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Objectives

Policy Support

Provision of policy support to provincial youth ministries

Official Platform

Create an official platform to develop a consortium of youth organizations

Institutionalization

Institutionalization of NYC by developing its constitution and selection/election of future batches

Digital Portal

Develop their digital portal for engaging youth and showcasing of work done, inspiring stories and dialogue

Linkages

Creating linkages with policy makers and opportunities for international collaboration

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Education/ Founded Orenda and developed an educational learning app Taleemabad.com; Forbes 30 under 30 award, Waislitz Global Citizen Award 2020, Young Leaders Award by Queen Elizabeth-II

Haroon Yasin

Haroon Yasin

Islamabad

Education/ Founder & CEO Zenana Foundation; Diana Award Holder 2020; Tamgha-e-Fakhar-e-Imtiaz; Global Youth Ambassador

Raina khan

Raina Khan

Punjab

Education / Forbes 30 under 30 award; Co-Founder Queno an educational app for teachers and parents

Farida Kanwal

Farida Kanwal

Sindh

Education/ belonging from rural area Choti Zairin, DG Khan worked for women education; Diana Award Holder 2020; Youth Changemaker at International Congress of Youth Voices

Nabila Abbas

Nabila Abbas

Punjab

Education / At the age of just 20 years she founded Fun To Learn - Pakistan & Awardee Emerging Young Leaders Award (U.S. Department of State)

Dania Hassan

Dania Hassan

Sindh

Social Entrepreneurship / Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2020 - He is cofounder of Tayaba, a social enterprise that aims to provide solutions to the water crisis in Pakistan, developed “H2O Wheel” to reduce burden on women & children to carry water in rural areas; featured on TEDX

Bilal Bin Saqib

Bilal Bin Saqib

Punjab

Social Entrepreneurship / Chief Operating Officer of Pak Vitae which aims to clean drinking water of contaminants through “low-cost membrane” that requires no electricity or chemical cleaning; Forbes 30 under 30 award

Arslan Ahmad

Arslan Ahmad

Punjab

Social Entrepreneurship / belonging to Lasbella, Executive Director WANG-social enterprise working for youth and women empowerment through engagement, dialogue and education, Blogger

Qaisar Roonjha

Qaisar Roonjha

Balochistan

Tech. Entrepreneurship / Co-Founder & CEO of Simple Automation Solutions and Team Lead of Startup dot pk providing support to tech Startups

Athar Ahmad

Athar Ahmad

KPK

Tourism & Hospitality / Belonging to Hunza, she is co-founder & CEO of Chkar Lodging & Experiences to promote community-based Tourism through engaging local community to offer their homes to tourist to generate mutual economic opportunities

Izzat Bibi

Izzat Bibi

Gilgit Baltistan

Social Work / CEO ConnectHear, a social startup for inclusion of deaf community through sign language interpretation services, training and certification of professional sign language interpreters; Diana Award Holder 2019

Azima Dhanjee

Azima Dhanjee

Sindh

Social Work / Belonging to transgender community, working as Victim Support Officer in Rawalpindi Police; Director Transgender Rights Consultants Pakistan

Reem Sharif

Reem Sharif

Islamabad

Social Work / Belonging to Rahim Yar Khan worked for MAPS-youth led organization to empower youth; Diana Award holder 2020; Youngest Pakistani Speaker at UN HQ 2018

Muhammad Ahmad Toor

Muhammad Ahmad Toor

Punjab

Social Work / being specially abled physically, he founded “Moiz Shaukat Humanities” for youth empowerment, TEDX- Speaker, Writer, Peace Ambassador, Got ‘Pakistan’s Best Young Inspirational Award of 2017’, Covid Hero award by Governor Punjab

Moiz Shaukat

Moiz Shaukat

Punjab

Health & Wellbeing / Founder of Mashal organization to work in health sector, Family Planning Leader Award - Bill & Melinda Gates Institute for Population and Reproductive Health (2017); Emerging Young Women Congress Award by IPSS (2017)

