Mansoor Ijaz

Mansoor Ijaz (born 1961) is an American businessman of Pakistani Ancestry. He is an investment banker and media commentator, mostly in relation to Pakistan, Iraq and Afghanistan. He is the founder and chairman of Crescent Investment Management LLC, a New York investment partnership since 1990 that includes retired General James Alan Abrahamson, former director of President Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. Ijaz has had ties to former CIA Director James Woolsey. Ijaz is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Mansoor Ijaz was born in Tallahassee, Florida and grew up on a farm in rural VirginiaIjaz received his bachelor's degree in nuclear physicsfrom the University of Virginia in 1983 and master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985, where he was trained as a neural sciences engineer. His father, Dr. Mujaddid Ahmad Ijaz, was a theoretical physicist who played a major role in nuclear detterence development throughout 1970s and 1980s, and was a pioneering figure in the designing of the weapons.

Ijaz developed CARAT, a currency, interest rate and equity risk management system. He started his own investment firm in 1990. Away from Crescent's daily business affairs, Ijaz serves on the College Foundation Board of Trustees at the University of Virginia and is a member of theCouncil on Foreign Relations.

The memogate controversy (also Mullen memo controversy revolves around an alleged memorandum seeking help of the Obama administration (addressed to Admiral Mike Mullen) in the wake of the Osama Bin Laden raid to avert a military takeover in Pakistan Central actor in the plot included American-Pakistani businessman Mansoor Ijaz alleging that the former Pakistan Ambassador to the United StatesHusain Haqqani asked him to deliver a confidential memo asking for US assistance. The memo is alleged to have been drafted by Haqqani at the behest of President of Pakistan Asif Ali Zardari, but Haqqani and several senior Pakistani officials have consistently denied these allegations.(Source: Wikipedia)

Sara Abbasi

Sara Abbasi is a philanthropist who has been committed to spreading access to education worldwide. Her charitable work on various boards is marked by a dedication to breaking down cultural barriers and enabling cross-cultural understanding. Ms. Abbasi serves on the Board of Developments in Literacy (DIL), an international nonprofit organization that is dedicated to the advancement of female literacy in remote areas of Pakistan. Since 1997, DIL has built 200 schools in Pakistan. In 2001, Ms. Abbasi was the driving force in establishing DIL?s San Francisco chapter.

Additionally, Ms. Abbasi serves on the board of The American Pakistan Foundation (APF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding education, healthcare, micro-infrastructure and entrepreneurship opportunities to the under-privileged people of Pakistan. She serves on the board of One Nation, a national philanthropic initiative that promotes pluralism and inclusion in America; The World Affairs Council of Northern California; and Menlo School, an independent, accredited and coeducational college preparatory day school for students in grades 6?12.

In 2003, Ms. Abbasi and her husband, Sohaib Abbasi, endowed the Sohaib and Sara Abbasi Program in Islamic Studies at Stanford University, a key forum for interdisciplinary research and teaching in Islamic Studies on the west coast.

Aun Rehman

Aun Rehman is the Country Director/CEO of Acumen Fund Pakistan – a social-venture fund investing in enterprises providing essential products and services to low-income markets in Pakistan, and affiliated with Acumen Fund, Inc. (USA). Aun is overseeing portfolio management, as well as business development and operations.

Before joining Acumen Fund, Aun Rahman worked for five years in economic and strategy consulting at Charles River Associates in Boston, specializing in financial modeling and quantitative analysis. Aun joined Acumen Fund in 2003 as a Fellow, working for 18 months with Acumen Fund's investee Saiban to structure and incubate an affordable commercial housing project in Lahore and to develop the organization's management information systems. In 2005, he became Acumen Fund's Country Manager in Pakistan. Originally from Karachi, Aun came to the United States to attend the University of Chicago, where he earned a BA in Economics.

Roshaneh Zafar

Ms. Roshaneh Zafar is the Founder and Managing Director of Kashf Foundation – the first specialized microfinance organization in Pakistan established in 1996. Kashf Foundation was awarded the Microfinance Excellence Award by the Grameen Foundation-USA for its groundbreaking innovations in the field of microfinance in Pakistan, while in 2005 it won the AGFUND International Prize for Microcredit 2005 out of 98 countries.

