Message from the Alumni Affairs Office

Pro Chancellor's Message

Message from the Vice Chancellor

Wings of Hope

Articles by the Alumni

Change Management-Life after LUMSChange is Inevitable & Yes We Pakistanis have a lot to Offer….

Yes We CanThe Marathon and LUMS MBA

Global Financial Intermediation Industry - Ripe for Change

Aspire with Care

World's Apart

News from LUMS

Schools at LUMS

Suleman Dawood School of BusinessDr. Arif Nazir Butt

School of Science and EngineeringDr. Anjum Nasim and LUMS

Student Societies

LUMUNLUMS Media Arts

Music SocietyDramaline

DRUMSLAS

LUMS Community Service SocietySPADES

LSMS The LUMS Chess Club

The Photographic Society

Interview with Latafat Baig

The LUMS National Outreach Programme

Fundraising Department Update

Alumni Events and Activities

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Dear Alumni,

This year brought many opportunities, successes, challenges and celebrations for LUMS. The 25th an-niversary of LUMS inception has brought pride to the LUMS Family. A business school establishedin 1986 has now evolved into a fully operational national university having international recognition.The vision of founding fathers, hard work of faculty, support of management staff and commitment ofstudents made LUMS a centre of educational excellence in the country.

LUMS alumni have been the most important catalyst in this entire evolution process. They have pro-gressed in their careers and have contributed towards the corporate and social sectors.

In past few months, several alumni events were arranged in Singapore, Bay Area, Seattle, London,Dubai, Karachi and Islamabad. All these events were well attended by the alumni; Dubai reunion wasthe biggest international reunion with participation of 120 alumni.

The Alumni have always contributed to LUMS and only last year the university received gifts of overPKR 30 million. LUMS acknowledges this support and appreciates the kind gesture of alumni. Theyalso actively participated in the recent LUMS Flood Relief Drive. As part of giving back to LUMS, Iencourage all of you to increase awareness about the university, especially the need-blind admissionspolicy of LUMS and the National Outreach Programme (NOP). NOP is an initiative of LUMS toprovide equal educational opportunities to the underprivileged members of our society.

In line with the 25th anniversary celebrations of LUMS, this issue of Alumni Annual Magazine is fo-cused on the principal theme of Change being Inevitable. We would like to thank all those who havecontributed in the editorial section and also those who took out time to compile their class notes. Inter-views of Dr AnjumNasim (first Provost of LUMS) andDr Arif N Butt (MBA 89 andDean of SulemanDawood School of Business (SDSB)) are also included in this magazine. We hope to hear other successstories from your end, so keep us posted.

We are also organizing a Grand Alumni Reunion on November 27, 2010 atLUMS for all our alumni to celebrate the 25th anniversary together andlook forward to your participation.

Regards,Sheikh Ali Hussain (EMBA 2007)Director, Resource Development & Alumni Affairs

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LUMS has been an important contributor in the educationsector for the last 25 years producing quality alumni.

We, at LUMS, are trying to build a generation that works oneconomic reforms direly required for the stability of Pakistan.With its diversity of student population and its programmes,LUMS generates a high level of activity both inside and out-side the campus. Active participation in the flood relief effortsby our student body is a clear example of that.

LUMS aims to provide a platform for those who are commit-ted to make a difference. We believe our responsibility as aninstitute only just begins once a student graduates fromLUMS. We are proud of our alumni and would like to stay intouch with all of you out there.

Let us all come together and make LUMS a beacon of hope inthese challenging times. LUMS relies on your success andyour commitment towards it.

Wishing you the best in all your endeavours,

Syed Babar Ali

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Dear Alumni,

With its modest beginning in Gulberg in 1985 and a compelling vision of building an outstanding business school,LUMS dream has unfolded in front of our eyes. In a short span of 25 years, LUMS has achieved a distinction that fewother universities in Pakistan can claim. Academic excellence, meritocracy, and transparency are now synonymous withLUMS name. Equally importantly, it is no coincidence that LUMS has nurtured a culture of openness, tolerance, and socialresponsibility which continues to shape the values of its graduates. As LUMS has evolved from a business school into anintegrated university which now includes the Suleman Dawood School of Business, School of Humanities, Social Sciencesand Law, and the School of Science and Engineering, so has its vision and aspiration. Building on its strength of excellencein education, we now envision LUMS as a world class research university whose service, research, and graduates are afountain of leadership for Pakistan and the world. Every dream comes with its challenges and LUMS will have a shareof it in the coming decades. We must remain steadfast and aim high. Let’s have no doubt in our ability to achieve the dreamof the next 25 years.

As alumni you represent and define what LUMS stands for and has achieved. Your success and leadership will pave theway for its success in future too. Since your student days, LUMS has continued to evolve as any dynamic institutionshould. The physical infrastructure has grown to sustain the needs of the enhanced student body; greater emphasis is nowbeing placed on campus life experience including sports, recreation and wellness; and increasingly we are defining aca-demic goals and assessing outcomes. LUMS is also laying a strong foundation for research: a vision of discovery, knowledgecreation and innovation.

Recently, we signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Organization of Pakistani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) ofUSA to establish a Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship at LUMS. Though in its formative stages, the Centre aimsto promote an entrepreneurial eco-system for the economic development of Pakistan. Similarly, we are cultivating fewerbut more meaningful linkages with universities of international repute for collaborative research and student exchanges.Rice University is amongst the recent examples with which we are building a much deeper and broader relationshipthan with any institution before. The dividends of the efforts of the last few years are beginning to payoff. Recently, wereceived a $15.5 million USAID grant through the Social Enterprise Development Centre (SEDC) of the Suleman DawoodSchool of Business to help assess and strengthen civil society organizations and government of Pakistan.

These are just a few of the exciting happenings at LUMS that you as alumni should be proud of. The Alumni Office ismore active than ever before to keep you engaged and informed of the campus news. Your role and support as alumniis crucial to the vision and aspirations of LUMS. I encourage each one of you to remain engaged with your alma materand help as much as you can in realizing the dream of the next 25 years.

Warm regards,

Ahmad DurraniVice Chancellor

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I reminisce the good timesWhen we used to tryCould barely walk straightBut wanted to fly

In capes and funky masksJumping with all our mightDressed as superheroesWithout a care in sight

Not worrying about moneyOr having fancy carsAlways aiming for the skyAlways reaching for the stars

We were young and funEssentially a free soulBut time took it's tollAnd well, we grew old

Now day in, day outWe just worry about cashWhere to get it fromAnd where to put the stash

Which car to buy nextWhat new horse to breedIt's all about jewelsWe're blinded by greed

What used to matter mostNow just makes no senseWe run through our livesAll edgy and tense

We've shed our wings of hopeI honestly don't know whyWe do manage to walkBut have forgotten to fly

WingsHopeof

By Muhammad Yousuf Bawany MS 2003

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Ever since I graduated from LUMS, life has been a series of changes. Whether beit on a personal or professional front, my experiences have breathed life into theadage “the only constant in life is change”.

While at LUMS, we were schooled that the real world is far different from theworld at LUMS. However, I guess no amount of 'education’ can gear one up tobe thrown into the deep end of the pool and then swim through it gracefully. In-terestingly, in my experience, the real learning takes place outside the classroomwhen you start splashing water and the grace goes out the window. While theclassroom prepares you with theories and concepts of the real world, applicationof those concepts in real life shows that expected results are far from what thetext book, class notes, case study or the professor said. Whilst a situation can beempirically analyzed and dissected by a case study, one has to bear in mind thathuman beings are very diverse and it is this diversity that draws the beauty of ourcreation.

When one embarks on their professional career, there are many aspirations asthe journey begins. However, time and circumstances shape those aspirations.Whilst it is always a good idea to have a short-term, medium-term and long-termplan, one has to be very flexible about it. I started off my career with a degree incomputer sciences. This was shortly after the IT bubble had burst, but I thoughtthat since my core strength was IT, I will be an IT guru in the years to come. I wasalso spurred by my hostel buddies that my core strength was IT networking sinceI had a proven track record in it. However, years later, one would be surprised tofind out that my career has shifted gears and now I am working in human re-sources. The pure and simple reason is that during the progression of my careerI never restricted myself to one area and explored all possibilities that came myway.

This also brings me to another very important point for those enrolled in LUMS aswell as our alumni. In view of the changing business dynamics, it is very importantto be able to adapt and adopt quickly. One should never weigh their qualificationin the balance. Always remember that while you might think you are very good atsomething, you might still be better at something else. Keep trying new thingsand keep your horizons open.

In words of a wise man,'The argument is not about change any more; change is a given. Success nowdepends on the speed of change’.

Kenan Ahmed Siddiqi BSc 2004

Change ManagementLife after LUMS

Change is Inevitable& Yes We Pakistanis have a lot to Offer….

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Robert Gallagher said, 'change is inevitable - except from avending machine'. It is inevitable that structures and processesand relationships will change in our day-to-day lives. It is in-evitable that we will face new challenges, and it is inevitablethat things may seem a little different in the years ahead. Yes,life is definitely going to become a little 'shaken up andstirred'.But as we look back on a journey - a journey that started outwith hesitant, tentative steps - in retrospect we see just howfar we have progressed. I would like to share a memory;memory that serves to illustrate that while some things willchange and rightly so, the core fundamentals in our lives willremain the same.This brief illustration is about a sports event in a schoolwherein parents are invited too. A youngster is sitting next tothe sports field trying to put on his sock. The sports teacherwalks past. The boy stands up, hopping around on one leg, hissock in his hand and he greets, "Sir!". He sits down again, in-tent on putting on his sock. The teacher walks on a little wayand observes the boy. The youngster, it seems, has chosen abad spot. At least six other parents happen to walk past himseparately, but in relatively quick succession and every time,without fail, he clambers on to his one foot and greets, "Sir orMa'am!". I am not sure if he eventually got his sock on, but Ican testify to the exceptional manners that were witnessed;manners that are so firmly ingrained that they are almost in-tuitive.This phenomenon of ‘change’ is visibly coming up in theform of extreme ‘competitiveness’. The world is becomingvery competitive in every sense. Let’s take golfing and tennis;aspiring players graduating from academies with stringent in-take criterion and undergoing untiring trainings.There is astounding research going on in the fields of engi-neering and medicine. The advancements in the area oftelecommunications are beyond ones comprehension. Thedesktopmachines have become outdated with laptops becom-ing common at affordable prices. In academia, we get to hearof close to perfect scores in exams such as GMAT and GREwith intake of top schools becoming extremely stringent. Inthe field of defense, there is sophisticated weaponry with un-manned air craft’s offering high precision and accuracy, andGPS technologies literally offering street views of any part ofthe world at a few clicks. The list goes on…These are all fewexamples of how the world is evolving and becoming veryscientific.Given this backdrop, that change is inevitable and is the mostconstant thing in this world, let’s see what we have to offer asa Pakistani, being on our toes to meet the demands of the everchanging paradigms of this world.We are living in difficult times and unfortunately our belovedcountry is faced with many threats. We all have to face thecurrent turmoil with brave hearts. It is my firm belief thatPakistanis are one of the most talented nations in the world.'If we did the things we are capable of, we would astound our-selves.'-Thomas Edison

'All our dreams can come true - if we have the courage to pur-sue them.'-Walt Disney

Although the list of great Pakistanis is never ending, I wouldlike to take this opportunity and share few names who madeall of us proud.

