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City School DHA Campus
The City School, DHA Campus, Phase VI
Lahore, Punjab, 54000
Pakistan

Fahad Tanveer

Founder

Muhammad Fahad Tanveer is the co-founder and CEO of Edkasa, an edtech startup leading the education technology forefront in Pakistan. He is a LUMS and Harvard alumnus, a passionate educator, and a champion of the democratisation of education access in Pakistan and beyond.

Fahad Yousaf

Philanthropist

Fahad Yousaf has more than 16 years of rich marketing and business management experience with leading multinational companies and a track record for growing brands and businesses fully embracing technological and digital transformation. On the personal front, Fahad’s declared biggest achievement is the creation of an educational and vocational training institute, Arjumand Foundation The school has been running successfully, since 2015, with inspiring stories of women and children being transformed and becoming role models for the community.

Fozia Tahir

Environmentalist

Dr Fozia is currently serving as a post-doctorate and an adjunct faculty member at the Centre for Water Informatics and Technology (WIT) at LUMS. Dr Fozia completed her DPhil in Engineering science from the University of Oxford in 2018 in the field of wastewater treatment. Her post-doctoral research has focused on microplastic pollution quantification and its removal from the environment. She is also working with a waste scavenging community in Lahore to understand and improve their role in waste management. One of her ongoing projects also focuses on climate-smart agriculture and climate technologies in Pakistan.

Mahnoor Said

Musician

Mahnoor is a 15-year-old sitarist who was first introduced to the instrument by her grandfather at the age of 8. She has been in love with it ever since. Mahnoor performed Raag Amein accompanied by the tabla.

Neelam Hussain

Educationist and Activist

Neelam Hussain read English Literature at the universities of Punjab, Leeds and Sussex and taught English at Kinnaird College for over 22 years. She left Kinnaird in 1995 for Simorgh Women’s Research and Publication Centre as an editor, writer and translator. Neelam has co-edited Engendering the Nation-State, Politics of Language and was a country editor for Disputed Legacies – The Pakistan Papers. Currently, she is a senior editor for a socio-legal journal, “Bayan”. Her forthcoming publications include “A Squint in the Eye – gender bias in the media – a resource book and guide for media workers” and Feminist Theory and Women’s Movements – an overview.

Omer Zaheer

Omer has worked in the art and culture industry since 2016. As the Manager for Marketing and Strategy he put together and led the Lahore Biennale Foundation team during the inaugural biennale LB01 and consulted for its second edition for HR and Marketing. Additionally, as a consultant Omer has completed a project for the Pakistan Pavilion at the London Design Biennale and another project for Walled City of Lahore Authority. He has done his MBA from LUMS.

Quadrum

Percussionists

Pakistan's first and only multi-percussion band. Quadrum came together at TEDxLahore 2010 and has been drumming its way into the hearts of its fans ever since. Quadrum features four talented individuals, Atif Saeed, Daud Randle, Saad Sarfraz and Umer Saud.

Sabrina Dawood

Philanthropist

Under her leadership, initiatives commenced are TDF MagnifiScience Centre – a first of its kind interactive space that aims to spark scientific curiosity and enhance critical thinking, TDF Ghar – a 1930s house restored into a safe space for youth which preserves Karachi’s heritage and culture, and the Nature Series – which creates awareness about Pakistan’s environmental treasures, their impact on our ecosystem, and their sustainability challenges, among other initiatives. Sabrina serves as the Chair of the Hussain Dawood Pledge. The HD Pledge is a billion-rupee contribution of services, kind, and cash, to multiple organisations, for the mitigation and relief of COVID. She holds an MSc in Medical Anthropology from University College London and a BA from London School of Economics in Anthropology and Law.

Shahana Khurshid

Dr. Shahana Khurshid obtained her B.S. in Environmental Engineering from MIT, M.S. in Biomedical Engineering and Ph.D. in Environmental Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research is on air pollutants and their ability to cause adverse health effects. In addition to physical and chemical characterization of air pollutants, she studies biologically-relevant metrics of particles such as the concentration of reactive oxygen species and the oxidative potential of particles. She has also studied the inflammatory proteins expressed by lung cells in response to exposure to pollutants. Over the last 19 years she has led research projects on air quality, exposure to pollutants, environmental conservation, cell lines, polymers, and biomedical assays in academia, environmental consulting firms, and U.S. federal labs.

Zarrar Said

Author

Zarrar was born in Lahore and spent his childhood between Dubai and the US. Zarrar’s writing embodies themes of lost homelands, class discrimination, and dogmatic politics. His debut novel, Pureland, drew immediate attention worldwide. It was deemed a “gripping read” (Forbes) which was “along the lines of Midnight’s Children” (The Hindu). The book’s success also sparked some controversy where a few bookstores refused to carry it, based on the boldly insightful subject matter. Zarrar stands by his literary work and believes that societies suffer from the prejudices that they keep and Pureland is one such story that has been forgotten due to hatred.