Prior to establishing Kashf Foundation, Ms. Zafar worked with the World Bank in Islamabad in the Water and Sanitation department for several years. Ms. Zafar was one of the first Ashoka Fellows in Pakistan and has been a Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur since 2004. Ms Zafar has also been awarded the Tamgha-e-Imtiaz, one of Pakistan’s highest civilian awards, by the President of Pakistan for her work in the field of development and women’s empowerment and was also awarded the Skoll Award for Social Entrepreneurship in 2007. Ms Zafar is a graduate of the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA and also holds a Masters degree in Development Economics from Yale University, USA.

Salim Ghauri

Salim Ghauri Chairman and CEO, NetSol Technologies Ltd. (Pakistan)
He is currently the President of Asia Pacific, NetSol Technologies Inc. and the Chairman and CEO of NetSol Technologies Limited, Lahore. He has been heading NetSol Technologies Limited for the last thirteen years. During this tenure, NetSol has gained world-class recognition and sustainable growth, topping the list of IT companies in Pakistan and serving blue-chip clients all over the world. 

This IT icon of Pakistan has accomplished what governments and large institutions strive to accomplish in decades, and it is amazing to see how the zeal, will power, effort, courage, and hard work of a single man can reshape the future of IT in Pakistan. This is what that makes Mr. Salim a true visionary and one of the best-known entrepreneurs of the country. Mr. Salim is also serving as the first Honorary Consul of Australia for Punjab (Pakistan).

SALIM GHAURI, THE IT ICON OF PAKISTAN SHARES WITH US THE SUCCESS STORY OF NETSOL’S SUCCESSFUL JOURNEY. IN THE FOLLOWING EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH THE EDITORIAL TEAM OF MANAGER TODAY, HE TALKS ABOUT HIS VISION AND STRATEGIES AT NETSOL AND HIS CONTRIBUTION FOR THE UPLIFT OF THE IT INDUSTRY IN PAKISTAN.

Maira Khan

Maira Khan, A well known actress/model/anchor who has all that is require - looks, attitude and ofcourse talent. Maira have already won the hearts of many fans around the world. Maira started off with her career 7 years ago as a model. Then different directors casted her in TV dramas. Till now, Maira have done more than 50 drama serials and sitcoms. Such as, "Yaad Piya Ki Aaye, Sooli, Chingariyan, Khumar, Kanpur Se Katas Tak, Kya Chaha Kya Paya, Dil-e-Nadaan, Justuju Jiski Thi ,Imtehan,No.1,Good News and Qabool Hai.

Maira is also known is one of the good stage performer.

As many of you have seen her performances on "ARY NACHLE and different award shows".

A warm-hearted Piscean, Maira Khan, was born on 15th March in Lahore to her parents and have one younger sister and a brother. Completing her Matriculation from a private school and Intermediate from a Government College in Lahore. She has also done Bachelors of Commerce as a private candidate.

Andleeb Abbas

Andleeb Abbas has been involved in the field of training and consultancy for the last 12 years. She specializes in the areas of Strategic Management and marketing strategy and has trained nearly all top local and multinational organizations. She is presently running her own training institute in Lahore, by the name of Institute of Marketing & Sales (Profile of the institute is available at www.imsknowledge.com) She is also the CEO of the world’s largest training and consulting brand by the name of FranklinCovey Pakistan. 

She is a training and marketing consultant to the World Bank, Asian Development Bank, and DFID. She is also a visiting faculty member at LUMS, LSE and Imperial College. She has published 30 papers and over 500 articles and currently writes for DAWN and NEWS Sunday magazine. In 2002 she was the only Pakistani to be declared as one of the top 30 Strategic Thinkers in the world by the World Bank Washington DC social development department, and consequently was invited to assist the World Bank in preparing their next 10 year strategic plan.

Major General Athar Abbas

Major General Athar Abbas is a two-star general and the current military spokesperson for the Pakistan Defence Forces who replaced Major General Waheed Arshad as the new Director General of Inter Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) on January 14, 2008.

General Abbas was commissioned in October 1976 in the 54th PMA Long Course from the Pakistan Military Academy, Kakul into the Armoured Corps. He has held various command, staff and instructional appointments that include command of an armoured regiment, armoured brigade and armoured division. He has been General Staff Officer (Operations) in various armoured formations. He is a graduate of Command and Staff College, Quetta and Armed Forces Staff College, Malaysia.

