Profiles

Columnist, Harvard Crimson

Founding member, Student Action Committee - Islamabad

Analyst, HCCG

Associate, Career Pakistan

Associate, Mentor Pakistan

Founder, Helping Hands Project

Counselor, STEM-NSTC

Marketing Director, Emergency Times

Writes for The News Pakistan, Emergency Times, Pakistan Spectator, Teeth Maestro, Pakistan Times and Dawn.

Interviewed and/or quoted by Washington Post, New York Times, Boston Globe, Time, International Herald Tribune, BBC, ABC, LA Times and many other major newspapers.

International Relations

Middle-East

South-Asia

Democratic Transitions

Human Rights

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Bachelors of Arts in Government, minor in Economics (Development).





Roots College International, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Valedictorian out of 223, Director of Student Council





Saint Mary’s Academy Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Class Valedictorian out of 81



Awards:
Harvard Foundation Award for improving intercultural understanding and racial harmony.

Award of Recognition for contributions for democracy and rule of Pakistan by Pakistani Doctors' Association, America

Presidential Award for Outstanding Academic Performance announced by General Pervez Musharaf (2007); (Award was returned in December 2007 in protest over the judges issue)

High Achiever Awards by the British High Commissioner for Obtaining the Highest Mark in the World for Thinking Skills (2005), in Pakistan for the Best 3 (2004) and 4 (2004) AS-Level Results, and in Northern Region for Chemistry (2005) and Best 7 O-Levels (2003);


Reserve for Team Pakistan for IPhO-36 (2005);


Winner 6^th National Science Fair (2005);


Education Minister’s Award for Excellence (2004);


Runner’s up International SAARC Quiz (2002);


United Nations Best Speaker’s Award (2002);