Members of the Commission

Dr. Saquib Khan is a Chairman of the Khan Group of Companies in New York, USA. He devotes his time and resources for community services to Pakistani Americans and is a member of the board of Americans for Peace and Justice in South Asia, an organization founded to interact with the media and think tanks in the USA, about issues concerning South Asia. Saquib Khan is a philanthropist who generously supports social projects both in America and Pakistan.

Mr. Lodhie is chairman of LEDtronics Inc., one of the world's leading suppliers of Light Emitting Diode (LED) lamps, established in 1983. LEDtronics has 180 employees, sales offices worldwide. Their manu- facturing facilities are located in Torrance, California and Karachi, Pakistan, In 1992, the United States Small Business Administration awar- ded Mr Lodhie with the Administ- rator's Award for Excellence. The California State University, Los Angeles honored Pervaiz as a Distinguished Alumnus in 1998. Lodhie serves as a member of the School of Engineering and Technology Advisory Board.

Mian Amer Mahmood has an MBA from the University of Punjab, in Lahore. He has been Chancellor of the Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, in Karachi. He was elected as District Nazim, Lahore, in 2001. He is also Chairman of the Islamic Commerce Educational Society, Lahore (ICES). ICES established 27 Colleges of Commerce, Law, Business Administration, Computer Sciences & Information Technology in 7 cities of Punjab, and Mohammad Ali Jinnah University in Karachi. He has been Chief Executive of Educational Excellence Limited, Tower Technologies Inc. and Able Diversified Limited. He is also on the Board of Trustees of the Asian Institute of Technology in Thailand. He is the President of the Lahore Division Football Association and Treasurer of the Pakistan Football Association.

Dr. Malik has worked with global management consulting firms including Arthur D. Little, Inc. and SRI Consulting. He has 10 years of consulting experience in the areas of innovation management, marketing strategy, portfolio management, technology strategy and outcomes research strategy for large pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies. He joined consulting after finishing a post-doctoral fellowship in Health Economics and Medical Decision-Making. He has taught graduate level courses in business strategy and marketing, and has multiple publications to his credit. He received his MBA, Marketing (1997), Ph.D. Pharmacy Administration - Marketing (1995), and M.S. Pharmacy Administration - Marketing (1993) from the University of Illinois.

Mr. Muzammil Malik is a very successful businessman in Michigan USA who has been serving the Pakistani American community for the last thirty years in the United States. He started the first radio programme on Pakistan in the USA. Mr Malik is also very active politically and is a member of the Board of Americans for Peace and Justice for South Asia. He donates generously to social causes, and is an active member of the board of the Human Development Foundation of North America.

Born in Karachi, Mr Arif Naqvi was educated at the London School of Economics and began his career with Arthur Anderson and Co in London in 1982. Mr. Naqvi is curently a Managing Partner of Rasmala Partners Limited. He is also the founder of the Cupola Group, a leading regional private equity firm spread across the Middle East and the Sub-continent. From 1990 to 1994 Mr. Naqvi was Vice President of Business Development for the Olayan Group, Saudi Arabia's largest private trading company. Prior to this, he worked for American Express Bank in Karachi.

Mrs Nadira Panjwani teaches at the Bahria University, Department of Management Sciences, Karachi. She is the founder and chairperson of Panjwani Foundation and Trusts which sponsors various welfare projects. In 1994, Mrs Panjwani established the Zainab Panjwani Memorial Hospital in Karachi. Another noteworthy project is the Dr Panjwani School Complex for the Blind which provides education to the visually handicapped in South Asia. Mrs Panjwani's current project is the establishment of the Dr. Panjwani Centre for Molecular Medicine and Drug Development at the University of Karachi. In recognition of her philanthropic activities, the Government of Pakistan has honored her with the prestigious award of Sittara-e-Imtiaz.

Mr. Saeedullah Khan Paracha holds a Bachelor of Science in Metallurgical Engineering, from the University of Arizona, USA. On his return to Pakistan, he became the Managing Director of the Paracha Textile Mills. Following this, he established his own contracting and trading company in Abu Dhabi. He moved back to the US in 1979, and established Shaheen Land Deve-l-lopment and Investment inc in Tucson Arizona. In 1980, he simultaneously started work on Private Power Generation in Pakistan and the US. In 1994, he accompanied the Secretary of Energy of United States on President Clinton's Mission on Energy to Pakistan and signed a MOU with Government of Pakistan to establish a 157 MW Gas Fired Power Plant in Quetta. In 1999, the Power Plant, which is jointly owned by his company Habibullah Energy Ltd., Karachi and Coastal Power/EL PASO, USA, was constructed and commissioned.