He is a participant of the Executive Course at Asia Pacific Centre for Security Studies, Hawaii, USA. He has attended Armed Forces War Course and National Defence Course at the National Defence College, Islamabad. He has been on the faculty of Command and Staff College, Quetta and National Defence College, Islamabad. He holds a Masters Degrees in War Studies as well as Strategic Studies from Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. He was promoted to Major General in June 2005 and has commanded an armoured division in Kharian from June 2005 to June 2007

Before joining Inter Services Public Relations Directorate, General Abbas was serving as Director General Quartering and Lands in Quartermaster General’s Branch, General Headquarters. After he was appointed as the DG ISPR, Major General Mohammad Farooq replaced him at his previous position.

Three of General Abbas's brothers are associated with journalism and the media, working with leading media organisations.His brothers are Mazhar Abbas (works for ARY and headed the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalists for several years), Azhar Abbas (Geo Managing Director), Zaffar Abbas (Editor of Dawn). (Source: Wikipedia)

Nadeem Sarwar

Nadeem Sarwar is a son of (Late) Syed Asrar Hussain Rizvi and Syeda Nargis Khatoon of Karachi, Pakistan.

Married, with three children, Nadeem Sarwar lives in Karachi, Pakistan.

He started Nauha Khwaani at the age of four years old and his first teacher for reciting was his mother anddedicated himself to Nauha Khwaani at the age of eight.

Nadeem Sarwar has recited in different languages such as Urdu, Sindhi, Sariki, Punjabi, Pushto, Pourbi, Hindi, Gujarati, Persian, Arabic, English, and French.

Nadeem Sarwar has recited Nauha in many different ways of Matam like Persian Matam, Arabic Matam, Quetta Matam, Parachanar Matam, Afghan Matam, Sariki matam, Punjabi Matam, Sindhi Matam, Hyderabad Dakkan Matam and Khoja Shia Ithna Asheri Saf Matam.

Nadeem Sarwar has recited a total of 179 Kalaam up to date. These Marsias and Nauhas are very popular especially for children. Nadeem Sarwar has recited these Marsias and Nauhas from great writers of Islam, such as,

Mir Babbar Ali Anis
Mirza Salamat Ali Dabeer
Mirza Ghulam Mohammad Nazeer (Brother of Dabeer)
Nisar
Mussayab H.Naqvi
Sadaf Jalalvi
Anees Pahersari
Shohrat Bilgrami
Mehshar Lakhnavi
Kazim Shaukat Bilgrami
Dr. Hilaal Naqvi
Aal -e- Muhammad Razmi
Rehan Aazmi

Nadeem Sarwar has travelled to all five continents throughout, to promote Azadari.
Countries he has visited, include:
Pakistan (All Over)
India (Lucknow, Kanpur, Agra, Mumbai and Hyderabad Dukkan)
UAE (Dubai, Abu Dhabi, and Sharjah)
Middle East (Jeddah, Makka, Madina, Qatar, Oman, Kuwait, Iran, Iraq, Syria, and Jordan)
Asia (China, Korea, Japan, and Hong Kong)
Europe (Switzerland, Sweden, Germany, Luxembourg, Holland, Belgium, France)
England, (London, Leicester, Birmingham, Manchester, Bradford, Leeds, Derby, Milton Keynes, Sheffield, Luton and Scotland)
Africa (Tanzania Dar-es-Salaam, Arusha, Morogoro)
Kenya (Nairobi, Mombasa, Tanga)
Zanzibar and Madagascar (Antananarivo, Tulia, Murandawa, Ancherabay, Macungie, Kinshasa, Zaire, and Congo)
United States of America (New York, Allentown, New Jersey, Orlando).
Canada (Toronto, Edmonton, and Hamilton).

These include many cities around the Globe, including the best of Imambargah. He has had many other invitations from cities which he hasn't yet had a chance to recite, but Insha-Allah, those cities which haven't been able, can now contact him through this website.
He has seen Azadari at different levels and has tried his best to adjust himself in order to make sure Islam is spread in an appropriate manner.

Whilst travelling the world, Nadeem Sarwar has been honoured to be given the chance to appear in many world-wide as well as local newspapers and television stations, including, TelevisionAsia, ZeeTV, PakistanTelevision, Dar-es-SalaamTelevision and Midlands Asian Television.