Jahangir Khan, the greatest player of all times, made historyin the game of squash. He won theWorld Open six times andthe coveted British Open, ten times. He also had the honourof being unbeaten for 5 years, a record breaking winningstreak in the history of squash. I am not sure how many ofyou know that Jahangir underwent multiple surgeries as achild and was advised strictly by doctors to avoid any physical

exertion as he was extremely weak.

Wasim Akram, the great cricketer, made it to the hall of fame

as he holds the record for the most number of wickets in oneday cricket (502) which is no mean feat.

Cadet Ghulam M. Malik (retired as Lt. Gen G.M Malik) isthe first Asian to win the prestigious Queens Medal at RoyalMilitary Academy at Sandhurst in UK.

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The gifted Jun-ior Under Of-ficer UqbahHadeed Malik(now Capt.)won the cov-eted sword ofhonor at theRoyal MilitaryAcademy atSandhurst inUK at the ageof 22. He wasdeclared as thebest overall in-t e r n a t i o n a lcadet.

18-year old Ali Moeen Nawazish from Rawalpindi made aworld record by securing 22 A’s in A-level examinations atthe University of Cambridge. He is also acknowledged bythe Guinness Book of Records for this outstanding achieve-ment.

Dr. Atique Samdani was awardedPhysician of the Year Award inUSA

The world's youngest MicrosoftCertified Professional is a Pakistani.

There is one common trait amongst all of these high-achiev-ers; they all had an extra-ordinary ‘will’ to do well in their re-spective areas and were extremely focused in their pursuits.They were also able to adapt to the best of their abilities to‘change’ in pursuit of their goals. The above are few examplesof Pakistanis who have outshined other nations which sug-gests the talent that we all can leverage provided we have the‘will’ and right ‘intentions’. And then there are other phe-nomenal achievements of recent times in the field oftelecommunications and biometrics databases:

There were 300,000 mobile users in Pakistan in the year

2000 and within a span of few years the number stands ataround 98 million mobile users.

Pakistan is the most connected country in South Asia, withthe highest teledensity in terms of mobile access per hundredpeople which stands at 62%.

Pakistan has the world's largest biometric database(NADRA); this system (not the data) is now being providedto allied countries.

"The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty oftheir dreams."-Eleanor Roosevelt

The following extract from a speech by J.K. Rowling, the au-thor of Harry Potter who spoke to Harvard graduates on June5, 2008 offers a very unique perspective:

'If you choose to use your status and influence to raise yourvoice on behalf of those who have no voice; if you choose toidentify not only with the powerful, but with the powerless;if you retain the ability to imagine yourself into the lives ofthose who do not have your advantages, then it will not onlybe your proud families who celebrate your existence, butthousands and millions of people whose reality you havehelped change. We do not need magic to change the world;we carry all the power we need inside ourselves already: wehave the power to imagine better'

And our great founder of the nation Muhammad Ali Jinnahrightly points out:'With faith, discipline and selfless devotion to duty, there isnothing worthwhile that you cannot achieve.'The greatest example of a man who really brought an extraordinary change for the generations to come can be attributedto our beloved Quaid, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, as somebodyvery rightly points out:

'The change in the world is always brought by one man,whom we call "the leader". Who has the vision and the forcenot only to make people dream, but to reach and live thatdream. He is intelligent enough to foresee tomorrow. He isselfless and courageous to the extent of being ready to scari-fies everything and express truth even if it defames him. Peo-ple fellow him wherever he takes them. He is the one whoaccelerates history and for whomnature proclaims itself. "What aman".'God bless Pakistan.

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“Yes We Can”By Rana Sajjad Ahmad BSc. 1999

In the 11 years since graduating fromLUMS, most of the changes that I haveseen in Pakistan appear to be for theworse. It would be hard to see thesechanges as part of some sort ofprogress to a better Pakistan. However,there is one change which, in my opin-ion, has singularly put Pakistan on theroad to progress. It is the fundamentalshift in the balance of power betweenPakistan’s judiciary, executive and thelegislature as a result of the successfullawyers’ movement.

As a lawyer, I might be considered bi-ased in my assessment but I believethat the lawyers’ movement was notjust about lawyers, as a large numberof this movement’s supporters were notlawyers. The movement was also notabout Justice Iftikhar Chaudhry or Gen-eral Musharraf. The real value of thismovement lay in what it stood for andthe change it aimed to bring about. Itwas the change in people’s mindsetabout the importance of the rule of lawand an independent judiciary. It was thechange in people’s beliefs that if theypersevered long and hard enough,they could bring about change. To bor-row a popular slogan from Obama’selection campaign, after the reinstate-ment, Pakistanis could proudly say “Yeswe can!”

From a strictly academic standpoint, this

movement aimed to restore and resus-citate the system of checks and bal-ances in relation to the three branchesof government: executive, legislatureand judiciary. Historically, the check hadonly been by the executive and thelegislature on the powers of the judici-ary while the constitution was floutedwith impunity, especially by the execu-tive and often in complicity with mem-bers of the judiciary. This is exactly whythe Chief Justice’s (CJ) defiance ofMusharraf was considered historic anda step towards themuch-needed revital-ization of the virtuallypowerless judiciary.Not surprisingly,Musharraf

andhis closeaides found ithard to grap-ple with thisunexpected and un-precedented reaction of the CJ. How-ever, as much as Musharraf and hisgovernment hated this change, it wasthis very change that sparked off apowerful movement for the rule of law.More importantly, by catapulting the CJto the level of a national hero, themovement highlighted the importance

of a strong and independent judiciary,not just at the individual level but at theinstitutional level, for ensuring thatPakistan is ruled by law and not by thewhims of power-hungry individuals.

The lofty objectives of this movementand the unrelenting struggle of its sup-porters were admired in and outsidePakistan. This is also why a lot of peo-ple had very high and in some cases,unrealistic expectations of the CJ at thetime of his reinstatement.

It has been over two years since the re-instatement and the question still beingasked is whether this change hasbrought about any real and substantiveprogress. If progress means less abuseof power by government officials, lesscorruption and fair and prompt dispen-sation of justice, there might not be alot to show for it. Undeniably, we stillhave a long way to go. Nevertheless,one thing everyone can agree uponis that this change has given Pakista-nis reason to believe in, and stand upfor things that are right. This, in and ofitself, is significant progress.

Rana Sajjad Ahmad (BSc. 99) is alawyer based in Lahore. He is agraduate of Columbia UniversitySchool of Law and a member of theNew York bar. r.sajjad@ranaijaz.com

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By Aneela Kamal MBA 1995MBA Class of 1995Berlin Marathon Finisher 2009

About 4 years ago, I laced-on a pair of running shoes one Sundaymorning andparticipated in a small 7km race organized by my local gym. I had never runthat far in my entire life andwas nervous to star, but I finished nevertheless. Thatday marked the beginning of my interest in long distance running (yes, at thetime I thought 7km was a 'long distance' to run!).

On Sunday, Sep 20, 2009 I foundmyself lining upwith 40,000 other runnersat the start line of Berlin Marathon - one of the world's top 5marathons, to runthe legendary 26.2 miles (42.2 kilometres).

It is said often about runners that when they are not running, they think onlyabout running and when they are running, they think about everything else.

So, as I ran through the city that day, covering mile after mile, the challengingand brutal distance, I found my mind drifting away from the streets of Berlinand wandering the brick walled corridors of LUMS. I do not know how it allhappened or why my mind started to draw this analogy, perhaps to distractme from the task at hand, but somehow I found myself comparing the sim-ilarities between running a marathon and going through a LUMS MBA.

You start the journey on a high note and with an adrenaline rush (you feelspecial just having made it to the start line), then somewhere down the road(around the 15th kilometre or the 2nd quarter), the adrenaline starts to wearoff. Reality starts to set in and you realize exactly how taxing this journey isgoing to be, both emotionally and physically. Slowly, you find yourself in the'what was I thinking?; what am I doing here?' land.

There aremoments when giving up seems to be a very reasonable and invit-ing option, but somehow you find the energy to keep going; one step (oneday) at a time. Others around you, who were total strangers at the start line,become comrades in the journey and the struggle. You develop bonds, youmeet yourself at what you thought were the limits of your potential and youwatch those limits dissolve and disappear.

And then before you know it, you are at the half way mark (21 kilometresare gone, the 2nd year has started). A renewed energy surges through yoursystemwith the thought of being half way there.What seemed like a choreand a burden in the earlier stages becomes more of a habit and a routine,albeit a painful one. And once again, before you know it, you are in the finalstretch; the last 10 kilometres (the last quarter). The finish line you thought wasnever going to come seems within reach. You know you have not come thisfar to give up now and somehow you find the strength to go the last mileand you cross that linewith a smile on your face and a sprint in your spent legs;maybe even holding the hand of a fellow runner (class mate); once a stranger,now a comrade.

The aches and pains are soon over; what lasts much longer are thememoriesof an incredible experience that make you discover new things about yourselfand changes a little something inside you forever. The challenge and brutalityof the journey is part of its lure, and you can only appreciate the experiencein its totality once you are on the other side of the finish line.

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Ripe For ChangeBy Mirza Hashim Baig MBA 1994

Customers (individuals, corporates as well as sovereign) needfinancial intermediaries (FIs) to facilitate the management oftheir financial affairs in a cost efficient and professional man-ner. To provide such service, the financial intermediation in-dustry has evolved; from wealthy individuals playing the roleof mini informal banks in local circles, to global FIs managingassets in the trillions worldwide for millions of customerswith a wide range of products and services.

The failure of FIs is a wealth destruction process; it threatensthe economic stability of individuals, corporates and nations.The effects of the US sub prime crisis which started as a localUS issue quickly spread, leading to the financial meltdown andglobal deceleration sparing no one. Governments have had tosupport FIs to avert anarchy.

The systematic crash of the global financial industry illus-trates its interdependence and fragility, where millions havesuffered and paid the price for the errors and excesses of afew. In today’s financial world, the decisions of a few individ-uals (like in war) have caused tremendous damage and pain toa vast majority who had no role in such decisions, did not ben-efit from the same but find themselves suffering the conse-quences. They just happen to be at the wrong place at thewrong time (collateral damage), like passengers (customers)of vehicles (financial intermediaries) crashing into the greatestpileup of all times where the drivers (owners and managers offinancial intermediaries) were racing (competing on profits)in dense fog (using dodgy products) ignoring speed limits (ig-noring risk management) while the cops (regulators) took anap (relaxed).

