Niaz Alam BBC is known to have refused an appeal broadcast request from the DEC. The 2009 DEC Gaza appeal screened only by Channel 4 and ITV raised £8.3m. In August 2014, the BBC broadcast a new DEC aid appeal for people in Gaza, screened without similar controversy, which is reported to have raised £16m over two years. Niaz Alam Niaz Alam is a responsible investment consultant and journalist. He served as a director on the Board of the London Pensions Fund Authority from 2001 to 2010 having been appointed as an adviser on Responsible Investment and Human Rights issues. Since 2013,
BBC Persian Television for The World Report, Canada's most-listened-to morning news programme. Nader joined BBC Persian television in July 2008. A reporter who covers conflict and political news from Turkey to Iraq especially the ISIS atrocities in Sinjar and other locations. Majid Afshar has worked for English language news network Press TV for 8 years before joining the BBC in 2014. BBC Persian Television BBC Persian Television () is the BBC's Persian language news channel that was launched on 14 January 2009. The service is broadcast by satellite and is also available online. It is aimed at the 110 million Persian-speaking population in