Academic Background: Mechanical Engineering, Commercial Designing, Fine Art, as well as Interior Designing.

Jasmeen Manzoor

Jasmeen Manzoor born in Karachi and did her Masters in International Relations. She’s been working as a producer and television anchor since 1999. In March 2010, Jasmeen started hosting SAMAA TV's flagship primetime program called 'Tonight with Jasmeen'.

This program is aired Monday to Thursday from 10:03pm-11:00pm.

Jasmeen has also made documentaries on various subjects and has received four awards for her outstanding work, one of which was the Benazir Excellence Award for Best Female Anchor in Pakistan in 2009.

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain

Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain is a famous Pakistani Politician; he belongs to a Jatt (Warraich) Family of Gujrat, Punjab. He was the Interim Prime Minister of Pakistan for only about 2 months (30 June, 2004 ~ 28 August, 2004). Ch. Shujaat Hussain is son of a great politician Ch. Zahur Elahi (late), brother of Ch. Wajaat Hussain (Politician) &Ch. Shufaat Hussain (District Nazim of Gujrat)  and cousin of Ch. Pervez Elahi (Ex. Chief Minister of Punjab). His family is called as Chaudhry’s Family of Gujrat. Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain came into politics in 1982 after the assassination of his father. He has proved himself a more respectable politician among public and other politicians too.

Currently he is “President of PML-Q”. He has served as 20^th Prime Minister of Pakistan, Federal Minister of Information, Federal Minister of Industries and Production and Federal Interior Minister during different intervals. He was selected as member of Majlis e Shoora of General Zia ulHaq (Ex. President of Pakistan). He also served as Parliamentary Leader of PML-N in National Assembly. He is also Honorary Consul General of Republic of South Korea since 1982.

Hanif Abbasi

Muhammad Hanif Abbasi MNA from Pakistan Muslim Leage N was born on January 4, 1966.

He got his early education from Muslim League High School, Empress Road, Lahore. His father’s name is Muhammad Jalil Abbasi. He got his higher education at the FC College and Punjab University. Impressed by Mr. Hanif, a teacher of Islamic Studies, at FC College, Hanif Abbasi has been taking interest in cricket and football.

He joined politics as a school student in 1977. His aspiration after being elected as a legislator is to protect the ideology of Pakistan and fulfill his commitment with the motherland.

He thinks that so far the country’s status would not very good after 20 years. However, he hopes the situation would be much better if a good leadership emerged on the political scene of the country.

First he thought that Maulana Abul Ala Maududi, for his scholarly capabilities, was the best person to lead Pakistan and now he thinks Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif is the best option to lead the country as a prime minister.

HE has been elected MNA for his first term as an MMAP candidate during the bye-election after SheikhRasheed ahmad vacated his seat following his election from two constituencies. He is politically affiliated with JIP.

Inspired by his mother and Dr Abdul Qadir Khan, his top most priority is the sovereignty of the country. On the global scene, he is impressed by the leadership qualities of Mahathir Mohamed, former prime minister of Malaysia, and Chinese leaders.

He is involved in the pharmaceutical wholesale business. He wants the youth of today to do everything with commitment and sincerity.

Shahi Sayed

Shahi Sayed President Awami National Party Sindh, originally from Barozai villege of district Mardan KPK. He owned CNG gas stations in Karachi before becoming involved in politics. Shahi Syed also lovingly called as "Shahjee" shifted to Karachi in the decade of 1970s after doing matric. Initially, he worked on petty jobs in textile mills for quite some time and later started small business in Karachi. Though, he started small but thought very big which he practically proved in his multiple business ventures at Karachi, the largest city and business as well as financial hub of the country. He was somewhat enterprizing person right from his beginning as informed by his friends who had set very high goals for himself. He worked very hard for achieving these goals. Soon he became well off and became a popular elder in the city especially Pakhtuns his own people. Now a time had come to bring an altogether change in his life style, for which he shifted to a gorgeous house in the posh area of wealthy people, DHA. He purposely named his house "Mardan House" after the district he belongs. There he took a huge turn of his career and started mixing with the members of the elite class of the city with a high success and comfort. His style was really unique which worked well as he never aspired for seeking any favour from others rather he initiated to oblige others within his own resources. This was something new in the city of Karachi which is otherwise notorious for its materilistic approach in the country.