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The failure of the FIs, in my opinion, is attributable to twomain causes: greed and unruliness at the FI level, and incom-petence and tardy attitude at the regulatory level. While theFIs created structures, instruments and strategies which theythemselves at times did not fully understand (cutting edge in-novation as they called it) the regulators felt shy of asking toomany questions fearing exposing their ignorance. Why spoilthe party when everyone’s having such a great time andeverything seems OK.

Global FI industry is ripe for change, an alternative FI frame-work that is stronger, more robust and dependable needs tobe built. Greed will continue to drive us, speed will continueto thrill us, fear will continue to hold us, and love will con-tinue to be a distant third at best (I know a few will disagreewith me regarding the latter). It is unclear when we will beable to respond differently to greed, speed, fear and love. Untilthe scientists figure that one out, we need to clear the fog offthe roads, built safer vehicles, ensure that drivers stick to thespeed limit and the cops don’t take catnaps. If you arrived atyour destination way ahead of others, then you were eitherspeeding or used an alternative transportation mechanism.

The alternative is simple. All transactions with the semblanceof gambling must be forbidden (did I hear you say boring?),each transaction must be backed with a real asset trade (did Ihear you say boring again?). This means no derivatives, noshorts, no implied rating or similar fancy stuff (now you areasking yourself why did you go to business school, this guymust be nuts). Investment philosophy must be real value cre-ation by delivering either a service or asset; it cannot andmust not be a phantom product based on ifs, buts andmaybes. The simple rule is, if the product needs fine print, it’stoo fine to pass. FIs must disclose, upfront and fully, the as-sumptions and what needs to happen for the investors to losemoney. The emphasis must be on sustainable wealth creationand preservation and not speculative short term gains.

Financing

The availability of financing (debt capital) is essential for anyeconomic system to work efficiently. Rightly used financing isa blessing; wrongly used, it’s a curse. Financing can amplifyreturns; the reverse is also true if project return falls belowthe cost of financing. Financing increases risk and thus, anyprospect of return amplification is not for free; there is no freelunch. If one's having a free lunch, then surely someone elseis paying for two. Financing, like medicine, must be usedwithin prescribed limits to avoid the negative side effectswhich can be fatal.

The rules are simple; financing will only be available at thephysical asset level, i.e. car, home, plant, machinery, infra-structure, merchandise etc. and to a level appropriate for eachparticular asset. High risk vestures will only be equity funded(sounds like the future Basel, doesn’t it?). Financing will not beavailable for investing in investment products, margin trad-ing, etc. If you don’t have the money (equity), don’t do it; gam-bling with borrowed money is insane.

Stability of the global financial system (risk in the system) de-pends on its level of gearing at any given time. The alternativeFI framework must be equity dominated; this will keep thesystem stable and prevent tipping.

Risk Identification and Management

Risk identification and management is core to the change, Ipropose. The principal role of the future FI’s must be risk iden-tification and management. No FI employee or owner shouldbe allowed to take on a decision making position without therequisite understanding and experience of risk.

Trust me, risk is not easy. It’s an art and a science and at thebest of times, difficult to identify. If risk is not identified,

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it can’t be quantified, priced or managed. The ability to appre-ciate risk is based both on skill and experience and that’s whythose who have not experienced a complete business cycle,sometimes simply don’t get it. The stats, quant models andMonte Carlo simulations are all good tools and, like any tool,have their limitations. Risk is, however, more than numbers;a bit like crystal balling and fortunetelling, it’s judgmental,touchy, feely and intuitive.

The high risk, high return mantra is not always true, highrisk at times could be total loss, but no one would tell youthat.

Alignment of Interests, Customers, FI Employeesand Owners

The philosophy for change is that risks and rewards mustbe shared in a fair and equitable manner. Incentives for allstake holders must be so designed to avoid shortsightedand risky behaviour while protecting the rights of eachparty.

The compensation package of FI employees must be a bal-ance of salary, reasonable year end bonus to reward shortterm performance and enterprise equity participation (themore senior the position, the longer the holding period re-quirements). Bonuses should always be a fraction of thepossible equity participation payoffs. FI employees who aredirectly involved at the product level must have their skinin the product to ensure that the product receives the atten-tion it deserves from the best available talent.

To ensure that the FI acting as the Fund Manager protectsthe interests of the investors as it would protect its own,the FI must maintain a minimum 20% investment in the in-vestments it structures. The principle 'we only offer to ourinvestors what we consider to be good for ourselves' mustalways apply. Reasonable structuring, acquisition and fundmanagement fee should be charged to cover direct costs/overheads. The return on the FI’s own capital in the invest-ment and the performance fees (on exit) must however bethe driving incentive for the FI.

a) Current Asset Accounts

Customers need to have the facility to deposit their wealth(currencies, bullion, commodities, stocks, etc. which are in-stantaneously interchangeable) for safe keeping and to havethe ability to do transaction in an efficient and secure man-ner.

Customers should pay a fee for maintaining a Current AssetAccount for safe keeping and transaction facilitation. Cus-tomer’s assets in Current Asset Account should be ringfenced and insured against FI default, theft or damage atthe customer’s cost (fee). These assets should be real (notnotional) and thus, if the customer desires to take deliveryof his/her assets, he/she could do so incurring the associ-

ated handling and transportation costs.FIs already have accounts with currency, bullion, stock andcommodity markets across the globe to be able to do thisefficiently. Normal liquidity requirements of currenciescould be met by depositing sufficient funds, bullion, stocks,and commodities with the regulating Central Bank.

b) Investment Accounts

Customers need to invest their extra wealth to achievegrowth by participating in productive and gainful economicactivities.

For this purpose, the FIs should source and structure invest-ment opportunities into different classes of investmentproducts from which investors could choose based upontheir individual risk and maturity preferences.

c) Financing Facilities

Customers need financing facilities to expand their busi-ness, buy cars, homes etc. All financing facilities should befunded through the investment account products describedin (b) above. This will ensure that capital flows will be de-mand driven; funding development activities that producethe highest risk adjusted returns. Investors will have to beconvinced of the risk return payoff for an investment prod-uct to participate in it, thus making capital available. TradeFinance Facilities, LC’s and LG will be funded in the samemanner.

These changes require a paradigm shift in our thinking, asystem that is equity dominated and thus, more stable.Though we humans are the smartest creatures on the faceof this earth, we are greedy, gullible, forget quickly and re-fuse to learn from others. It’s no surprise that most bad de-cisions are made in good times!

Mirza Hashim Baig MBAclass of 94mirzahb@emirates.net.ae

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In the fall of 2009, Usman Khalid (CEO of Aspire and LUMSMBA 2002) with the help of his students from Bahria Univer-sity initiated a project called ‘Aspire with Care’. The projectsaw astounding success, while highlighting the critical civicissue of caring for the underprivileged.Aspire is primarily a learning and development setup withoffshoots of consultancy and talent management. It’s visionis to nurture potential of every aspiring Pakistani and its cur-rent focus is on youth mobilization through social projects.Katryna Shah, a young girl of Ukrainian origin and also a stu-dent of Usman, was serving as the youngest director on anine member board of directors for a not-for-profit organi-zation called Saint Joseph’s Hospice. She requested Usmanto help her with the hospice; a place meant to care for thedecrepit, disabled and abandoned.The Saint Joseph’s Hospice was established by FrancisO’Leary in 1964 with funding from MISEREOR, a Germancharitable institution. Today, the hospice houses 60 beds forresident patients and provides an outpatient clinic whichtreats approximately 80-90 patients per day. It accepts pa-tients of all faiths and beliefs, and provides residential pa-tients with medical, physical, occupations, vocational,

orthopedic (prosthesis), and hospice/respite care.

Usman accepted the offer considering it was in line with As-pire’s objectives. The project involved over 150 studentsfrom the bachelor’s programme.

The studentswere active ona number offronts andraised funds,interacted withthe patients,created a newlogo for thehospice; eachof whichbrewed suc-cess.Categories in-cluding softand hard tar-gets weremade and as-signed to stu-dents. Somecategories re-quired stu-dents todonate food

and medical supplies while others involved more human as-pects; to provide equal opportunity to students from non-af-fluent backgrounds. Some categories involved humaninteraction targets.According to the hospice finance committee’s latest annualbreakdown, the annual cost for caring for a hospice patientamounted to PKR 167,219/-. Collectively, the students wereable to donate items and services worth PKR 604,355/-, asum more than twice of what had been targeted initially.What is most noteworthy about this effort is that (comparedto some instances), this surpasses donation amounts raised

through a single drive in the past by credible internationalclubs, embassies and allied donor agencies.In addition, the students were given the task of creating anew logo as the emblem was being officially revised for the1st time since its inception in 1964. The students succeededafter submitting several samples to the board of directorsand today the new identity of the Saint Joseph’s Hospice isthe result of the tireless effort and creativity of the studentsfrom Bahria University.With the help of all engaged stakeholders, the story of ‘As-pire with Care’ reached many and brought change at manylevels. Parents and friends called to laud the efforts of thestudents and Aspire’s initiative, and many came to witnessthe work of the students on these trips which became a his-torical endeavor. Apart from the financial support provided

through this initiative, ‘Aspire with Care’ helped raise aware-ness amongst students and parents whilst creating an ex-ample at the university level for others to follow.

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Worlds ApartA small minority of Pakistanis, belonging to the privileged class, enjoys good food, goodlifestyle, and high quality education. Unfortunately, the luxurious and comfortable livesof this elite class have made them oblivious to the dark and grave realities of our coun-try. The truth is that more than 84% of our fellow countrymen live on less than $ 2 aday. Children from poor families are forced to drink contaminated water. Their liveli-hood depends upon manually planting and plowing their small agriculture land, mostof which has been washed away by recent floods. Mothers can only wish for goodeducation for their children; that one day their children would go to a good school (orany school for that matter), and be able to get good education, good job and a good life.

One of the predominant toolsthat development experts haveput their faith in around theworld is Microfinance. Pakistantoo has replicated successfulmicro-lending models; however,even after a decade of growth,poverty alleviation is still not insight.

Driven away by the poor lending practices and harsh recovery procedures of Microfi-nance Institutions in Pakistan, Jasim Sheikh (BSc 2005 and MSc 2006) and Syed SafeeullahShah (BSc 2005) have set out to make a difference. Their efforts, hard work and determination to change the status quo have culminated inthe formation of Suraj Foundation: a specialized Microfinance Institution providing sustainable financial services to the poor.

The difference between Suraj Foundation and any of its predecessors is simple: in-stead of replicating what is being done elsewhere in the world, market-driven solu-tions have been derived based upon the needs of the poor. The mission is to providepareto-optimal solutions that maximize the benefits of all stakeholders including theborrowers, lenders andthe community. The re-sult is an indigenousmicro-lending modelthat provides solutionsto all the problemsfaced by micro-entre-

preneurs: financing, energy, work environment and business development serv-ices. Suraj Foundation will provide these services in Production Centers that willhouse skilled youth, women and micro-entrepreneurs and may potentially becomethe growth engines of Pakistan. With these Production Centers, Suraj Founda-tion is introducing the “Next Generation of Microfinance” which has the potentialto make deep impact and change the lives of the poor.