Laraib Abid

Laraib Abid

Punjab

Health & Wellbeing / Lead Digital and Innovation portfolio at Sehat Kahani, a health-tech social enterprise to enable virtual consultations between deprived patients and home-based female doctors to promote female empowerment and access to healthcare; Diana Award Holder 2019

Nida Shahzad

Nida Shahzad

Sindh

Health & Wellbeing / belonging to religious minorities, he is a founder of Institute of Social and Youth Development (ISYD) organization using art and theatrical performances for youth advocacy, performed more than 1000 theater performances with almost 10 different theatre groups across Pakistan; 120 Under 40 - Bill and Melinda Gates Institute’s Family Planning Leadership Award (2017); WORTH Champion 2020 by ARROW and DFAP

Joshua Dilawar

Joshua Dilawar

Punjab

Climate Change / Head of Innovation and Engineering at RASAI Technologies, Global Young Innovative Communicator Champion-IAEA-Vienna-2018 for climate impact top solutions; Low Carbon Lifestyle Champion UNEP; Climate Launchpad-Amsterdam-2019

Muhammad Hassamuddin

Muhammad Hassamuddin

Islamabad

Climate Change / belonging to Ghanche-Skardu, she founded MAJO for youth empowerment through volunteerism; Emerging Leader Award; Story Writing for World Summit on Climate Change, Paris

Maria Akbar

Gilgit Baltistan

Sports & Law / Ambassador of Peace Without Borders; National Footballer; Top 30 Powerful Muslim Women in Sports; Guinness Book World Record Holder

Abiha Haider

Abiha Haider

Islamabad

Sports & Mental Health/ Captain of Pakistan National Women Football Team; Ambassador with British Asian Trust for mental health issues, MHM Champion of UNICEF

Hajra Khan

Hajra Khan

Sindh

Sports & Coaching / One of the only four senior licensed instructors of Super Learning in the world; President National Memory Sports Council of Pakistan (NMSC), Global Keynote Speaker; Corporate Trainer, Mind Sports Coach; Trainer of World Memory Champion 2020

Sania Alam

Sania Alam

Sindh

Counter Violent Extremism / belonging to Kurram ex-FATA, Founder & CEO of Kurram Welfare Home to counter violent extremism through engaging and motivating youth, supported over 500 young people to promote peace across various sectors; Diana Award Holder 2020

Muhammad Shoaib

Muhammad Shoaib

KPK

Counter Violent Extremism / Youth Activist belonging to Bajaur ex-FATA, Chairman Tribal Youth Forum working for youth empowerment and mainstreaming; UN Volunteer

Rehan Zeb

Rehan Zeb

KPK

Youth Activist / belonging to Kachi district and at the age of 21 years formed Women Vocational & Technical NGO working for women empowerment through education and vocational training

Ruqia Komal Agha

Ruqia Komal Agha

Balochistan

Youth Activist / President Gold Medalist Pakistan Boy Scouts Association; Researcher with 39 Research Publications

Aatik Arsh

Aatik Arsh

KPK

Youth Activist / belonging to Zhob district, founded Society of Sustainable Development with particular focus on education

Anisa Shah

Anisa Shah

Balochistan

Youth Activist / President Gold Medalist Pakistan Boy Scouts Association; Best Scout of Sindh 2020

Syed Muhammad Taha Meer

Syed Muhammad Taha Meer

Sindh

Media / Short Movie Maker using media and films for social awareness and youth empowerment; participated in World Youth Theatre-World Youth Forum

Raja Saad Ejaz Khan

Raja Saad Ejaz Khan

AJK

Media / Short Movie Maker using media and films for social awareness and youth empowerment; participated in World Youth Theatre-World Youth Forum

Rida Shah

Rida Shah

KPK

Media / Academic Distinction; News Anchor; Women of Strength Award

Tayyaba Nisar Khan

Tayyaba Nisar Khan

Islamabad

IT / belonging to Kurram ex-FATA, Executive Director at Social Entrepreneurial Consultants, worked for SDG-9 at UN Innovation Lab; Member Youth Parliament PILDAT; Awardee Earth Institute at Columbia University

Ishtiaq Hussain

Ishtiaq Hussain

KPK

IT / Head Future Team of Pakistan, Duke of Edinburgh Award, Dean’s Honors List

Danyal Hayat

Danyal Hayat

KPK

NYC Alumni

Adnan Shaffi is the Co-Founder Pakistan’s leading Shopping Intelligence Platform. He is a serial entrepreneur and has been associated with management and governance of several companies. Adnan was featured by Forbes magazine as 30 under 30 and has won several awards including Asia Pacific ICT Awards Guangzhou and P@SHA ICT Awards among others.

