Prior to her debut in the world of academics, Azra worked with a leading leasing company of Pakistan. She joined SZABIST in 1995 as an MBA Coordinator, and was further promoted as the Deputy Director SZABIST in 2001. With her core interests in leadership, strategic management, change management, organizational behavior, marketing, and communication Azra has conducted over 50 workshops with organizations like United Nations Office for Project Services (UNoPS), Habib Bank Limited, Pakistan Railways, So-Safe Water Technologies (Pakistan and UAE), Gandhara Nissan, Muslim Commercial Bank, First Womens Bank, Pakistan Navy and the Institute of Bankers in Pakistan. She has also supervised MS research studies in human resource development, organizational development, managerial communication, and customer services and care. She serves on the advisory board of AIESEC (Karachi); ASHOKA: Innovators for the Public (Pakistan); and on the Editorial Board of The Working Manager theworkingmanager.com

Muhammad Nadeem has been working as a Senior Faculty Member/Researcher and MSCS / MCS Coordinator at SZABIST since 1999. Prior to joining SZABIST he worked as Director Operation Information System with International Business Corporation ( South Korean Group ) Karachi. He is currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at SZABIST doing Research in Business Intelligence Techniques in Data Mining. His research interests are Real Time Database specifically Object Oriented Technology, Business Process Reengineering, Capability Maturity Model, and Software Development and Testing etc.

Rashida Valika
Assistant Professor
Student Counselor/Researcher
MS in Social Sciences (SZABIST/Karachi Campus)
M.A. (English), Karachi University

Currently Rashida is serving as an Assistant Professor and Student Advisor at SZABIST. Before joining SZABIST, she had also served in different educational institutes of Pakistan. Conducting innumerable workshops such as "Speak Effectively", "Developing Language Skills", "Creative Writing", "Listening Skills", "Proficiency in English" and so on are suffice to prove her expertise. She has been conducting these workshops for reputable organizations and educational institutions in Pakistan which include the Bahria Foundation, Oxford University Press, Pakistan International Airlines, Muslim Commercial Bank, Teachers Resource Center, Judicial Academy, NIPA – Karachi/Quetta, KFC Pakistan, Institute of Bankers in Pakistan and The City School etc. Rashida Valika has been associated with the training and development of students, teachers, and professionals from various organizations and institutions all around Pakistan for over thirty years. Over the years, Ms, Valika has developed an expertise on the subject of Communication.

Valika had been continuously involved in research activities and publications. Following is a snapshot of her working

Her expertise is in the Management Sciences and her area of consultancy included:
Soft Skill Development in the following disciples:

• ORAL COMMUNICATION
• PRESENTATIONS
• WRITING SKILLS
• LISTENING
• BUSINESS COMMUNICATION
• TEACHING
• LINGUISTIC
• E-COMMUNICATION (GENERAL)

For any further details you can contact her at:
Rashida Valika
61-A, New Queens Road,
Lalazar, Karachi, Pakistan
Phone: 5611277, 5611188
Fax: 5611766
E-mail: valika@szabist.edu.pk; rvalika@yahoo.com

Dr. Amanat Ali Jalbani
CMD Coordinator, MS/SS Program
Coordinator
Senior Faculty Member/Researcher
Research interest:
Privatization of SOEs, Public-Private
Partnership,
Liberalization and Commercialization,
Development Economics,
Agriculture Marketing and Marketing in General.
Ph.D. [Privatization] Edinburgh
University, U.K
Doctoral Program, Glasgow UK.

Dr. Amanat Ali Jalbani is a Senior Faculty member, Coordinator CMD and Coordinator MS/SS program. He is also involved in teaching at SZABIST Karachi, teaching postgraduates classes of M.S/Ph.D. and MBA Program. He was formerly Chairperson in the Department of Management Sciences at Isra University, and Professor & Chairman, Department of Commerce at S.A Latif University, Khairpur. He is HEC approved Supervisor and supervising M.Phil, and Ph.D. students of different Universities in Pakistan. He is a Member of various academic and non-academic bodies in and outside Pakistan. Dr. Jalbani is the author of over thirty research papers and articles published in journals of international repute in Pakistan and presented in different research conferences. He has also worked as an Assistant Editor of Commerce and Economic Review.

Syed Zeeshan Arshad
Assistant Professor
Coordinator BS Computing Program,
Coordinator BSc(Development & Economics) London External Program
SZABIST (Karachi Campus)

Contact: zeeshan@szabist.edu.pk , (official) syedzeeshan@acm.org (personal)

Research interest:
Knowledge and Information Systems, Internet Evolution, Web Semantics, Techno-sciences, Capitalism, Freedom, Enlightenment, Communicative Rationality and Post-modern philosophy.

Dr. Mustaghis-ur-Rahman is PhD in Management with a Master’s in Public administration. His topic of research for doctorate is “Management of NGOs: A case study in SAARC countries”. This is first ever awarded PhD degree in NGO Management in the world. His professional experience spans over a decade, working with public, private, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs)/Universities, as a program coordinator/manager, trainer, teacher and consultant. Dr. Mustaghis is a McGill University/LUMS certified trainer. He has conducted hundreds of training workshops and addressed a number of seminars in South Asia. Presently, he is a Senior Faculty Member at SZABIST and teaching here to Master’s and MS/PhD classes.

Dr. Mustaghis is actively involved in research and consulting on development and management issues. He is frequent contributor in Daily Dawn (English Daily) and refereed journals on social/human development and management issues. His two books; one on NGO Management, and the other on Public Administration in Pakistan, are at advance stage.

Dr. Mustaghis was nominated for the SAARC Award 2004 by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Government of Pakistan for his research work on NGO management. The award went to Late General Ziaur-ur-Rahman, Former President of Bangladesh. He is on the board of couple of NGOs.

Asad Hussain initially worked at the British Deputy High Commission, Karachi as a Commercial Officer (1995-98). His main responsibilities included promotion of UK exports to Pakistan, preparing sector reports for the commercial section, and providing consultancy services to British companies.

Before joining SZABIST, Islamabad campus he has worked as MBA coordinator and a senior faculty member at SZABIST, Karachi campus (1998-03). Asad has over 40 research publications to his credit in the areas of macroeconomics, microeconomics and information technology. His research interests run from production management to good governance and economics of information technology. List of publications and recent papers can be found at http://asad.szabist-isb.edu.pk. He is also currently enrolled as a Ph.D. student at SZABIST, Karachi campus.