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NewsOOffffiiccee ooff GGrraadduuaattee SSttuuddiieess aannddSSppoonnssoorreedd RReesseeaarrcchh ((GGSSSSRR))

Office of Graduate Studies andSponsored Research (GSSR) hasbeen established. The GSSR willserve three pressing needs of theuniversity:

Strengthen our graduate pro-grammes by developing uniformpolicies on minimum admissionstandards, graduate student sup-port, and graduation requirements

Bring funding opportunities tothe attention of faculty members,institute a process of routing andtracking research proposals andawards, and ensure the delivery ofthe promised outcomes

Serve as a clearing house forany patentable intellectual prop-erty and develop an IP for the uni-versity

Dr. Shafay Shamail, former HoD ofthe CS department, will serve asthe first Vice Provost of GSSR.

SSUUPPAARRCCOO rreenneewwss MMooUU wwiitthh LLUUMMSS

SUPARCO and LUMS signed a MoUto collaborate for their commonobjective of advancement ofmulti-disciplinary research activi-ties. The initiative aims to give aboost to the socio-economic sec-tors of Pakistan and strengthen thebond between the two organiza-tions. The MoU was initially signedon June 5, 2007 for three years andhas been renewed on July 29, 2010for another three years.

OOPPEENN aanndd LLUUMMSS ssiiggnn MMooUU

LUMS and the Organization of Pak-istani Entrepreneurs (OPEN) signeda MoU for cooperation to establishthe “OPEN Centre @ LUMS for Inno-vation and Entrepreneurship” onJuly 29, 2010 for a period of fiveyears. The centre aims to createan entrepreneurship network thatsustains entrepreneurs and pro-motes the creation of new ven-tures to foster economic growth inPakistan.

BBrraazziilliiaann LLaawwmmaakkeerr aatt LLUUMMSS

Justice Antonio Herman Benjamin,

Judge of the Supreme Court ofBrazil, visited LUMS and had ameeting with Dr Pervaiz Hassanand Prof Ali Qazilbash, Head of theLaw Department. He was given apresentation about LUMS followedby a campus tour.

MMooUU wwiitthh WWaarriidd

Warid Telecom (Pvt.) Ltd. will spon-sor the sports society of LUMS

(SLUMS) forthe year2 0 1 0 - 1 1 .The signingof thisagreementtook place

on June 28, 2010 at LUMS, Lahore.Mr. Shahzad Rauf, Chief Strategy &Operations Officer, Warid Tele-com and Dr. Ijaz Nabi, Dean ofLUMS signed the MoU.

SSiicchhuuaann UUnniivveerrssiittyy vviissiittss LLUUMMSS

LUMS was visited by a 26-memberdelegation from Sichuan Univer-sity. The delegation comprising offaculty and students from SichuanUniversity visited LUMS on May 18,2010 and interacted with stu-

dents, faculty and administrationof the University. The visitors werean ebullient group and sang songsand performed traditional Chinesedance along with a display of KungFu.

The delegation was interested inthe operations of LUMS and heldlong discussions with LUMS stu-dents. After an interactive lunch,Sichuan University members weregiven a detailed campus tour.

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Suleman Dawood School of Business

SDSBSDSB Corporate Communications

MBA Placement Office

McKinsey&Company, recruits from LUMS!!McKinsey&Company, one of world’s most respected consulting firms visited LUMS for its RecruitmentDrive 2010. This was the third time that McKinsey&Company came to LUMS for their recruitment ac-tivities. LUMS is the only institute targeted by McKinsey in Pakistan. After a lengthy selection processincluding on campus workshop, test and interviews, McKinsey&Company extended offers to one MBAand two BSc graduates to join their team in Middle East. McKinsey&Company, acknowledging thequality of our graduates will now target LUMS for their recruitment drive every year, opening newavenues of international placement for all LUMS graduates.

Special thanks to our alumni Bilal Ahsan Malik (MBA 2005), Sherin Ijaz (BSc 2006) and HassanMuzaffar (BSc 1999) for their support in making this possible.

SDSB Faculty Collaborations with SDSB Research Centers

In the past quarter, SDSB Faculty engaged in noteworthy research by collaborating with the SDSB re-search centers and international scholars.

Case Research Centre

Asian Journal of Management Cases (AJMC)In line with the aim of encouraging case writing, research and teaching, CRC publishes a biannualjournal, Asian Journal of Management Cases (AJMC). In the last year, Volumes 6 Numbers 1 & 2 andVolume 7 Number 1 of AJMC were printed with 19% increase in subscription rate. AJMC is becomingincreasingly popular in India which explains why 90% of submissions were received from Indian uni-versities and institutes. Besides India, submissions were also received from France, Indonesia, NewZealand, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Africa, and Japan. This is a great achievement for CRC as AJMCcontinually attempts and desires to expand its scope beyond South Asia.

Book Publication & Launch - Achieving Competitive Advantage in Pakistan’s Knitwear Garments In-dustry written by Arif I Rana and Jamshed H KhanThis book was LUMS Press’s first complete publication authored by two highly prominent SDSB Facultymembers. CRC organized the book publication process and also arranged a book launch ceremonyin collaboration with UNDP. The book has received very favorable response.

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Social Enterprise Development Centre

Health Enterprise Leadership-Development Programme (HELP)One of the most prominent achievements of SEDC in the last year was successful conduction of a twoyear programme, Health Enterprise Leadership-Development Programme (HELP), funded by: The David& Lucile Packard Foundation, USA. Under this project, 12 cases were to be written for renowned or-ganizations of health sector like Shirkat Gah, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Rozan, World PopulationFoundation (WPF), National Rural Support Programme (NRSP), etc. Ten of these cases are complete andcurrently being used as teaching material in training sessions at SEDC. The reaming cases are in thefinal draft stage.

The faculty involvement in various SEDC activities has contributed to the success of its Open Enrolmentand Customized Training Programmes. In addition to the trainings, four faculty consultancies werealso provided for different health sector organizations through SEDC.

Strategic Sector Research Center (SSRC)

SDSB recently set up a new research centre, the Strategic Sector Research Center (SSRC). SSRC is an im-portant initiative in institutionalizing research and knowledge generation at SDSB. The vision of SSRCis “to become a national, research-based think tank in sectors important to the national economy”.This center is expected to generate scholarship in strategic sectors including development (educationmanagement, health management, and entrepreneurship) and economic sectors (energy and watermanagement, agribusiness, textiles, food & pharmaceuticals). SSRC is also expected to boost researchand its dissemination by engaging industry specialists and top SDSB faculty.

The SDSB faculty focusing on research has already submitted 11 research proposals in a short periodof 2 months under the Faculty Initiative Fund (FIF) through SSRC.

SDSB Alumni Relations Office

SDSB Luminites Association Launch Ceremony The LUMS SDSB Luminites hosted their Mega Launch event on July 3rd, 2010, a dinner and musicalevening at the LUMS campus to formally inaugurate the association. The event was attended by var-ious SDSB alumni, members of the LUMS Management Committee, faculty and prominent figuresfrom showbiz and corporate fraternity. The official SDSB Luminites’ website was also launched at thisevent.

The LUMS SDSB Luminities would like to thank its major sponsor Telenor for sponsoring the event andco sponsors UBL, Lotte Pakistan, Engro Foods, Nestle Waters, Insta Prints and HUM TV for making thisevent a huge success.

SDSB Luminites Association Mega Launch

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Second Election - SDSB Alumni Association

With an alumni body of over 2000, the need for an SDSB alumni association was realized. The asso-ciation was formed as ‘SDSB Luminites Association’ in 2009. All the graduates of LUMS –SDSB are themembers of this association. This association’s aim is to build a bridge between the university and itsalumni spread across the globe and to provide a platform where the alumni can network amongstthemselves. The Association’s affairs are run by an Executive Board elected by the SDSB alumni community. In thelast year, the Board worked to streamline the basic fundamentals and to put the association on theright footing. The term of the first Board expired on July 31, 2010. The elections to select a new boardwere organized by the SDSB Alumni Relations Office. The elections were held in two rounds. A com-mittee consisting of Senior Alumni and Administrative staff from LUMS closely monitored the electionprocess. In the first round of the elections held on July 18-19, 2010, the alumni through electoralvoting selected Class Representatives who formed the Board of Directors. The elections were held inseven classes only and had an approximate 41% participation. The rest of the nominees won unop-posed, following are the elected board members for the year 2010-2011.

Rukaiya Iqbal (BSc. 2006), Waqas Ali Satti (BSc. 2007), Khawaja Adeel Aslam (MBA 1988), Shahid AliHaider (MBA 1990), Saadia Raza Bukhari (MBA 1991), Zunee T. Siddiqi/Zunee Muhtashim (MBA 1992),Muhammad Haseeb Aslam (MBA 1993), Nabigha Naseer Masood (MBA 1994), Shehryar A. Buksh (MBA1995), Faaria Rehman (MBA 1996), Aamer Manzoor (MBA 1997), Ahmed Jahangir Elahi (MBA 1998), Kan-wer Anwer Saeed (MBA 1999), Moeez Karim (MBA 2000), Mariam Zubair Khan (MBA 2001), Faisal Shafi(MBA 2002), Zulfiqar Hameed (MBA 2003), Waqar Ahmad Khan (MBA 2004), Yasir Sajjad Qureshi (MBA2005), Junaid Lodhi (MBA 2006), Adnan Mahmood Awan (MBA 2008), Fazal Ashfaq (MBA 2009), Kehkashan Raza (Executive MBA 04), Muhammad Asad Noor (Executive MBA 05), Mahrukh Ali Malik(Executive MBA 06), Zaheer Ahmed Ghangro (Executive MBA 07), Abid Ziauddin (Executive MBA 08),Syed Ahtesham Mazhar Gilani (Executive MBA 09)

The second round of elections to select the Executive Committee was held on July 28-29, 2010. In thisround, the elected Board of Directors selected the Executive Committee. The new elected bodies as-sumed office on August 01, 2010. Following are the elected members of Executive Committee:

DDeessiiggnnaattiioonn CCllaassss NNaammee ooff CCaannddiiddaattee

President MBA 1989 Shahzad SaleemVice President MBA 1990 Shahid Ali HaiderSecretary MBA 2007 Muhammad Luqman AwanTreasurer MBA 2009 Fazal AshfaqBoard Member MBA 2001 Mariam Zubair KhanBoard Member MBA 1994 Nabigha Naseer MasoodBoard Member MBA 1993 Muhammad Haseeb AslamBoard Member MBA 1995 Shehryar A BukshBoard Member Executive MBA 2006 Mahrukh Ali Malik

Board Member MBA 1998 Ahmed Jahangir Elahi

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Dr. Arif Nazir ButtDr. Arif Nazir Butt’s journey with LUMS began in 1987 as a student and now, two decades later, he is the Deanof the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB).

