Azfar Rizvi is part of the Mdgfive.com project launched at the historic 2010 Women Deliver conference in Washington, DC and officially launched on Septembr 16, 2010 to coincide with activities leading up to the MDG Summit in New York City.
Using my morning show anchoring and producing skills, I launched Pakistan’s first English language morning show, ’Breakfast at Dawn’. This was a live two hour show aimed at setting the news agenda of the day. The show had top of the hour live headlines, a pre-recorded news report about an issue which we intended to showcase throughout the day and a relevant expert in the studio.
More than 1000 episodes available on youtube
Documentary: Hope Floats
Director: Azfar Rizvi
Writer: Azfar Rizvi
Presenter: Azfar Rizvi
Language: English | Urdu
Release: 2005
Duration: 40 min x 3
Media: Local broadcast
Storyline:
On 8 October 2005 Pakistan was struck by the most devastating earthquake in its history. Affecting an area of some 30,000 sq. km, largely in Azad Kashmir and the North-West Frontier Province, it caused over 73,000 deaths, left many more people seriously injured, and destroyed homes, schools, hospitals and infrastructure on a massive scale.
Documentary: When Brummies Met Sindhis
Director: Azfar Rizvi
Writer: Azfar Rizvi
Cast: Rebecca Bailey, Kamal Hanif, Ian Healey, Heather Hepworth and Sheila Holden
Producer: Azfar Rizvi
Language: English
Release: 2009
Duration: 90 min
Media: Asia, North America
Storyline:
The film follows five British schoolteachers from Birmingham, England in their journey to Pakistan as part of a British Council Pakistan project, commonly known as Connecting Classrooms. The plethora of inter-cultural dialogue that ensues as the two cultures disclose both tradition and practice under the umbrella of education, transforms a simple visit to Bhit Shah, Sindh into a mutually beneficent exchange.
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In an effort to get the most timely updates, Rizvi lead a media team to Balakot setting up base camp at Garhi Habibullah next to the Kunhar river. Kunhar meaning ”eye’s repose” is 166 kilometers (103 miles) long river, located in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, then the North West Frontier Province. It flows through the entire Kaghan Valley and joins Jhelum River just outside Muzaffarabad in Azad Jammu and Kashmir.
‘Earthquake Diaries’ is a series of documentaries in the aftermath of October 2005 earthquake that leveled Pakistan’s northern areas. Azfar Rizvi was a Morning Show anchor with a television network at that time. He immediately responded by opening the phone lines and people from all over the world started to call in inquiring about the calamity. Within minutes, Pakistan’s largest Rescue and Relief effort was formed.
