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Adnan Nawaz
Adnan Nawaz
	Nawaz in 2014
Born	Peshawar, Pakistan
Occupation(s)	Journalist, presenter
Notable credit(s)	TRT World ; World News Today ; BBC World News ; Sport Today ; Newsday

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Adnan Nawaz (Urdu: عدنان نواز) is a British news anchor who is currently working for the TRT World.^[1]

Early life

Born in Peshawar, Pakistan,^[2] Nawaz graduated from the London School of Economics with a BSc (Econ) International Relations, and then completed an MA in Latin American Politics at the Institute of Latin American Studies, University of London.

Broadcasting career

Nawaz began work at the BBC in the early 1990s, as a broadcast assistant in the Latin American section of the BBC World Service. A Sony Award winning producer with BBC Radio, where he spent five years producing live programmes and making documentaries for 5 Live and Radio 4, he moved in 2000 to TV Sports News, presenting the sport on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. He has reported and presented from the world's biggest sporting events, including the Olympic Games, the FIFA World Cup, UEFA European Championship, ICC Cricket World Cup, Wimbledon and more.

From 2009 to 2017, he read the news on the BBC News channel and BBC World News. On BBC World News he has co-presented the network's main Asian-facing programme, Newsday, and was the anchor of the main European-facing breakfast time programme.

In September 2017, TRT World announced that Nawaz was being hired as a TRT World news anchor.

Personal life

Nawaz is well travelled, having lived in the Philippines, Italy, the United States, France, Chile and the UK. He speaks five languages.

He is also an experienced professional conference MC and host. He is the Director of TopCom Media Limited through which he has worked around the world, delivering keynote speeches and moderating panel debates across a wide range of industries, including social, economic and political development, travel, medicine, IoT,^{[clarification needed]} telecommunications, sport and leisure, food and healthcare.

References

^ TRT World (2017), Adnan Nawaz, archived from the original on 13 February 2018, retrieved 13 February 2018
^ @aonawaz (29 October 2019). "Of course. Born in Peshawar!" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 May 2022 – via Twitter.

External links

Profile of Adnan Nawaz BBC Press Office,
My World Cup Presenter: Adnan Nawaz BBC News, 18 May 2006

[1] TRT World (2017), Adnan Nawaz, archived from the original on 13 February 2018, retrieved 13 February 2018

[2] @aonawaz (29 October 2019). "Of course. Born in Peshawar!" (Tweet). Retrieved 5 May 2022 – via Twitter.

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