In his interview, Dr. Butt nostalgically reflects on his student life memories, sheds light on his educational ini-tiatives and shares his vision to steer the Suleman Dawood School of Business (SDSB).

YYoouurr aassssoocciiaattiioonn wwiitthh LLUUMMSS hhaassbbeeeenn tthhrroouugghh ddiiffffeerreenntt rroolleess:: aannAAlluummnnuuss,, ffaaccuullttyy mmeemmbbeerr,, AAssssooccii--aattee DDeeaann aanndd nnooww tthhee DDeeaann ooffSSDDSSBB.. PPlleeaassee tteellll uuss aabboouutt yyoouurrjjoouurrnneeyy wwiitthh LLUUMMSS..

The journey started in 1987 when Imet Dr. Ahsan who was in Admin-istration then. He convinced meinto joining LUMS. I had an inter-view with the Management Com-mittee and joined the Summer

Orientation at the Lahore Business School (now known asSDSB).

After graduating, Dr. Wasim Azhar suggested that I joinLUMS as a Research Associate. I then went on to do myPhD but kept coming to LUMS to teach during this time.

WWhhaatt wweerree yyoouurr eexxppeerriieenncceess aass aa ssttuuddeenntt aatt LLUUMMSS??

I spent two wonderful years here, made some life-longfriends and met my wife, Humeira Hayat who was a yearjunior to me. Engineers and Accountants are generallyknown to be introverts and the Business School uses thecase method to teach people to express themselves, de-bate and listen. It was a learning experience at every step.

I recall my student life at LUMS putting in long hours doingcase studies, WACs, spending a lot of time with colleagues

and applauding the commitment of faculty. Dr. Jamshed H.Khan and Dr. Wasim Azhar were very good mentors.

The deadline for the WAC Assignments was Sunday morn-ing and I remember having Halwa Puri outside on thebenches at the campus (which was situated near Libertymarket then). We used to take occasional walks to the Lib-erty Park too.

One of the very fond memories as a student at LUMS wasthe code of ethics and the element of trust. There was no in-vigilation in our tests, quizzes and exams. The school wasteaching us to take responsibility and we requested them totrust us with our ethics. We could sit together and have teawhile giving an exam. I even remember going home onceduring an exam for something urgent that had come up.Our faculty trusted us completely and we never let themdown.

Every term, ourDirector, Mr. JavedHamid wouldcome and talk tothe students andlisten to their sug-gestions, com-plaints andcriticism regard-ing the school,faculty and man-agement.

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QQ33.. YYoouu hhaavvee aallwwaayyss bbeeeenn vveerryy pprroouudd ooff tthhee qquuaalliittyy ooff tthheeLLUUMMSS ssttuuddeenntt.. WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu tthhiinnkk mmaakkeess tthheemm ddiiffffeerreenntt oorrssppeecciiaall??

LUMS teaches you competency, intellect and drives you toshow your potential. During the two years at SDSB, thereare continuous discussions on values, moral and work val-ues. We inculcate integrity, transparency and tolerancewhile stressing on hard work, excellence and diversity.There is zero tolerance on issues such as cheating.

QQ44.. AAss wwee aarree cceelleebbrraattiinngg tthhee 2255 YYeeaarrss ooff LLUUMMSS,, wwhheerree ddooyyoouu sseeee LLUUMMSS iinn tthhee nneexxtt 2255 yyeeaarrss??

LUMS vision for the next 25 years is to build the nationaleconomy and participate in international management.With the constantly changing environment, we face manychallenges and social responsibility has become very im-portant. Being green and contributing to the communityand stakeholders is vital.

We want LUMS to be accredited by international organi-zations, get recognition and build its brand name in the in-ternational community.

QQ55.. YYoouurr aappppooiinnttmmeenntt aass tthhee DDeeaann ooff SSDDSSBB iiss aa hhuuggee aacc--ccoommpplliisshhmmeenntt aanndd aa mmiilleessttoonnee ffoorr tthhee sscchhooooll.. WWhhaatt iiss yyoouurrvviissiioonn ooff tthhee BBuussiinneessss SScchhooooll aanndd wwhheerree wwoouulldd yyoouu lliikkee ttoottaakkee iitt??

Keeping in view the challenges we face, SDSB teaches youthree things: result orientation, innovation and social re-sponsibility. We are now offering courses such as Leader-ship, Entrepreneurship, Social Responsibility andGlobalization.

SDSB stands strong on our four important pillars: a vibrantfaculty, solid infrastructure, a strong Alumni network and avisionary Management Committee and Vice Chancellor.We have the best of the best students and they are the jew-els.

We want the School to be recognized nationally as well asat an international level. We want the best practices to beapplied, brand recognition and continuous updating interms of our programmes and faculty.

Scholarships need to be emphasized in terms of case stud-ies, research and policy. We are adding faculty memberswho include industry specialists and well as PhDs.

QQ66.. YYoouu aallssoo rruunn oonnee ooff LLaahhoorree’’ss mmoosstt ppooppuullaarr BBooookk ssttoorreess..HHooww ddiidd yyoouu ccoommee uupp wwiitthh tthhee iiddeeaa??

I took an Entrepreneurship course which was taught by Mr.Wasif M Khan. I did my research project on a leather unitwhich I ended up running successfully for 10 years. I alsoopened Variety Books in 1990 and it has been a very re-warding business for me. The idea was related to acade-mia and I felt that it would contribute to learning, especiallyin children.

QQ77.. PPlleeaassee sshhaarree wwiitthh uuss tthhee ootthheerr eedduuccaattiioonnaall aanndd ddeevveell--

ooppmmeennttaall iinniittiiaattiivveess tthhaatt yyoouu aarree iinnvvoollvveedd iinn..

I started the “Progressive Education Network” (PEN) inwhich we adopted 25 government schools which were inan impoverished state and upgraded them with a goodquality of education and faculty.

I am also on the Board of Governors for ‘Namal University’in Mianwali. The university has just passed out its secondbatch and we are working on expanding the university fur-ther.

QQ88.. WWhhaatt rroollee ccaann oouurr AAlluummnnii ppllaayy iinn tthhee ssuucccceessss aanndd ddee--vveellooppmmeenntt ooff LLUUMMSS aanndd wwhhaatt mmeessssaaggee wwoouulldd yyoouu lliikkee ttooggiivvee ttoo tthhee AAlluummnnii??

I would like the Alumni to remember three things:

1. The value system is very important and they need touphold it in the community and spread those values. Theseinclude both moral and work values.2. There needs to be a strong bond amongst the Alumni.They should help each other in terms of career, place-ments, internships and in every other way possible.3. The Alumni’s connection to LUMS is vital for the schoolto remain proactive and sustainable. They should supportthe School with raising resources, talking to students andinteracting with faculty. They are our ears and eyes.

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School of Science and Engineering

Bio Staff Achievements:

“Ms. Ayesha Shabbir, TA for freshmen biology lab, has been selected as a PhD research scholar at SISSA Neuro-biology Sector, Italy. She will join SISSA in November 2010 and she will pursue studies on electrophysiologicalrecordings from in vitro preparations of the rat brain or spinal cord after injury.”

Mr. Muhammad Sheraz (TA/RA Life Sciences) has been awarded ascholarship at Claflin University, Orangeburg South Carolina, USA.He will pursue his MS in Biotechnology with an emphasis on “CON-TROL OF RAPID GENETIC VARIABILITY AND REPLICATION INHIBITIONOF HIV-1 PROVIRUS BY MICRO-RNA”.

SSE

Physics Staff Achievements:

Umer Hassan, Lab instructor for Physics lab was awarded the US National Science Foundation (NSF) Fellowship toattend the summer institute on Biosensing and Bioactuation at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, USA, from12 to 23rd of July, 2010. The inspiration behind the summer institute is to develop new research frontiers that willprofoundly impact both engineering and biological sciences in the areas of sensing and actuation. It’s a multidisci-plinary institute which brings together people from engineering, biology, chemistry, material science and otherfields.

Umer Hassan was also honored with Our Common Future Fellowship by Volkswagen Foundation to prepare for theconference "Our Common Future" which is to be held in Essen and Hannover in Germany in November 2010. UmerHassan was invited to attend the mid-term meetings of the conference, a joint venture of the Volkswagen Founda-tion, Deutsche Messe and Stiftung Mercator at Essen, Germany, in May 2010.

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Poster Session for Summer Undergraduate Program ‘10

A poster session was held in the central courtyard on Wednesday 14th July 2010. This marked the culmination of amonth long ‘Summer Math Experience 10’ organized by the LUMS Students Mathematical Society (LSMS).

The program started with a week of lectures by different SSE faculty members, who talked about the math involvedin their proposed projects along with an outline of the project. The students then broke up into groups and workedon their selected projects for the next three weeks, consulting with their mentor on a regular basis. The outcomeof their work was presented in the posters.

A panel of distinguished judges was invited to evaluate the posters. They included Dr Shahid Siddiqui (HOD Mathe-matics PU), Dr Nisar Ahmad (Dr Rafi Mohammad Chaudhri Chair of Physics at GCU) and Dr. Khalil Qureshi (Professorof Practice SSE LUMS). The judges appreciated the effort put in by the students. The results of the competition werevery close, with a few points separating most of the posters. Dr. Khalil Qureshi and Dr. Nisar Ahmad gave away theprizes to the recipients at a reception which followed the poster session.

Details can be viewed at http://math.lums.edu.pk/moodle/mod/resource/view.php?id=2522

Biology:• Dr. Sohail QureshiProfessor, Biology

• Dr. Nasir RajpootVisiting Faculty, Biology

• Dr. Mudassar IqbalAdjunct Faculty, Biology

Chemistry:• Dr. Habib Ur RehmanAssistant Professor, Chemistry

• Dr. Basit YameenAssistant Professor, Chemistry

Physics:• Dr. Mumtaz SheikhAssistant Professor, Physics

• Dr. Shabana NisarVisiting Professor, Physics

Electrical Engineering:• Dr. Ijaz Haider NaqviAssistant Professor,EE

• Nauman Ahmad ZaffarVisiting Faculty, EE

Computer Science:• Mr.Umair JavedAdjunct Faculty, CS

Mathematics:• Dr. Ali Nabi DumanAssistant Professor, Mathematics

• Dr. Mudassar ImranAssistant Professor, Mathematics

• Imran NaeemAssistant Professor, Mathematics

• Dr. Hassan AzadVisiting Professor, Mathematics

5th International Symposium on Quantum Optics

COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Islamabad organized 5th International Symposium on Quantum Optics,3-4 August, 2010. Speakers from various countries joined the occasion. Dr. Sabieh Anwar, from SSE-Physics, delivereda talk titled “Photons for Undergraduates (Ideas for Experiments)”.