Despite nominal education coupled with moderate rural background, Shahjee enjoys highest level of confidence. He has a large circle of loving friends almost in every walk of life. Shahjee is known for his superb hospitality and it is very very rare that he may not be hosting a couple of his friends almost every evening in his large beautifully decorated drawing room. Dining without friends in the evening is somewhat unusual for this ever-smiling first generation popular Pakhtun politician of Karachi. The very art of much needed public relationing and dealings in politics is God-gifted to this person. He knows the art how to befriend others and also knows the very value and true spirit of friendship at a later stage. Temporemntally, he is courteous, good and helping to the people and public in large.

Later, on achieving high success in his fast growing business of petrol pumps and CNG stations he also owned a large textile spinning unit in Karachi for a very short period which he soon disposed off due to some unavoidable reasons. It was the period when well off Shahjee started thinking joining the political arena of the country. He had earned almost every thing in life he had fantasised but was still lacking the political popularity and public force behind for which he had been dreaming perhaps for quite some time. For joining practical politics he had enormous consultations with his best friends mostly from the interior Sind in the civil bureaucracy as well as business. They were mostly unanimous for feeling a visible vacuum in the ANP leadership in Sind as Haji Sher Khan - the former provincial president of ANP had become too old and shifted to his ancestral village while humble Qaimus Gul Khattak, another former party head setlled in interior Sind was almost unable to go for the party in a big way with his limited resources, temperament and old age. (Source: Wikipedia)

Teizoon Kisat

Mr. Teizoon Kisat is a Chartered Accountant and has held senior management positions for over 16 years. What gives him an edge compared to his peers is his determined resolve and disciplined flexibility which are a wholesome combination vital to achieving results that not only are imperative for current development but also ensure future growth momentum.

Mr. Kisat is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Pakistan. After completing his education and professional training in 1983, he started his career in Premier Accounting firm of Pakistan. Later he joined Accounting firm in Saudi Arabia. He joined Leasing sector in 1995 and was associated with different leasing companies in Pakistan till 2000 when he joined ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited, the largest leasing company of Pakistan.

Mr. Kisat headed Finance and Accounts, Marketing, Credit, Corporate Secretariat and Operating Lease departments and became Deputy Managing Director of ORIX in 2004. This was a senior level strategic position that involved management of assets and planning and development of future infrastructure of the company. He remained the Chairman of the Leasing Association of Pakistan from 2008 to 2010 and Director of Pakistan Microfinance Network, heading its Finance Committee as Chairman from 2005 to 2010.

Mr. Kisat took over as Managing Director and CEO of ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited on Ist January 2011. During the year ended June 30, 2011, the Company progressed well and recorded profits before taxes of Rs. 227 millon. ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited has over 450 employees and has deployed 35 staff members to ORIX associated companies in MENA region including Chief Executives of these companies. ORIX Leasing Pakistan Limited also provides technical services to associated companies in MENA Region.

Dr Tariq Shahab

Dr.Tariq Shahab is a Vascular and Interventional Cardiologist.  He is Board Certified in Cardiovascular Diseases, Internal Medicine, and Interventional Cardiology.  He has also been elected a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology and American College of Internal Medicine.

His main interest is in fixing blockages inside coronary arteries without the need for coronary artery bypass surgery.  He believes most blockages can be successfully opened using the technique of angioplasty and stenting.  He has performed hundreds of procedures involving not only one artery but also three vessel or left main coronary artery disease.

Dr. Shahab is also experienced in putting stents in the carotid artery to prevent strokes in patients who have blockages in that important artery.  Presently, the only treatment for carotid artery disease is surgery.  Dr. Shahab has presented the results of carotid artery stenting from more than 600 patients at the annual meeting of the American College of Cardiology.

"Carotid Stenting will be the procedure of choice for carotid artery disease to prevent stroke in the near future." says Dr. Shahab.

