Primal 7

About US

Board of Trustees Primal 7

Chairperson

Dr. Zebunissa Najam is an MBBS and MCPS from Lahore. She is running a hospital along with her husband and works as a full time Gynaecologist. Emial: najamhospital@hotmail.com

Vice Chairperson

Syed Miqdad Mehdi is a law practitioner in Lahore. He did his LLB from Punjab University and LLM from University of South Asia. He is an advocate High Court and Human Rights Activist and has a long working experience with national and international organizations for the promotion and protection of human rights with a special focus on children rights. Email: miqdadsyed@gmail.com

Managing Trustee & CEO

Rukhsana Shah is a retired Federal Secretary. In 2015, she set up the Autism Resource Centre in Lahore, which was registered as a Welfare Trust in 2016, to create awareness about Autism, ADHD and Learning Disabilities in Pakistan, and to train parents and teachers of special and mainstream schools in the management of these disabilities. She writes for Dawn on issues mainly relating to gender, social welfare and rights of persons with disabilities. Email: rukhsana.hassan@gmail.com

Ms. Shahnaz Rafique

Ms. Shahnaz Rafique has a Masters’ degree in International Relations from the Quaide Azam University in Islamabad. She is a retired civil servant, and is a founding member of the ASD Welfare Trust. Email: shahnazrafique777@hotmail.com

Dr. Saeed Ismail

Dr. Saeed Ismail is a Consultant Child Specialist in Karachi. He did his MBBS from Dow Medical College and is a Member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Pakistan. He has also done MBA from IBA Karachi, and is founder member of Health & Nutrition Development Society (HANDS) and founder director of Kiran Foundation. Email: saeedismail@yahoo.com

Mr. Sirajuddin Siddiqui

Mr. Sirajuddin Siddiqui has done his graduation from NED University Karachi and Masters from Mehran University Jamshoro. He has served in PTCL and UN agencies (UNHCR). He has been associated with JS Group for the past eleven years. He has extensive experience in field projects. Email: sirajuddin.siddiqui@js.com

Mr. Omar Zaman

Mr. Omar Zaman has a Bachelors’ degree in Political Science, History and Religious Studies from the University of British Columbia, and a Masters in Arabic from Punjab University. He is the CEO of Zaman Foundation. Email: omarzamanlc@gmail.com

Our Team Primal 7

Managing Trustee & CEO

Rukhsana Shah is a retired Federal Secretary. In 2015, she set up the Autism Resource Centre in Lahore, which was registered as a Welfare Trust in 2016, to create awareness about Autism, ADHD and Learning Disabilities in Pakistan, and to train parents and teachers of special and mainstream schools in the management of these disabilities. She writes for Dawn on issues mainly relating to gender, social welfare and rights of persons with disabilities.

Chief Operating Officer, Karachi

Dr. Salma is the COO of the Trust in Karachi. She is a qualified medical professional with many years of experience as a General Physician with voluntary work in Hospitals, Charities, and NGOs including Voice Against Torture where she was providing counselling to victims from Afghanistan. She has been working with the Trust since 2016.

Chief Operating Officer, Lahore

Mobashsharah Nighat Bajwa is a retired civil servant from the Information Service of the government of Pakistan. She has a double Majors MSc. Degree in Mass Communication & Speech Communication from the University of Illinois.

Chief Financial Officer, Karachi

Shama Ehsan Khan (Late) was from the Pakistan Audit & Accounts Service of the Government of Pakistan. She worked as DG PIFRA and DG Commercial Audit, before being posted as GM Finance of Karachi Port Trust, where she served for five years before retiring in 2015. She joined the ASD Welfare Trust in 2017.

Senior Clinical Psychologist, Lahore

Ms. Farah Amanat has done her MS in Clinical Psychology from Government College University, Lahore with Distinction. She worked as a trainee Clinical Psychologist at Child Protection & Welfare Bureau and also at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Mayo Hospital, Lahore. Later on, she was appointed as Clinical Psychologist and Academic Coordinator at Oasis School for Autism: Sharif Education Trust, Lahore. She has attended several trainings from the UK & UAE. She has a wide range of experience as therapist, trainer and event organizer.

