Speakers, Chairs and Panelists
Dr Zulfiqar Bhutta
Educator, Scientist
AKU, Karachi
Dr Salman Shah
Economist
Member Think Tank, Hisaar Foundation
Simi Kamal
Chairperson & CEO, Hisaar Foundation. Board Member, Water Aid UK and CABI
Mushahid Hussain
Journalist
Formal Federal Minister
Hammad Naqi Khan
Director General
WWF-Pakistan
Ahmad Rafay Alam
Environmental Lawyer,
Member Think Tank, Hisaar Foundation
Mahmood Nawaz Shah
President, Sindh Abadgaar Board
Member Think Tank, Hisaar Foundation
Seema Tahir
Documentary Producer,
Member Think Tank, Hisaar Foundation
Prof Dr M Iqbal Choudhary
Director General, COMSTECH
Member Executive Board, PHWI
Dr Sarosh Lodi
Chairman CIEC
Patron PHWI at NED University
Dr Yasmeen Qazi
CEO
QZ Catalyst
Dr Noman Ahmed
Pro Vice Chancellor, NED University
Member Executive Board, PHWI
Ashraf Kapadia
Management & IT Consultant
Council Member, Hisaar Foundation
Afia Salam
Communications Consultant
Advisor, Hisaar Foundation
Sanaa Zulfikar Causer
Director External Relations,
Hisaar Foundation
Conference Director
Zohair Ashir
CEO, AASA Consulting
Governor, Hisaar Foundation
Abid Aman Burki
CNM Department of Economics
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)
Ali Tauqeer Sheikh
Independent Consultant
Basharat Ahmed Saeed
Senior Water Specialist
World Bank
D S Akram
CEO
Health Education and Literacy Program
Dr Afia Zafar
Consultant Microbiologist at the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Aga Khan University, Karachi
Dr Akissa Bahri
Board of Governors
IWMI
Dr Allah Nawaz Samoo
CEO
Thardeep Rural Development Programme (TRDP)
Dr Bisma Imran
Public Health and WASH Specialist
WaterAid
Dr Faiz M Kakar
Environmentalist and Development Expert
Area Manager, MM Pakistan
Dr Fauzia Waqar
Public Health, Nutrition and Policy Specialist
Dr Naveed Bhutto
Maternal Adolescent Child health Nutrition Expert
Government of Sindh
Dr Rozina Mistry
Senior Health Consultant
Sessional Faculty
AKU, Karachi
Dr Sonia Binte Murshed
Associate Professor, Institute of Water and Flood Management Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology (BUET) Dhaka, Bangladesh
Dr Tasneem Fatima
Director Health Services and MSS Project ECHO
Marie Stops
Dr Farhana Shahid
Public Health Professional
Associate Professor at the College of Public Health
Ziauddin University, Karachi
Dr Muhammad Ashraf
Country Representative
International Water Management Institute (IWMI) Pakistan
Dr Pervaiz Amir
Economist and Water-Climate Expert
Council Member, Hisaar Foundation
Board Member, GWP (South Asia Chapter)
Farzana Yaqoob
CEO
Mantaq Center for Research
AJK
Jamal Ansari
CEO, Akber Associates
Member Think Tank, Hisaar Foundation
Johan GĂ©ly
Asia Director for Research Impact
IWMI
Madiha Latif
Vice President
Strategic Engagement & Innovation
PATHFINDER
Mohammad Ehsan ul Haq Leghari
Water Resources Management and Development Expert
Member of the IRSA for Sindh
Nadira Panjwani
Chairperson, PCF
Governor, Hisaar Foundation
Professor Zafar Fatmi
Professor & Section Head, Environmental-Occupational Health & Climate Change
AKU Karachi
Sarfaraz Rehman
Governor, Hisaar Foundation
Shazina Masud
Public Health Specialist
Sohail Naqvi
Director
Freshwater Programme
WWF-Pakistan
Umer Karim
Senior Agriculture and Water Resources Management Specialist
FAO
Ayesha Aziz
Group Manager Sustainability
Packages Limited
Javed Jabbar
Senator (Retd.)
Favad Soomro
CEO, The Dawood Foundation
Head, Engro Foundation
Dr Quratulain Bakhteari
Founding Director
Institute for Development Studies and Practice (IDSP)
Dr Jai Das
Associate Director
Institute for Global Health and Development
AKU, Karachi
Dr Fazilda Nabeel
Adjunct Faculty
Climate and Water Governance
WITS-LUMS
Prof Dr Muhammad Tufail
Vice Chancellor
NEDÂ University
Dr Zulfiqar Ali Umrani
Director, ORIC
Director, Clinical Trials Unit
Ziauddin University
Farrah Naz
Country Director
GAIN Pakistan
Dr Shaikh Tanveer Ahmed
Chairman
HANDS
Rahal Saeed
Global Health & Development Professional
Lubna Naz
Director
Center for Business and Economic Research
IBA, Karachi
Kamran Naeem
Vice Chairperson
UNICEF Global Staff Association
Dr Syed Azizur Rab
CEO
Greenstar Social Marketing Pakistan
Dr Xaher Gul
Public Health Physician
Muhammad Bashir Anjum
COO
RSPN
Kausar S Khan
Visiting Faculty
AKU
Dr Mollah Md Awlad Hossain
Director, ICT-GIS
Institute of Water Modelling (IWM)
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Muhammad Siraj-Ul-Haq Ghouri
Sector Specialist-Social Sector
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Uzma Nomani
Manager
Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund
Askari Hasan
Senior Project Manager
PATHFINDER International
Bilal Anwar
CEO
National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF)
Nasir Ali Panhwar
Development Professional
Council Member, Hisaar Foundation
Syeda Malaika Zehra
Trainee Engineer
K-Electrics
Shaikh Soaleh
Senior Manager Operations
Hisaar Foundation
Dr Nuzhat Khan
CEO
Bluenetplus
Tofiq Pasha Mooraj
Youth Advisor
Hisaar Foundation
Amir Masood
Chief Investment Officer
Infrazamin-Pakistan
Muneezeh Khan
Resident Director
Aurat Foundation
Riaz Ahmed Wagan
Chief Conservator of Forests Sindh (Mangroves & Rangelands)
Dr Lubna Ghazal
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
University of Karach
Talha Jatoi
TV Anchor
Nazeer Ahmed Memon
Project Coordinator
Directorate of Sindh Water Sector & Barrages Improvement (PCMU)
Shaista Ayesha
CEO
SEED Ventures
Dr Shehla Batool
Founder & CEO
Water Stewards Pakistan Pvt Ltd
Shahrukh Nadeem
CEO
MyWater Pakistan
Prof Dr Abida Farooqi
Professor and Chairperson
Department of Environmental Sciences
Quaid-i-Azam University
Shabina Ayaz
Resident Director
Aurat Foundation
Kausar Hashmi
Manager
Panjwani-Hisaar Water Institute
Rashida Dohad
Executive Director
Omar Asghar Khan Foundation
Prof Dr Rubina Farooq
Former VC
GC Women University Faisalabad
Waqar Hussain Phulpoto
Director General
Sindh Environment Protection Agency
Imran Aslam
General Manager HSE
Sindh Engro Coal Mining Company (SECMC)
Sameen Akhund
Senior Manager
CERB
Farrukh Ahmad
Deputy General Manager ESG
Pakistan State Oil (PSO)
Mumtaz Begum
Board of Director
TRDP
Aijaz Haq
Head of Growth and External Linkages
KSBL
