Field Office Ali Pur

Near Tele phone Exchange, Ali Pur District M.Garh

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Field Office Muzzafargarh

Rafiq Lodge, Near District Council, Kachehary Road, Muzaffargarh.

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Field Office Jam Pur

House #. 66- St #. 2, Farooq Town,Opposite Model Town Nr.Dajal Bypass Road, Jam Pur, District Rajan Pur

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Field Office Vehari

H. # 422, St. # 4, Southern Block Sharqi Colony, Vehari

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Field Office Bahawalpur

Royal City

Near Melay Wali Gali, Tibba Bader Sher,

Bahawalpur.

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Humanitarian Excellence Award 2010

AWAZ Foundation Pakistan: Centre for Development Services (AWAZCDS-Pakistan) has been acknowledged with Humanitarian Excellence Award 2010 for its entire efforts and contributions for the relief and early recovery of the flood victims in Southern Punjab. The Humanitarian Excellence Award & Appreciation Ceremony was organized by the Rakz Communications (Pvt.) Limited on December 19, 2010 at Marriot Hotel Karachi on behalf of Federal Chamber of Commerce & Industries with the support of Ambassador of Pakistan to the United Nations Mr. Hussain Abdullah Haroon. AWAZCDS- Pakistan’s Founder & Chief Executive Mr. Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman received this Humanitarian Excellence Award from Mr. Kazi Asad Abid (Chairman Trust for Voluntary Organizations) in the presence of the National & International dignitaries including NGOs, CBOs, Foreign Missions, Heads of Media [Electronic & Print], ISPR, & Individuals etc. Other note able Award winners were UNWFP, UNOCHA, SROPOTOMIST –UK, ActionAid, Imran Khan Foundation, HANDs, Sahara for Life Trust, Youth Parliament of Pakistan, ISPR and KGNT-ARY etc. Mr. Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman while speaking on the eve said that “He would like to give all the credit of this award to AWAZ Board members, AWAZ Team members and to the communities with which AWAZ works. Later talking with AWAZ Team Members he said that winning this highly credible award will further encourage & sustain our efforts in this region in future

Professor Dr. Nasira Jabeen (Chairperson)

Dr. Nasira Jabeen is Professor of Public Administration and Director of the Institute of Administrative Sciences as well as the Human Resources Development Centre at the University of the Punjab, Lahore. She has a Post Doctorate from the University of Texas, Austin, USA in Gender and Governance and PhD from the University of Stirling, UK. She received her Master of Public Administration degree from the University of Southern California, USC, USA as well as from the University of the Punjab, Pakistan. Dr. Nasira Jabeen was appointed Professor to the Prince Claus Chair at University of Utrecht, Netherlands for the year 2006-07. She is a National Resource Person for Higher Education Commission (HEC) Faculty Development Programs. She is the recipient of Central Overseas Training Scholarship, Post-doctoral fellowship and the Nishan-e-Haider Scholarship (Presidential Award) based on her excellent academic performance. She is Chairperson of National Curriculum Review Committee for Public Administration, HEC, Pakistan. She is also contributing as the President of Association of Management Development Institutions of Pakistan (AMDIP) to strengthen the linkage among public and corporate sector universities.

Professor Jabeen has experience of working with international development organizations such as UNICEF, Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA), Asian Development Bank (ADB), the World Bank, Governance Institutions Network International (GINI), the British Council and the Ministry of Education as Human Resource Development (HRD) Lead Consultant.

She is a Module Writer for the HEC Faculty Development Programs and for UNICEF and a case writer for the LUMS-McGill Social Enterprise Development Program. She has contributed towards teaching at the Civil Services Academy, National Management College and other management institutions. She has published her research work in international and national journals. More recently, she has contributed a chapter on Civil Service System of Pakistan in the book, ‘Public Administration in South Asia’. Her research interests include Governance, Public Management, Human Resource Management, Civil Service Reform, Gender, Organizational Change and Development. Professor Jabeen is serving as chairperson of AWAZCDS-Pakistan. Her passion includes community service and professional development of employees and youth towards citizenship and better organizational performance.

Contact: jnasira@yahoo.com or info@awazcds.org.pk

Mr. Maqbool A. Babri (Vice Chairperson)

Maqbool A. Babri, popularly known as Max Babri, is the Chief Executive of “The Konsultants” a Lahore based Management Consulting Group. He specializes in Institutional Development through Participatory Decision-Making, Interpersonal Skills Team Building, Leadership and Individual Empowerment. His expertise is frequently sought by major multinational businesses as well as by United Nations Agencies, GTZ and World Bank projects.