Best Project Award received by Dr. Shahid Masud, HoD, Electrical Engineering

Dr. Shahid Masud received the best project award (other supervisors Dr. Shafay Shamail, Dr. Mian Awais) at NationalSoftware Competition (NASCON) for Arabic Speech Recognition system.

EE Projects Day held on June 8, 2010

The students of Electrical Engineering displayed their projects in the SSE Complex on June 8, 2010.

Grants Received by Electrical Engineering FacultyDr. Nadeem Khan and Dr. Jahangir Ikram received a Grant of Rs. 14 Million from ICT R&D fund for ‘Power Aware VideoCoding.’ Dr. Shahid Masud received the 3rd year chair funding from Mentor Graphics, USA for $36,000. Dr. JahangirIkram received 3.2 million from Punjab Govt, Environment Agency and Dr. Abubakr Muhammad received Rs. 0.9 millionfrom Zypher Textiles, Lahore.

New Faculty Hired

Workshop about "Problems of Teaching and Learning in Computer Science and Electrical En-gineering”

A workshop about "Problems of Teaching and Learning in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering was heldfrom July 12 to July 16, 2010. It was the result of a collaborative effort between LUMS and CIIT. The organizersfrom LUMS included Ashraf Iqbal, Atif Alvi, Rashid Tahir and Azeem Aqeel. The workshop had two sessions; amorning and an evening session. In the morning session, faculty from CIIT presented their talks and the eveningsession comprised of faculty members and students from LUMS, VU and FAST. The following speakers presentedtalks on issues related to teaching & learning in the evening sessions

This presentation was a follow up of last year's workshop held in Abottabad about "Discovery Based Learning" withspecial focus on Graph Algorithms. For more information, please visit the following linkhttp://www.ciitlahore.edu.pk/PL%5CNews/100707_FDP.aspx

• Naveed Malik (VU)• Fakhar Lodhi (FAST)• Arshad Hussain (FAST)• Yasser Hashmi (LUMS)• Sohaib Khan (LUMS)

• Aisha Mahmood (LUMS)• Ambreen Hashmi (LUMS)• Farah Fayyaz (FAST)• Rashid Tahir & Azeem Aqil (LUMS)

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and LUMS

Please tell us about your journey with LUMS.

I joined LUMS in the summer of 1986 before the first batchof students arrived. It was a very hectic and exciting pe-riod. We were developing a new program, learning a newpedagogy – the case-study method of teaching, writingcases, while at the same time developing and supportingthe administrative infrastructure of a fledgling institution.

A few years later, as the new LUMS campus began to takeshape, we started planning for the B.Sc. (Honours) pro-gramme. Dr. Zahoor Hassan and I worked on the blueprintof the undergraduate programme, which was formallylaunched in 1994. In 1995-96, I spent some part of mysabbatical leave at the State Bank of Pakistan. In the late1990’s, my colleagues in the economics department andI began thinking about a Master’s programme in eco-nomics; formal approval from the Managing Committeewas sought in 2001 and in the following year the first batchof students was admitted to the programme.

I have served in various administrative capacities, as As-sociate Dean (Research), as Head of the Economics De-partment, as Dean of SHSS and also as Provost.

What do you think of the ‘LUMS Student’ and how has

the student body changed over the years?

LUMS is able to attract the best students in the country.Without the quality of students that we admit, we couldnot have produced the quality of graduates that we do.In my view, LUMS provides a great learning environment,and those who want to benefit from it can do so enor-mously. But there are enough students at LUMS whoachieve well below their potential. Bringing students to thelevel of their potential is one of the challenges for the uni-versity. When the student body was small, the faculty-stu-dent interaction was greater and it was easier to catchstudents before they fell through the cracks. With largerstudent body, especially at the undergraduate level, thishas become difficult.

What edge does LUMS gives to its students so as tomake them better equipped for the professional life?

The quality of faculty at LUMS is one of its major strengths.When you combine good quality faculty with good qualitystudents, you have the essential ingredients of quality ed-ucation. Faculty members have the knowledge and skill tochallenge students in the classrooms and in the exams,and students are intelligent and hardworking to take onthe challenge. If this is repeated in every course,

Dr. Anjum Nasim’s association with LUMS goes back a long way. He has actedas the Dean of the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (SHSS), held theposition of Provost and has played a vital role in the establishment of LUMS as aprominent reputable educational institution.

Join us as we talk to Dr. Anjum Nasim about his journey with LUMS as he bids hisfinal farewell.

Dr. Anjum Nasim

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By Mehreen Shah

School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law

over a sustained period of time, thestudents should be well equipped fora professional and academic ca-reer after they graduate from LUMS.

LUMS has created an environmentof learning even outside the class-room by engaging students in lec-tures, seminars, conferences, sports,theatre, and many other forms ofco-curricular activities. This learningoutside the classroom is as impor-tant as learning in the classroom. Thiswas very consciously encouraged and supported by the faculty and ad-ministration; but the major credit goes to our students who have played alead role in making LUMS a hub of cultural activity in Lahore.

We have to be vigilant that we maintain our standards so that our studentscontinue to feel that the time and money spent at LUMS is worthwhile.

As we celebrate the 25 years of LUMS, how would you want the institu-tion to progress, what do you think are the upcoming challenges forLUMS?

However hard we try, LUMS will be affected by the overall social and eco-nomic environment in Pakistan. If this environment deteriorates, LUMS willsuffer. The culture of extremism and other ills that are beginning to takeroot in our society will eventually affect LUMS. We can try to maintain LUMSas an island but a lot of our energies will have to be expended in doingjust that, rather than take the university to another level. The external envi-ronment will also determine the quality of academics that will be attractedto Pakistan and to LUMS. I find these external challenges more dauntingthan internal challenges.

I also think that LUMS could benefit tremendously from strong universities inPakistan with which we can both compete and collaborate. For the goodof education in Pakistan, I would like other academic institutions to chal-lenge the pre-eminent position that LUMS enjoys in almost all areas inwhich it has ventured.

What message would you like to give to our Alumni?

While we boast of world-class education at LUMS, the vast majority of ourpopulation cannot even read and write. The absence of education andthe opportunity to live decent lives may have driven a lot of young peopleto the extremes that we observe today. This is the price we are paying forthe past neglect. I am not sure if it is already too late but the young gen-eration should not fail where we failed. There are many social causes forwhich our youth can give their time and money. I would want them to feelpassionately about these causes for the sake of their own future and oftheir future generations.

Also, as I retire in few weeks, I would like to take this opportunity to saygoodbye to all my students who enriched my life, and taught me morethan I could ever teach them.

“To have shared in building this great institution has been a very rewardingand fulfilling experience.”

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LUMUNThe LUMS Model United Nations Society (LUMUN) is an en-tirely student-run society which introduced the concept of MUNsimulation in Pakistan. Being the pioneer, it is the largest and mostreputed student gathering of its kind in Pakistan. For the year

2009-2010, the LUMUN calendar included the fol-lowing:

a) The bi-annual Intra-LUMS conferences forLUMS students in Spring and Fall semes-terb) The Annual All-Pakistan Model UNConference (LUMUN 2009) for schoolsand colleges across Pakistan

c) The Annual Eurasia MUN Conferenceheld at Passau, Germany, in collaborationwith the University of Passau

The sixth Annual LUMS Model UN Confer-ence 2009 held from Dec 30, 2009 - Jan 3,2010 was attended by approximately 1000 stu-dents from over 90 colleges and universitiesacross Pakistan and abroad. It simulated 16committees of the United Nations includingGeneral Assembly and ECOSOC Committees,Specialized Agencies as well as a simulation ofthe Indus Water Commission. LUMUN 2009featured a host of new initiatives, including videoconferences, crisis simulation and a wider

array of guest speakers. Two video con-ferences were held; one with Global

Zero, a Washington DC-basedpolicy institute that aims fortotal elimination of nuclearweapons by 2030, and an-other with the Al-Qaida/Tal-iban Sanctions Committee ofthe UN Security Council at theUN Headquarters in NewYork. Guest speakers who ad-dressed the delegates includedprominent intelligentsia includ-

ing human rightsactivist Ms.

Hina Jilani,

Ex-Under Secretary for UN Mr. Iqbal Riza, environmentalist andCEO Lahore Compost Mr. Sohail Rana, author Ahmad Rashidand several members of the LUMS faculty including Mr. RafayAlam and Amb. Shahryar M. Khan among others.

The session 2009-2010 also saw the large-scale launch of theLUMUN Social Responsibility Programme. Over the last year,LUMUN SRP has worked alongside two NGOs namely CAREand SAVE and set up an internship programme in collaborationwith these NGOs. Students from LUMS as well as schools anduniversities across Lahore signed up for this internship pro-gramme which focused onenhancing the English lan-guage skills and publicspeaking capacities ofthese children. For theAnnual LUMUN Con-ference, SRP introducedunique initiatives such asthe E1 Grand Prix Bicy-cling Championship, artactivity, theatrical per-formance, E2 Community ChallengeForum, and an NGO Fair.

LUMUN further strengthened its credentials as one of the leadingstudent societies in the world by co-hosting a MUN conferenceon international soil i.e. in Germany. Striking a collaboration withthe University of Passau, Germany LUMUN managed to success-fully organize and execute Eurasia MUN Conference 2010 withthe help of its German counterparts in Passau. With a total of 5committees, 5 days and 130 delegates, the Eurasia MUN Confer-ence fostered close, one-to-one interaction between delegates andthe organizers, giving a truly unique flavor to this conference. Therich Bavarian culture of Southern Germany was experienced first-hand by delegates as well as LUMUN host team members,especially through theevening socialevents, including theBavarian CulturalNight, a CabaretNight, a guided tourof the city, the Execu-tioner’s Dinner and

the River BoatParty.

Keeping the legacy of the lastfour years alive, LUMUN once again tri-umphed at the Harvard World MUN 2010held in Taipei, Taiwan and was awarded thecoveted Outstanding Delegation Award. Inaddition, LUMUN performed exceptionallywell at the Model United Nations Turkey2010, and was awarded the Outstanding Del-egation Award at this esteemed conferenceas well.

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The LUMS Media Arts Society (LMA) was founded for the purpose ofpromoting the culture of art through various forms of media amongst theLuminities. Since inception, LMA has ventured into various streams ofmedia including film making, photography, documentary etc. LMA beingone of the largest student-based societies in LUMS encompasses a mas-sive general body which is involved in various projects with the society.LMA produces a number of films throughout the year, which can beclassified as short, medium and even feature length productions.

The society arranges workshops for Luminites where renowned peoplefrom various segments of media come to guide the students on how toexpress themselves creatively. Apart from workshops, LMA also holdsvarious intra-LUMS events throughout the year which include MovieTrivia, Film Realm and Karaoke. LMA is solely responsible for holdingthe largest amateur film festival in Pakistan, FiLUMS - an event whichhas gained huge momentum within the past couple of years with entriesfrom all around the country and even abroad. This year FiLUMS heldpremiers of two new feature length Pakistani films, Kashf and Made inPakistan, which was attended by celebrities from film and televisionrealm.