Adnan Shaffi

Islamabad

Sadia Bashir is the founder of PixelArt Games Academy (PGA), which is Pakistan’s first games academy. She has done bachelors and MS in computer science. She has been listed as Forbes 30 Under 30 in Enterprise technology 2018 and recognized as a Global Gaming Citizen at The Game Awards 2018 by Facebook Gaming.

Sadia Bashir

Islamabad

Projects Manager, PILDAT Coordinator, Young Politicians’ Fellowship Programme (YPFP) Ms. Amna Kausar has been associated with PILDAT since June 2014. She holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Environmental Sciences from Kinnaird College, Lahore and carries professional experience in the fields of research, development, management and communication.

Amna Kausar

Punjab

Hassan Ali is a young fast bowler from Gujranwala. In 2017, Hassan was part of the Peshawar Zalmi squad that won the Pakistan Super League. He is the fastest to get 50 ODI wickets in Pakistan. Hassan Ali was named ‘Emerging Player of the Year’ by PCB and ‘Emerging Cricketer of the Year’ by ICC in 2017. He was the top ODI bowler in the end of 2017 and was named ‘ODI Player of the Year’ by PCB in 2018.

Hasan Ali

Punjab

Marvia Malik is Pakistan’s first transgender TV anchor who worked as a makeup artist in order to fund her higher studies, before pursuing a career in mass media, graduating with a degree in latter from Punjab University. Marvia became the first transgender person to fill the role of News Caster on any Pakistani news channel. She is also demanding reservation for trans persons in employment and in parliament.

Marvia Malik

Punjab

Muniba Mazari is an Artist, Motivational Speaker, Activist, TV Host, and Pakistan's First Goodwill Ambassador to UN-Women Pakistan. Pakistan's First Goodwill Ambassador to UN-Women Pakistan. She has won several awards including GoExcellence Trainer Certificate by Canada Global Consulting & Training Centre Ltd. (CGC).

Muniba Mazari

Punjab

Zain was the first Pakistani to receive Common-wealth Youth Award for Excellence in Development work by the Royal family of (UK) United Kingdom. He established 650+ micro entrepreneurs who used to live below poverty line and sent 1800 children back to school. He has presented Pakistan at the round table meeting with Prince Williams Duke of Cambridge, at the heads of government meeting in UK.

Zain Ashraf Mughal

Punjab

Molana Muhammad Ahmad Jallandhari belongs to a great educationalist and religious family of Pakistan. He is teaching various subjects of Dars-e-Nizami and doing some research and administrative work at Jamia Khair Ul Madaris Multan. He is an Enthusiastic teacher and speaker with strong interpersonal and communication skills in Urdu, English, Arabic and Punjabi.

Maulana Muhammad Ahmed Hanif

Punjab

Grown up in a small town of Tharparkar, Sindh named Mithi. He has done B.E in electrical engineering, M.A in political science & LLB, by profession he is a practicing lawyer. The areas of law that he most engages with are Human rights, cybercrime, and criminal law. He is a socio-political and human right activist since last 10 years. He is also a writer and his writings are comprised for mainstream Sindhi & Urdu daily newspapers.

Dileep Kumar

Sindh

Mr. Khurram Lalani graduated as a Fulbright scholar with a master’s degree in Energy Policy. He is an energy and infrastructure consultant with over ten years of experience in international finance, sustainable development and energy policy issues and has served as a senior economic and policy advisor to the Federal Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Energy and Ministry of Climate Change, among various other provincial government assignments.

Khurram Lalani

Sindh

She is well known Pakistani actress. She received numerous accolades including Lux Style Awards for Best Television Actress. She got higher education from Santa Monica College, Los Angeles, USA.