His publications in the field of Employment Generation through “Small and Micro Enterprise Development” and “Supervisory Training for Enhanced Productivity” are frequently quoted by International Development Agencies. He is one of the very few trained and certified Moderators and facilitator in Pakistan authorized to conduct & moderate “Goal Oriented Planning Exercises, Mr. Babri has organized and conducted over 100 workshops and training sessions mostly aimed Vision and Mission Development, Organizational Development, Team Building, Leadership, Empowerment and Management.

He has designed and taught many courses including Governance, Policy, Management and Media Techniques at the University of Lulea, Sweden, during 1982-85.He has excellent command over Scandinavian languages especially Swedish and Norwegian. He has many national and international publications to his credit.

He is a visiting Professor at the Punjab University teaching Group Psychotherapy to the students of “Advanced Diploma in Clinical Psychology”. Presently Mr. Babri is teaching a course on change management as part of the MSc. programme in Human Resources offered by Department of Administrative Sciences University of the Punjab. Mr. Babri is currently developing a course on Education and Diversity for MS in education offered by Beacon-house National University.

As a visiting professor he has taught at LUMS, Interpersonal Skills during 1987- to present and Psychology during 1995-96 sessions.

Mr. Babri is a practicing Psychotherapist and a certified clinical hypnotherapist.

Contact: maxbabri@gmail.com or info@awazcds.org.pk

Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman (Secretary)

Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman is the Founder and Chief Executive of AWAZ Foundation Pakistan: Centre for Development Services (AWAZCDS-Pakistan) – commonly known as AWAZ, a leading national NGO in Pakistan working for securing the future of marginalized communities especially women. He did post-graduation in Mathematics from B. Z. University Multan- Pakistan in 1994. He won the competitive scholarship from Global Partnership in 1997 and successfully completed one year diploma course in NGO Leadership & Management with specialization in Research Methodology and Techniques, strategic planning and management in October 1998 from Centre for Development Management, a joint venture of BRAC- Bangladesh and SIT-USA. He also won a scholarship from CIDA and McGill University of Canada for a one year course on Social Enterprise Development and has successfully completed in 2003 from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) –Pakistan with a specialization in managing people’s organizations.

A strong believer of civil liberties, Mohammad Zia-ur-Rehman is known for his grassroots community development, empowerment and entrepreneurial work in communities and in civil society circles of South Asia. He is actively engaged in various international networks and movements on peace, ecology, democracy, poverty and human rights and leading the Global Call to Action against Poverty-GCAP in Pakistan as National Coordinator since 2008. GCAP is a coalition of CBOs, NGOs, CSOs and networks in Pakistan, connected with Global Movement against Poverty in more than 130 countries across the World. He is also serving as Convener of South Asian Facilitation Group in GCAP. He is founder and National Coordinator of Peoples’ Awareness and Rights Committees (PARC)–Network active in 53 Tehsils of Southern Punjab. He remained the Board member of International Human Resource Development Network for the period 2004-2008. He plays a pivotal role in bringing trade unions, media organizations, peasants’ movements and civil society organizations together at national forums to struggle for the common cause.

He has conducted many action researches, compiled and edited several reports on human and women rights, discriminatory laws and customary practices promoting violence against women. He is considered an expert on socio-economic and political issues of southern Punjab and Provincially Administered Tribal Area –PATA of Punjab in Pakistan. He also writes in National Urdu and English newspapers and considered as an opinion maker. His work can be seen at www.awazcds.org.pk and www.gcappakistan.net.

Contact: zia@awazcds.org.pk or zia@gcappakistan.net

Mr. Khalid Saeed (Treasurer)

He obtained his Masters degree in Psychology from Government College Lahore as well as Masters in Philosophy from Punjab University Lahore in 1969. Later he did Bachelor in Law (LLB) from Law College University of Punjab Lahore. He remained as Head of Psychology and Sociology Departments in B. Z. University Multan. He remained as

  1. Coordinator, Department of Applied Psychology, B.Z.U. Multan from 2001-2005
  2. Member Committee of B.Sc. (4 years) Psychology and M.S. (Psychology) 2005 – 2008 Higher Education Commission Islamabad.
  3. Member Board of Studies, Psychology, B.Z.U. Multan.
  4. Member Board of Studies, Fine Arts, B.Z.U. Multan from 2003 – 2006.
  5. Associate Editor, Research Journal of Law, B.Z.U. Multan.
  6. Advisor Literary Magazine “Satoor”.
  7. Member Pakistan Psychological Association.

His articles and short stories and translations (over 100) have been published in various national and international Journals”. He is also practicing psychologist.

Contact: ksaeed1953@yahoo.com or info@awazcds.org.pk