Emmy Nominated Journalist
Founder & CEO – Pak Futures Foundation

Emmy-nominated journalist and author Wajahat S. Khan is Advisor Emeritus for the Conference. Formerly Digital Editor for Nikkei Asia in New York City, Khan reports on Indo-Pacific security and conflict. A 2011 Harvard Kennedy School Shorenstein Fellow and President of the Class of 2020 at Columbia University School of Journalism, Khan has been reporting since his undergrad days at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. He has reported from 16 countries covering conflict, diplomacy, and politics for digital, cable, and network news, on and off camera. He was NBC News’ producer, correspondent and bureau chief in Afghanistan and Pakistan for most of the last decade and covered South Asia for CNN, The Times, India Today and leading Pakistani networks. He dabbles in cricket and has authored the 2019 HarperCollins / Amazon sports bestseller, “Game Changer: Being Shahid Afridi.”

Wajahat is the Founder and CEO of Pak Futures Foundation which hosted the Ivy Future of Pakistan Conference at Yale University in April 2025.