Dr. Rafiq U Rahman graduated from medical school in 1980 and was awarded membership in the Pakistan College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1984. He went to the U.S. in 1985 as an American Cancer Society Fellow (Audrey Meyer Mars International Fellowship). He completed a residency in internal medicine and hematology/oncology at the State University of New York, and Roswell Park Cancer Institute. From 1991 to 1992 he served in Harlan, Kentucky as part of service to undersigned areas. Since January 1993, he has been practicing hematology/oncology in Elizabethtown KY. He also holds an academic appointment at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY. He is currently Chairman and Founder of the Community Uplift Program for Pakistan, and is a Board Member of Americans for Peace and Justice in South Asia.

In 1986, the Kuwait Investment Authority nominated Dr. Shamali to represent the Kuwait Government's interests in Pakistan. He is the chairman of Pakistan Kuwait Investment Company Limited. He has also been serving as the Chairman and Managing Director of Arabian Sea Enterprises Limited, owners of Karachi Sheraton and Towers, and as Chariman of General Tyre Rubber and Company Limited. He has contributed significantly towards the establishment of Islamic Banking in Pakistan. He has also been involved in the health sector as a Management Consultant both in Kuwait as well as Pakistan.

Born in Mardan, NWFP, Begum Zari Sarfaraz is extremely active in the social realm. She is currently President of the NWFP TB Association, President of the SOS Children's Village, Dera Ismail Khan, NWFP, and Patron-in-Chief of Sarfaraz Khan District Hospital Charity Fund in Mardan. She is also President of the Pakistan Anti-Tuberculosis Association, and President of the Frontier Association for Mentally Handicapped. She is a Life Member of Pakistan Red Crescent Society. Begum Sarfaraz simultaneously holds the position of Chairperson at the Premier Sugar Mills & Distillery Co Ltd., Premier Board Mills in Mardan and Premier Ceramics Ltd in Lalamusa, Punjab. She is also Director of Syntron Limited, Gadoon Amazai, Syntronics Ltd, Hattar Haripur, Arpak International Investment Ltd, Islamabad, Chashma Sugar Mills Ltd, Dera Ismail Khan and The Frontier Sugar Mills & Distilery Co. Ltd, in Mardan. She has received numerous medals, including a gold medal from the Human Rights Society of Pakistan, in 1991 and a Gold Medal in 1995 from Pakistan Liberation Movement.

Mr. Abbasi (1957 King Edward Medical college, Punjab University) holds on his credit the working experience of over 50 years, as well as the following affiliations:

• Director, Echocardiology, St Mary Medical
  Center, Long Beach, California
• Fellow, American College of Physicians
• Member, Los Angeles County Heart Association
• Member, American Medical Association
• Member, American Society of Echocardiology

In addition to an outstanding career, he has won many teaching excellence awards and has been honored with speaking invitations at International Seminars and Conferences.

Widely recognized for his passion, innovation and entrepreneurial zeal, Dr. Raza Bokhari is a nationally known expert in aggregating and accelerating companies in the healthcare space. With a nearly 20-year history of developing creative concepts, implementing novel programs and forming strategic alliances, this physician turned entrepreneur is an effective "change agent" with a special knack for turning around financially struggling companies. Dr. Raza Bokhari currently serves on the Board of Visitors of Temple University's Fox School of Business and Management. He is also the Chairman of the Board for Parkway Clinical Laboratories (PCL), a full-service clinical reference laboratory, serving diverse clients in the mid-Atlantic region for over three decades. In addition to his business responsibilities, Raza is president of the Pakistani American Public Affairs Committee (PAKPAC), a national, membership-based, not-for-profit lobbying organization registered with the U.S. Federal Election Commission.

Mr. Salman Burney has a degree in Economics from Cambridge. He started his career with ICI, and worded with them in a number of businesses including Chemicals and Fibers, in Personnel as Regional Personnel Manager for Africa and Middle East and as General Manager, Agrochemicals and Seeds. He was appointed MD of SmithKline Beecham in 1997 and has been MD & CEO of GlaxoSmithKline since 2001.

Mr. Zaiviji Ismail joined Shell Malaysia Trading in 1990 as Project Manager, Marketing Systems.

He served in various positions in Marketing, Operations and Retail with Shell Malaysia Trading. He has also served as GM Retail Sales and Operations in Shell Oman from ’1999 to ’2002.

He moved to Shell Pakistan Limited in ’2003 as GM Retail Sales and Operations and serving as “Chairman Shell Companies in Pakistan” and “Managing Director Shell Pakistan Limited” since September '2006.

Mr. Adaya joined IDS as a non-executive chairperson of the board during 2004. He has a long history as an investor and owner of over 2 million square feet of commercial properties throughout the United States. In addition to his real estate portfolio, Mr. Adaya owns and operates various consumer product and textile companies in Asia. Mr. Adaya attended Saint Patrick School and the Institute of Business Administration.