Archived from
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^ Wood, Geoffrey D.; Malik, Abdul; Sagheer, Sumaira (1 January 2006).
Valleys in Transition: Twenty Years of AKRSP's Experience in Northern Pakistan . Oxford University Press. pp. 193 and 223.
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"Ashden Awards case study, AKRSP, Pakistan" (PDF) . Ashden Award 2004. 13 July 2020.
^
"Power to the people" . The Guardian . 2004.
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"President Alvi confers top civil, military awards for excellence on Pakistan Day" . DAWN . 23 March 2019.
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"The road to a stable Afghanistan is through ... the Pakistani countryside" . Foreign Policy . 27 April 2012.
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"Office productivity: Celebrating 30 years of rural support" . DAWN . 30 June 2013.
^
"Pakistan: Scaling up Rural Support Programs" (PDF) . World Bank. May 2004.
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"UK charity hails quake 'miracle' " . BBC News .
^ ul Mulk, Masood (1 January 2006). "Rural Support Programmes, Communities and Disaster Management". Pakistan Horizon . 59 (4): 137–148.
JSTOR
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"EWB-UK Professional Network : Group Spaces" . Humanitarian Center .
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"Swat valley NGO finds a solution to the assault on education" . The Guardian . 10 May 2011.
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"Pakistan: Where there is a will there is a way" . Unhcr .
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"A radically different way of bringing U.S. aid to Pakistan" . The Atlantic . 30 April 2012.
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"When in Rome" . DAWN . 24 November 2013.
^ Kelegama, Saman (13 June 2012).
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ISBN
9788132109938 .
^ Hailey, John; Smillie, Ian (13 September 2013).
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"Building communities: how poor people are unlocking their own potential" . The Guardian . 1 March 2013.
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"Amid Pakistan's many problems, aid groups quietly do good work" . The National . 6 October 2015.
^ Buckley, Lila (December 2015).
"Insights from Southern NGO leaders" (PDF) . pp. 28, 32 and 63.
^
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"Tenants clamour for rights in quake-affected Allai" . IRNI Asia . 15 August 2007.
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"Annual Report 2006" (PDF) .
^
"Insecurity threatens quake rehabilitation work" . IRIN News . 30 July 2007.
^ Rural Support Programmes Network (RSPN) (5 January 2016),
Mr. Masood ul Mulk sharing his views during CDD Conference Peshawar, You Tube.
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"Pakistani Relief Expert to Speak at Cambridge" . 3 February 2011.
^
"UN Humanitarian Appeal: CEO SRSP Speech" .
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"UN seeks $543 million assistance for IDPs" . Business Recorder . 23 May 2009.
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"Asif invites Obama to FDP moot" .
The Nation (Pakistan) . 1 November 2013.
Archived from the original on 3 November 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2013 .
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"Zardari reiterates all-out efforts to rehabilitate IDPs" . AAJ News . 14 July 2009.
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"President vows to ensure safe and honourable return of displaced persons to their homes" .
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"Call for integrated efforts to help flood survivors" . DAWN . 22 January 2011.
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"Militancy-affected students go back to school" .
The Express Tribune . 12 September 2011.
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"With much to be done in Swat, over 140 houses built in four villages" .
The Express Tribune . 7 May 2012.
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"SRSP completes 16 dug well of potable drinking water in Chitral" . The Frontier Post . 2 July 2014.
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"Rebuilding lives: UN starts training communities in conflict zone" .
The Express Tribune . 25 November 2010.
^
"Green energy awards seek sustainable energy pioneers in Asia" . Eco-Business . 8 September 2015.
^ SRSP (15 March 2016),
CEO SRSP Masood ul Mulk's speech, Ashden Award 2015, You Tube.
^ This Planet (25 August 2015),
Harnessing Rivers in Pakistan, You Tube.
^
"2015 International Ashden Awards shortlist unveiled" . Renewable Energy Focus . 10 August 2015.
^ Ashden (11 June 2015),
Hydro power brings new life to remote Pakistani villages | SRSP, Ashden Award
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"Pakistan: 'Son, you brought electricity to the village and added 15 years to my life' " . The Guardian . 12 June 2015.
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"Six bright ideas for switching on sustainable energy for all" . The Guardian . 19 June 2015.
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"Winner case study summary Sarhad Rural Support Programme, Pakistan Rural Electrification" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 7 October 2015 .
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"A little goes a long-way: how small-scale sustainable energy is transforming lives" . 20 July 2015.
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"KP extends Bacha Khan Poverty Alleviation Programme" . The News International . 31 October 2010.
^
"Bacha Khan Poverty Programme Evaluation Report" .
^ Amir, Intikhab (13 May 2013).
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^ Amir, Intikhab (3 March 2013).
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"European Union working for public welfare in Malakand" . DAWN . 30 April 2013.
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"Make your own electricity: A tale of Swat's restless heroes" . 10 June 2015.
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"KP allocates Rs 69.3bn for ADP" . Archived from
the original on 3 October 2015. Retrieved 18 July 2014 .
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"Earthly matters: A bright future" .
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"EU-funded uplift scheme to be launched in Chitral soon" . DAWN . 5 April 2015.
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"Community Driven Local Development" (PDF) .
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"Work on EU-funded micro-hydel power project launched in remote Chitral valley" . Work on EU-funded micro-hydel power project launched in remote Chitral valley . The News International.
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"CDLD attains targets in Malakand division against all odds" . CDLD attains targets in Malakand division against all odds . The News International.
^ Zia, Asad (9 February 2014).
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^ Farooq, Omer (30 June 2016).
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^ Yusufzai, Ashfaq (5 July 2015).
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"PPHI closure protested" . The News International .
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"Germany to support displaced people in Fata, agreement signed" . The News International . 17 September 2015.
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"Insecurity threatens quake rehabilitation work" . IRNI. 29 July 2007.
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"Starting a New Story: How Access to Justice Is Untangling Women's Lives in Northern Pakistan" . Open Society Foundations .
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"Global Legal Empowerment Initiative" (PDF) . Open Society Foundation .
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"Sarhad Rural Support Programme (SRSP)" . Namati .
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"German-funded livelihood projects initiated in Kurram Agency" . The News International . 22 December 2016.
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"Last of IDP families repatriated to Orakzai" . DAWN . 20 November 2016.
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