LMA also holds the prestige of conducting one of the largest student-based events in LUMS, the LUMS Olympiad. With over a thousand par-ticipants from all over the country, LUMS Olympiad provides the youthof Pakistan with a platform to refine their skills in various genres. Theevent covers competitions ranging from sports to singing, from debatesto film making.

Throughout the years, LMA has made its mark both nationally and in-ternationally. Delegations from the society go abroad each year for in-ternational film festivals. This year, the team representing LUMS andPakistan went to the Roma Film Festival in Italy. With each passing day,LMA is striving to enlarge its sphere of creativity in order to help Lu-minites excel in the field of media.

Film-making workshop Marius Holden

FiLUMS '10 Made in Pakistan Premiere

FiLUMS '10 SeminarLMA Council 09-10

Olympiad '10 - Ammar Belal

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Despite many challenges, this year The Music Society continued to culti-vate the musical talent within LUMS and enthral the LUMS community withamazing concerts. The society kicked off events with an Open House forthe new batch of freshmen to showcase their talent. This was followed byone of its most famed events, Thriller Night, which boasted a heavy turnoutwith wacky costumes and wonderful performances. The year progressed with a very special event that was held for the firsttime. The event called Darbar featured classical eastern music and ethnic

decor. Additionally, The MusicSociety joined hands with othersocieties to bring in famousartists such as Overload and E.P. Apart from these events, the so-ciety took a lot of time and effort to improve and make fully functional its state-of-the-art recording studio. It also purchased new equipment for the Jam Room,where the musicians of LUMS gather to play.Moving on, the society had a small ‘up close and personal’ gig in the NIB audi-torium featuring our own talented young musicians. This was followed by one ofthe grandest events of the year, the Strings Concert. This event had no holdsbarred with full concentration on

sound quality, stage setup and venue management. The society also organ-ized its first ever trip to GIKI where a select group were chosen to representLUMS at the Arts Festival.The year ended with a bang as the society held a grand Djuice Carnivalwhich not only featured two most popular bands in Pakistan, E.P. and Noorie,but also included attractions like paint ball, rock climbing and trolley racing.

The Music Society

Dramaline, the dramatics society, which holds the pres-tige of being one of the oldest students’ societies atLUMS, recently celebrated its 20th anniversary. Overthe years, the society has grown and flourished, andtoday it boasts sound management and a newly-formedproduction wing.

As one of the most active societies of LUMS, Drama-line has three main events during a year – Dra-maFest, the Annual Play and SkiTamasha.DramaFest provides a unique platform to perform-ers from all over the country, both young and sea-soned, to showcase their talents. Performancesspread over three days allow the audience to ap-preciate a mixture of different genres of theatre,while actors gain the experience and exposurewhich only an event of this magnitude can providethem. The annual play is an eagerly anticipatedevent that is the culmination of untiring rehearsals.SkiTamasha gives the students of LUMS an oppor-

tunity to display their acting ability. Fromoriginal scripts to entertaining perform-ances, this three-day event has been a hugesuccess since its inception seven years ago.Dramaline, through its various events, pro-vides the youth across Pakistan a forum tocreate awareness and express their viewsthrough the medium of theatre.

The scale and success of the events organ-ized by Dramaline is an appropriate indi-

cator of the society’s developmentover the years. The success mustbe attributed to the dedicatedcouncil and members of the soci-ety. The society hopes to set thebar even higher in the comingyears.

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The Debates and Recitation Society at LUMS(DRUMS) has always strived to enrich and enhancequality debates in Pakistan, empowering the youthby lending a voice to their diverse ideas. Its de-baters have won countless accolades in the na-tional and international debating circuit,garnering recognition and establishing itself asone of the most prolific debating societies in theregion. Over the years it has organized a multitudeof events in order to promote and encourage theart of public speaking. Continuing this tradition,DRUMS also built upon it by diversifying the scopeof the society, offering a palette of opportunitiesto everyone, ranging from debates to declamationand mind quest to recitation this year.

The academic year 2009-2010, was a promising onefor the Debates and Recitation Society at LUMS.Outshining other teams in the national debatingcircuit, it not only bagged the winner’s trophy atnumerous prestigious debating tournaments, in-cluding the Annual Shahjiwana International De-bating Championship and the All Pakistan GCDebating Competition but it’s speakers also wonbest speakers awards, a coveted laurel, at almostall major debating events this season. DRUMS ex-celled in the local debating circuit and also did ex-ceptionally well at the Worlds UniversitiesDebating Championship 2010. With over 400 teamsparticipating from across the globe at this contest,DRUMS’ speakers showed that they were at par, inskill and talent, with the top debaters of the world.Ranked as the best debating college from Asia, twoof the LUMS teams reached the quarters, with oneteam advancing into the semi-final stage of thebiggest debating tournament. Another feather inits cap was the spectacular achievement of two ofits speakers, who made it to the top 10 ESL speak-ers list.

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Outstanding Achievement-LUMS Debaters rankedamongst the top 10 ESL speakers at the WUDC 2010

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The society not only fared well at thedebating front, DRUMS also managedto organize a number of engagingand productive events this year. Ithosted the largest and a highly suc-cessful LUMS Olympiad 2010 in col-laboration with LMA. This flagshipevent, endorsing and celebrating var-ious forms of art and expression, pro-vided a platform to the incrediblytalented youth of Pakistan that show-cased their talent through a myriadof competitive and vibrant events.Showing its unwavering commitmentto and boasting the British parlia-mentary debating format, DRUMS in-vited 60 teams from all over thecountry to the largest debating com-petition, the LUMS Inter Varsity De-bates 2010. This three-day event wasmarked by exhilarating, exciting andriveting debates on pertinent na-tional and international issues,judged by the most renowned adjudi-cators.

The society inaugurated the PoliticalDebate this year, inviting Shah ZainBughti and Dr. Rasul Baksh Rais to

analyze the Balochistan crisis in aninteractive session with students.DRUMS aims to encourage similar de-

bates on pressing issues and predica-ments faced by the people today, notonly to create awareness but to look

for solutions in an academic discus-sion and discourse. It also organizedthe 2nd Annual Bilingual Declama-tion Championship, resuscitating theart of oratory and public speakingand also ventured into uncharted wa-ters by hosting the first ever recita-tion event in LUMS. With anoverwhelming response from partic-ipants and judges alike, this initiativewas appreciated by all. Furthermore,the Intra LUMS debates brought to-gether LUMS speakers from all fourbatches, in an enthralling and feistycompetition of wit and logic. Theyear culminated with an engrossingand interesting Intra LUMS MindQuest, as instructors and studentstook the stage for an entertaining yetinformative quiz competition thattested the erudite mind.

LUMS Olympiad 2010

A riveting all LUMS finale at the7th Annual Shahjiwana DebatingChampionship 2010

We at LUMS believe in the merits of extracurricular activities for the development of a balanced individual. For these activitiesthere are various student-based societies catering to the diversified needs and interests of the entire student body. One of the mostdominant and active societies at LUMS is the LUMS Adventure Society (LAS).

There are few things in life that can bring you to the brink of physical collapse while kindling in your euphoria beyond the do-main of sense perception. The LUMS Adventure Society is one of those things. Our adventurous journey started in October 1998and since then, members of LAS are known for their enthusiasm and courageous ef-forts to promote tourism and adventure in Pakistan. The spirited participation ofthe student body, alumni and faculty has given a great boost to LAS, bringing itsname as one of the most respected and largest organisations with regards to adventurenot only in LUMS but across Pakistan. The LAS experience trains participants tohandle physical and mental challenges in extreme conditions. The society is knownboth nationally and internationally for its services towards the promotion of adven-ture and tourism in Pakistan. A versatile range of expeditions include survival trips,recreational and luxurious trips to different destinations across Pakistan.

LAS is one of the largest societies in LUMS and unique in that it not only manages the expeditions but teaches its participantsthe survival techniques. LAS organizes a variety of events which include rock climbing, skiing, ice climbing, paragliding,trekking, cave explorations and much more. Besides these events, LAS is prominent for its mountaineering expeditions. In thisstream, some of the remarkable accomplishments of LAS include: first Pakistani ascent of Skam La pass (5630 meters), the firsturban Pakistani female ascent of Minglik Sar peak (6100 meters), Sonia peak attempt (6340 meters) and Saling peak attempt(5100 meters) among others. These milestones place LAS in an unmatched spot when compared to the other LUMS societies.

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LUMS Community Services SocietyLUMS Community Services Society (LCSS) is one of the oldest and the only communityservices society at LUMS. It is the result of a merger between the LUMS Volunteer Society(LVS) and LUMS Community Services. The basic purpose of this society is to provide moraland financial support to the ignored section of our society. The society aims to reach outto those underprivileged people who need a helping hand, and strives to put a smile ontheir faces. In today’s turbulent times faced by our country, most of us want to lend a help-ing hand to the needy but don’t find a proper platform. LCSS is providing such people withthe opportunity to fulfill their desire of helping others by doing something for a noble cause.Mentioned below are some of the main achievements and projects of LCSS:

In 2005, when earthquake struck the northern areas of Pakistan, LCSS collected sig-nificant funds from within the university and sent it to our volunteers in Balakot.

In 2009, huge funds were raised for the IDPs.

Our efforts were recently applauded by the U.S. Secretary of State, Hillary Clintonduring her visit to Lahore. She acknowledged the garbage cleaning campaign called“Zimmedar Shehri” in which volunteers from LUMS also participated actively.

LCCS was also recently featured in a documentary by Express TV channel on the In-ternational Volunteer Day, highlighting the role of youth in promoting community servicein the society.

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Blood Drive: LCSS organizes two blood drives every year to collect blood for donation toRed Crescent. Microcredit facility: LCSS offers microcredit facility to cater to the lower paid staff withinthe university. PULSS: The society assists in educating children of lower paid staff at LUMS.SOS Rainbow Project: LCSS conducts several activities for earthquake affected children atSOS village to groom them and help them in their academics. Children Hospital: The society organizes regular visits to oncology ward at Childrens Hos-pital to spend time and organize playgroup activities with children who are at the advancedstage of the disease. Old People Home: Organizes visits to a nearby Old People Home twice a month.

OOuurr VViissiioonn:: LCSS intends to expand its activities and create a network with all otheruniversities of Lahore and later with universities from across Pakistan to create aplatform for volunteer community work.TTuurrnniinngg CCoommppaassssiioonn iinnttoo AAccttiioonn

EEvveennttss:: Apart from these projects LCSS organizes several events which include:Athletics Mela, Special Olympics, art competition for special kids, educational tripsetc. LCSS also conducts many fund raising events which include Ghazal Night, bakesales and Spring Carnival etc.