Health Psychologist & Administrator, Lahore

Ms. Sunehra Zaidi has done her MS in Health Psychology from Lahore College Women University(LCWU), Lahore. She has Master degree in Psychology from Government MAO College. She got her experience as an internee in Adult Psychaiatry at Mayo Hospital Lahore. Before joining ASDWT, she worked as a therapist at the Oasis School Trust for Autism. At present, she is dealing with administrative work at the ASDWT Lahore Office and is also a trainer.

Senior Clinical Psychologist, Karachi

Ms. Faiza Ilyas has done Masters in Psychology, with a Post Magisterial Diploma in Clinical Psychology from the Institute of Clinical Psychology, University of Karachi. She has worked as a Clinical psychologist and Academic Coordinator at Autism Resource Centre Islamabad. She has also worked as Behavior therapist at Down syndrome club Pakistan. She joined the ASDWT in 2019 and looks after trainings, seminars, coordination and media development.

Office & Marketing Coordinator

Ms. Saira Mir is our Office and Marketing Coordinator. She did her B.A in Psychology from Lahore College for Women, followed by MBA in marketing from The International University (TIU) Lahore in 1995. She has 7 years informal work experience in the area of education and care of persons with neurodevelopmental disabilities.

Clinical Psychologist, Karachi

Ms. Rao Umara Shahid, Practicing as Clinical Psychologist and Certified Behavior Therapist at ASD Welfare trust. She has done BS. Honors in psychology from IPP, Bahria University Karachi Campus, as well as holds a Post Magistral Diploma in Clinical Psychology from ICP, University of Karachi. She has good experience as a behavior therapist by providing therapy to individuals of all ages. She has developed a strong skillset in psychological assessment and therapy that allows her to provide compassionate and effective support to those in need.

Doctor of Physiotherapy, Lahore

Dr. Husna Albab has done her MS in Neuromuscular Physical Therapy from The University of Lahore. In 2017 she did her bachelor’s in Doctor of Physical Therapy from Azra Naheed Medical College- Superior University Lahore. She has done Sensory Integraiton Certificaiton recently. She has worked as a trainee Physiotherapist at Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Center Lahore, City Clinic, Social Security Hospital and Ch. Muhammad Akram research and Teaching Hospital, Lahore. She has also worked as a Physiotherapist and Occupational Therapist at Dimensions Institute for Autism Lahore. She joined ASDWT in 2022 as a Physiotherapist & Sensory Integration Therapist.

Associate Clinical Psychologist & Registered Behavior Therapist

Ms. Ayesha Arooj has completed Mphil from IPP, Bahria University and holds Post Magisterial Diploma in Clinical Psychology from ICP, UoK. She has 3 years of Experience in working with children with ASD & ADHD. Overall, she has 5 years of experience in the field of Clinical psychology. Currently she is working at ASDWT, Lahore Office as a Clinical Psychologist.

Clinical Psychologist

Mr. Moazzaz Ali Virk, a practicing Clinical Psychologist with specialization in childhood assessment for Neurodevelopmental Disorders for the past 4 years. He completed his BS. Honors degree in Psychology from COMSATS University Lahore and Diploma of Rehabilitation in Childhood Disorders (DRCD) from ICP, University of Karachi. He is also certified therapist of Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) from University of OKLAHOMA. He is currently working as clinical psychologist at Autism Spectrum Disorder Welfare Trust, Karachi.

Senior IT Manager, Lahore

Ahmer Sultan has a B. Com degree and is a computer trainer and expert in developing computer trainings for children with disabilities. At present, he is looking after accounts, administration, media website management at the ASDWT in Lahore.lhr

Account Officer, Karachi

Muhammad Arif has a Masters in Economics and an MBA. At present he is serving in a part-time capacity as an Accounts Officer at the ASDWT.