Dr.Shahab graduated from Dow Medical College University of Karachi, Pakistan and then came to the United States for further training in cardiovascular diseases.  His Internal Medicine residency training was completed at the University of Michigan Medical Center.  He was awarded Outstanding Resident of the year Award at Michigan and was offered the position of Chief Medical Resident.  His cardiology fellowship training was at the University of Kentucky Medical Center.  He was then selected to be on the faculty at the University of Kentucky.  He is an elected fellow of the American College of Cardiology (FACC) and American College of Physician (FACP).  He is also a member of the American Medical Association and American Federation of Clinical Research.  Dr. Shahab was elected to the Board of Directors of the American Heart Association in Kentucky and he is Chairman and Founding Member of the Kentucky Health Educational Campaign.  In Kentucky, he started the School Health Educational Program and he was the Program Director of the International Symposium on Heart Disease, Cancer and Stroke, entitled: "A preventive Approach."

More recently, Dr. Shahab was selected to present a Poster Board and Interesting Case to the world wide annual CRT Meeting 2009 in Washington, DC. 

Dr. Shahab is among the most talented physicians in the Cardiology field.  It would be our pleasure to put his extensive experience to work for you.

Rasul Bux Palijo

Rasul Bux Palijo is a unique social scientist and a remarkable politician of South Asia whose work must be gauged by the extent to which his predictions are verified by history. In every nation some names stand out as the pioneers of uprisings, revolutions and movements and Rasul Bux Palijo is the most outstanding and exceptional thinker and leader of the twentieth century Sindh and Pakistan. 

Like all great intellectuals, scholars and leaders Palijo has been at times misunderstood, misinterpreted and misjudged not only by his die hard adversaries, but by his admirers as well. Palijo, one of the great original thinker of Sindh, is known as the Quid-e-Inqilab (Leader of Revolution) because of the radical nationalist pursuits with which he has been challenging the rigid mindset of the dictators of his times and because only a powerfully original mind can emancipate itself as completely as Palijo's did from the tyranny of accepted but already obsolescent ideas of south Asian Politics

Noorjehan Bilgrami

Noorjehan Bilgrami is an artist, textile designer and researcher. Her interest in traditional crafts led to the establishment of KOEL, a workshop that pioneered the revival of hand block printed fabrics in Pakistan. She is one of the founders of the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture and was its first Executive Director.

Years of research into ajrak, a traditional Sindhi textile, led to publication of the book Sindh jo Ajrak, and later to the making of the documentary video,Sun, Fire, River, Ajrak - Cloth from the soil of Sindh.

Handloom weaving and natural dyes are now her major interest and she was awarded the Japan Foundation Fellowship in 2001-02 to pursue research on natural indigo in Japan.

Noorjehan curated the exhibition Tana Bana: The Woven Soul of Pakistan in collaboration with Jonathan Mark Kenoyer at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, in 1998; the exhibition later travelled to the Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland, Oregon, the Pacific - Asia Museum, Pasadena, California and Mingeikan, the Japan Folk Craft Museum, Tokyo. A comprehensive bilingual exhibition catalogue documenting the traditional textiles of Pakistan was produced in 2004 when the exhibition travelled to the prestigious Mingeikan.

She has travelled extensively and lectured at universities and museums in the United States, Scandinavia and Japan and has written numerous articles for international journals.

Ayaz Latif Palijo

Ayaz Latif Palijo (born November 15, 1969) is a Sindhi & Pakistani activist, writer and teacher. He is a symbol of liberal & democratic values and of Sindhi Progressive Nationalism. Ayaz Latif was born in Hyderabad Sindh, to a Baloch mother, the women's rights activist and revolutionary artist Jeejee Zarina Baloch, and a great South Asian leftist father, a legendary theoretician Rasool Bux Palijo. He is one of the leading Human Rights Lawyers of Pakistan. The people of Pakistan admire his courage and commitment to the cause of oppressed and victimized sections of our society. He has done work for victims of honor killing, karo-kari, bonded labor, missing persons, child labor, violence against women amongst others. 

Ayaz Palijo, an outstanding Orator, a successful Lawyer, a creative Writer and a devoted Teacher, is considered as being the first person to introduce the concepts of Human Rights and Public Interest Litigation in rural areas of Pakistan. He is also accredited for securing the release of more than 3500 innocent prisoners from different jails, bonded labour camps, illegal confinements, dar-ul-amans and police lockups. Ayaz Latif's recent activities include launching a strong campaign against the man-made water shortage, child abuse, forced conversion of minority girls and terrorism. He is elected President of Awami Tahreek and the Founder and Convener of Sindh Progressive Nationalist Alliance (SPNA).