Adnan Rehmat has been associated with the Pakistani media sector since 1990, principally as a journalist and media development specialist. For the last few years he has been associated with efforts on development strategies for the Pakistani media including radio, TV and print, as the country’s media transitions from a heavily state-controlled sector to one of pluralisms. He has been involved in advocacy and lobbying on media development issues including improving access to information, media legal reforms, raising the profile of women in media, building news and information capacities of the broadcast sector, and research and analysis, among others. For the last six years he headed the Pakistan operations of the US-based media support INGO, Internews Network, implementing a string media development projects funded by USAID, US State Department, DFID, FCO-UK and Swiss SDC. Rehmat has worked for a string of publications and broadcast networks nationally and internationally and continues to write on media, security and politics regularly. Through some organizations that he helped found, and others that he either heads or guides by being on their board, his efforts are focused on developing and advocating for a stronger legal and professional environment for journalists and media in Pakistan, particularly in the private broadcast sector, with a special focus on North West Frontier Province (NWFP), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) and Balochistan.