Mahira Khan

Sindh

Sonal Dhanani is a creative professional, NLP practitioner and facilitator keen on promoting education, mental health initiatives and social action in Pakistan. She has recently won Global Goal SDG Title Award for her work in the area of mental health, building resilient and mindful communities. She has been the fellow of 2016 Atlantic Council fellowship called "Emerging Leaders of Pakistan" and 2018 "Young connectors of the future" fellowship by Swedish Institute.

Sonal Dhanani

Sindh

Young global leader 2019, at the world economic forum pioneering biologist and award winning entrepreneur. He has done masters & PhD in Biotechnology from University of Oxford and developed machine learning algorithms to predict gene functions in cell division.

Dr. Faisal Khan

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Female national footballer, Forbes 30 under 30. She achieved gold medals in women’s national football championship 2018, DJ games AKYSB 2018 and silver medals in International Jubilee Games 2016, State bank women’s football tournament 2016 and AKYSBP 2015. She is also founder and head coach of Chitral Women’s sports club and midfield coach of Young Rising Star FC.

Karishma Ali

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Ghazi of zarb-e-azab, tamgha-e-jurat, lost his leg during the Shawwal operation; Major Tanveer Shafi belongs to Swat, KPK. He got his commission in 22 Punjab in April, 2011. He is a war wounded officer and have participated in operation Al-Mizan and operation Zarb-e-Azab. He was awarded tamgha-e-bisalat for his performance in zarb-e-azab.

Major Tanveer Shafi

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

Ms. Khalida Brohi, from Balochistan, is an activist and social entrepreneur. She is founder and executive director of Sughar Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to provide rural women in Pakistan with socio-economic opportunities and education. Khalida is also the author of her memoir named “I Should Have Honor”. Khalida has twice been named among Forbes’ 30 under 30 for social entrepreneurship.

Khalida Brohi

Balochistan

Shazia Batool belongs to Quetta and has masters degree in Fine Arts. She was awarded medal of excellence (Sitara-e-Imtiaz) from Government of Pakistan, national youth award 2008, provisional youth award 2008, an expedition award 2010, United nation’s women award and many more.

Shazia Batool

Balochistan

Ms. Farrukh Awais, is a youth and social activist hailing from Azad Kashmir. She is working efficiently as Youth Head at Pakistan Girls Guide Association. She is working as an agent of change through her oratory skills. She has been part of various leadership and peace initiatives.

Farrukh Awais

Azad Jammu & Kashmir

Samina Baig hails from Gilgit-Baltistan and was trained in mountaineering at the age of 15 by her brother. Samina Baig who became the first Pakistani woman to mark her presence at the world highest mountain Mount Everest (8848 meters above sea level). Samina is first Muslim women to climb the seven highest mountains in Seven continents.

Samina Baig

Gilgit-Baltistan

Mr. Hamza Ali Abbasi is theatre, film and television actor and director. He gained his Bachelor's in International Relations from the United States. He also passed the Central Superior Services (CSS) exams and was working as a civil service officer in the police group before abandoning the job to concentrate on his passions, film-making and acting.

Hamza Ali Abbasi

Sana Mir is a cricketer and the former captain of the Pakistan national women's cricket team. She became the first Pakistani women cricketer to rank number 1 in ICC ODI bowler ranking. She has led Pakistan to two Gold medals in Asian Games 2010 and 2014. She was announced Player of the Tournament at the 2008 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier, and currently ranks 1st in the Women's ODI Bowlers in the ICC Player Rankings. She has been in Top 20 ICC rankings for last 9 years.

Sana Mir

Presidential Gold midlist and Chairman National Youth Council Pakistan Boy Scouts Association Islamabad.

Shakirullah

Zoe started her career at the age of seventeen by joining a local band. She also worked in stage musicals Mamma Mia! and Chicago. Her song was nominated at 11th Lux Style Awards for Song of the Year. Zoe released her debut album Dareeche in September 2014 under Universal Music India. In 2015, it won the Best Mixed Album award at the Indian Recording Arts (IRA) in India and Lux Style Award for Best Album in Pakistan.

Zoe Viccaji