Maria Rashid completed her doctorate in politics from the School of Oriental and African Studies in 2018. Her book “Dying to Serve, Militarism, Affect and the Politics of Sacrifice” was published in 2020 by Stanford University Press and was shortlisted for the IPS-International Political Sociology Book Award, 2021. Also, a psychologist by training, Maria has worked with various national and

Hina Rabbani Khar is a Pakistani politician who served as the 21st Foreign Minister of Pakistan from February 2011 until March 2013. Appointed at the age of 33, she was the youngest person and the first woman to have held the position. Khar is a member of an influential feudal family in Muzaffargarh. She studied business at LUMS and U

Fathima Dada was born and educated in South Africa, and began her career there as a teacher in the apartheid era. Before she joined OUP as Managing Director of OUP’s Education division in 2018, she had both South African regional and global roles at Pearson, including Chair and CEO of Pearson’s Southern, East, and Central African businesses. Fathima also takes

An Associate Professor of Economics at LUMS, he is also the Director of Academic Programmes at the School of Education at LUMS. His current teaching interests are in the areas of economics of education, game theory, microeconomics, and industrial organization. His research interests are also in the same areas. He writes a fortnightly column for the daily ‘Dawn’.

Daniel Atif is a career Investment Banker who started his career at Bank of America in Lahore and then went on to work at organizations such as Bank of Montreal and the World Bank. His last Banking assignment was at IBGC Islamic Banking Group of Canada as President and CEO. He is also an International best-selling author with his latest

Dr Chaudhry Faisal Mushtaq is a former Education Minister and a former Minister for Human Rights, Population & Social Welfare, Minorities and Baitulmal in the Interim Government of Punjab, and is recognized as the 500 most influential Muslims of the world for three consecutive years by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Center, Jordan, he is a leading national academician, education

Aurangzaib Khan is a journalist based in Peshawar. He has written for the Herald and the Dawn. His poetry has been published in the Aleph Review.

Ashfaq Yousuf Tola is a Karachi-based Chartered Accountant and Finance Specialist who presently heads his own firm of chartered accountants. He has also been involved over the years with such governmental organisations as the Federal Board of Revenue, the Privatisation Commission, and the Ministry of Finance in a high-level advisory capacity. He has been a member of key commissions, councils,

Arshad Saeed Husain has been heading Oxford University Press, Pakistan since February 2018. Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford and is committed to the dissemination of knowledge by publishing works that further research, scholarship, and education. Arshad is a seasoned corporate executive with over 30 years of broad-based commercial experience with leading multinational companies. Prior

Amber Rahim Shamsi is an award-winning multi-media journalist and free speech advocate, with wide-ranging experience in television, radio, online and the print media. She is also an International Visitor Leadership Programme (IVLP) and a The Centre for Excellence in Journalism (ICFJ) fellow. She is currently head of content and communications at Tabadlab, a public policy think tank, consults with Media