Society for the promotion and development of Engineering and Sciences

The Society for the Promotion and Development of Engi-neering and Sciences (SPADES) was created with the mission

to promote science throughout Pakistan. Founded by youngfuture engineers and scientists of Pakistan, SPADES has madeconsiderable achievements since its establishment in 2007.

This year, SPADES organized the first ever Science Olympiad ofits kind in Pakistan, PsiFi. The event encouraged intellectual activ-ities, stimulated by regular talks and seminars from well known peo-ple from all over Pakistan. The focus of the activities was onexperimentation and thinking out of the box and using limited re-sources to come up with projects and ideas.

SPADES was also involved in a well reputed social work project withthe Babar Ali Foundation. The project aimed to produce practicalworkbooks for secondary school students in public education sector.

Furthermore, to promote the culture of science within LUMS,SPADES organized seminars, talks and other fun activities with sci-entific themes. SPADES aims to provide generous funds to stu-dents for science projects as well as for participation in sciencecompetitions in other universities of Pakistan and abroad. Thesociety will soon launch a science research magazine with thepurpose of developing research interests in university studentsof the country. With this and its other initiatives, SPADESaims to revolutionize science culture not only in LUMS butthroughout Pakistan.

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LUMS Students Mathematics Society (LSMS) emerged as a society to promoteknowledge and interest of the students in the subject of mathematics. Last year,the society organized the All LUMS Undergraduate MATH MANIA where studentsfrom freshmen to seniors participated. Students solved simple yet interesting math-ematical problems and first three winners were awarded cash prizes of PKR 3000,2000 and 1000 respectively. Students participated enthusiastically and were busysolving their tests during the one-hour MATH MANIA session.

A number of students also participated in the famous Sudoku com-petition organized by the society. A session was conducted by the So-ciety President Hassan Murad to teach students about the game andthe tricks to solve it easily. The session was well-appreciated by theparticipants. Students took part in pairs and first three teams wereawarded cash prizes worth PKR 3000, 2000 and 1000 respectively.During the year, LSMS also organized Math Enigma in LUMSOlympiad 2010, and LUMS PsiFi 2010.

To foster linkages, the society organized a Hi-Tea atExecutive Dining Hall at LUMS, where all undergrad-uate mathematics majors, few graduate mathematicsmajors and faculty from the Department of Mathematics were in-vited so that students could interact with faculty and meet grad-uates to know about career prospects. Students also shared their

views on new initiatives that could promote better learning and interests of the stu-dents in the subject. The tea was honored by the presence of the Society PatronDr. Faqir Bhatti and the Head of the Department of Mathematics Dr.Sultan Sial.

LSMS also launched Math Club in academic year 2010 which con-vened fortnightly and students were given lectures by renowned facultymembers on topics related to mathematics. Students solved problemsand faculty members shared their research while at the end studentswere treated with snacks. This concept was adopted from some of thefamous universities worldwide to improve learning of the students.

The society’s website (http://www.lsms.lums.edu.pk) was established lastyear featuring an online Sudoku game which is actively played by manystudents. The website also features ‘Problem of the Month’ that issolved by students and highest scorer is awarded cash prize of PKR500.

LSMS plans to issue a quarterly magazine containing facts about mathematics andbringing to light the history of mathematics. It will also include mental math tricks,career opportunities, some interesting developments in the subject and latest re-search among other things. LSMS also plans to conduct the All Lahore MathMania Competition in the year 2011 and more events under the banner of LUMSStudents Mathematics Society.

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The LUMS Chess Club is one of the oldest societies at Lahore University of Management Sciences. Founded in 1996, the clubhas a tradition of promoting educational and self-developmental mind activities for students at all levels.

Last year, the LUMS Chess Club organized several activities to keep up its tradition. These are listed below:

Chess Meets:

The Chess Club organized chess meets every Friday from 4 - 6pm at the Pepsi Dining Centre.Students played casual chess to sharpen their skills, and practice for the upcoming tourna-ments.

Student–Faculty Chess Tournament:

One of the main highlights of the year was the Student-Faculty Chess Tournament. The facultyteam was represented by Dr. Nabil Mustafa (CS Dept), Dr. Mumtaz Sheikh (Physics Dept.) andDr. Anwar Khurshid (SDSB). The students won the tournament after tough competition.

Intra-Lums Chess Tournament:

In November 2009, the club organized the Intra-LUMS Chess Tournament. The number of par-ticipants doubled as compared to last year in this highly competitive event. The final was anupset wherein a freshman from batch of 2013 beat the defending champion! The winnerswere given The Hot Spot vouchers and the semi-finalists were selected for the LUMS ChessTeam.

Inter-University Chess Tournament:

Later that year, the Chess Club invited universities from all over Lahore to participate in theInter-University Chess Tournament. The teams participating were LUMS, LSE, BNU, FAST,PU, Comsats, UET, UoL and CFE. LUMS was represented by two teams. After the allottedfive rounds, three teams tied with 8 points out of 10 each. These were LUMS Team A, LUMSTeam B and UET. Tie breaks were subsequently employed. On the third tie break UET wonand were declared winners. LUMS captured the second and the third trophies which wereadded to the chess club trophy cabinet.

The LUMS Chess Club

Society

Last year, the Photographic Society was active in a number of events. It started off with a fun-filled orientation session,moved on to a workshop and railed a number of trips that covered places both within and outside Lahore. The societyorganized a mega event by the name of ‘Click Flick’ that was part of the LUMS Olympiad 2010. Apart from this, the society’smembers were active in events organized by other societies, providing photographic coverage.In the workshop, members were introduced to the basics of photography, camera usage and post processing. This wasenough to get the members gear up for the tasks of the year.The Photographic Society also arranged several trips for its members including trips to the old city of Lahore, BadshahiMosque, Wazir Khan Mosque and the Wahga Border. The objective was to familiarize the non-Lahori students with the cityand to allow them to take some extraordinary shots. It also arranged for trips to Khewra Saltmines/Kallar Kahar and RohtasFort.The new council took over in May and the proposed plans for the coming year include workshops, competitions and

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Saltrange trip

Old Lahore trip

Intra LUMUN coverage

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In this interview, Mr. Latafat talks about hisassociation with LUMS, his experiences,contribution and his vision for the next 25years.

Please tell us about yourself and your journey with LUMS.

It all began in January 1992 when I joined LUMS at the old cam-pus and was directly attached with the Dean and the AssociateDeans of the MBA Programme. This was the ‘power wing’ andmost of the decision-making was done here.

At that time, LUMS comprised of a small group of people andeveryone knew each other. The faculty, staff and students wereall closely linked.

Having been associated with LUMS for the past years, howdo you think the institution has evolved over the past?

LUMS has come a long way and has achieved many milestones.It has been made possible through the hard work from staff, acommitted Management Committee, competent faculty andAlumni. I remember the staff members coming to the office at8:30 in the morning with no leaving time. There was positivespirit and inter-departmental coordination was very good.

The old faculty members like Dr. Jawaid Ghani, Mohammed AliKhan and Anwar Khurshid played an important part in the wayLUMS has evolved. I would like to give credit to my supervisor,(Late) Mr. Muhammad Akram Qureshi who served LUMS from1987-2002 and always told me that we were here to help andguide the students in every way possible.

You are extremely popular among the students for youramazing memory. Even now, if an Alumnus walks intoyour office, there’s a high probability that you would re-member his/her name. How do you manage to do that?

You can say that a good memory is bad habit of mine. I was al-ways asked by the Management Committee to receive guests asI would know everyone and would remember their names. I havealways tried my best to help students in their higher educationand their careers.

My office has been very successful in meeting our objectives andtill date, not a single error in any certificate/degree/transcripthas been reported. A lot of credit goes to my colleague, Mr. AsifAli; we all work as a team.

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Till 2006, since the class size was relatively small, degrees werepersonally handed over to the graduating class by calling outtheir names. If I would call out a student’s name and see thathe was not coming towards the stage, I would put his degreeaside and move on to the next student.

What is your opinion about the LUMS student? Whatmakes a LUMS Alumnus unique?

LUMS students are morally and ethically strong. I feel that theselection criteria are totally merit-based and a rigorous pro-gramme which involves the case study method makes sure thatthe students are competent. There is no admission on refer-ences and there is no quota system. Even though I have beenhere for so long, I still refuse to keep an eye on any student be-cause of a relative’s request. I am not a policeman at LUMS;I can guide and counsel students during their stay at LUMS.

What makes you proud of being a part of LUMS?

LUMS makes me proud because I’m a part of an institutionthat is imparting education and building a future for Pakistan.Anywhere I go, I feel proud of being associated with LUMS.

Recently, an alumnus from Karachi got in touch with me andwanted a reference letter to apply for his MS Programme atCarnegie Mellon. He was a hostelite here and for the initialfew terms, his performance was not that good. I went throughhis file and realized that he had moved to Lahore for his edu-cation leaving behind his family and friends. He was lonelyand homesick for the first couple of weeks and thus his gradeswere affected. Once he settled into the new place, his per-formance improved, he gained confidence and worked to hisfull capabilities. I explained that in the reference letter and bythe Grace of Allah Almighty, he got admitted into the MS Pro-gramme with 80% funding. It makes me feel proud.

As we are celebrating the 25 Years of LUMS, where doyou see LUMS in the next 25 years?

As you know the founding members of LUMS are now in their60s and 70s. Now it’s the students and the alumni who shouldtake the responsibility to keep the vision of LUMS together. Ifeel that the Alumni have a very important role to play andtheir contribution in terms of resources, time, knowledge-shar-ing and feedback is critical. The Alumni should also help stu-dents in job placements in this time of recession and give themconfidence.

What message would you like to give to our Alumni?

I feel that LUMS already has a strong bond with the Alumniand they do support and contribute towards their alma mater.Being one of the pioneers of the National Outreach Pro-gramme, I feel that the Alumni should contribute towards thenoble cause of NOP. Also, they should come forward and giveseminars and talks to our students and offer them mentoring.

National Outreach ProgrammeBy Shehzad Zia and Omair Ahmed Rao

LUMS aims to provide equal academic opportuni-ties to people from all social walks across Pakistan.In order to fully harness the potential of human re-sources of the country, LUMS strives to provide abroader access to its programmes. National Out-reach Programme (NOP) was launched in 2001,with the objective of providing equal educationalopportunities to bright and talented students fromsmaller cities, villages and inner city areas of largeurban centres who are unable to meet the pro-gramme's regular fee requirement. Deserving stu-dents with exceptional Matriculation and F.A./F.Sc.results (80% & above) apply through the NationalOutreach Programme for a four-year Undergradu-ate Programme.

Preliminary Evaluation Test (PET):

The intensive marketing and promotion efforts for the National Outreach Programme yielded a very favorable response.In 2009-10, 7000 applications were received from across Pakistan which is reflective of the highly competitive and com-petent youth we have. Of these, approximately 5000 candidates were called in for Preliminary Evaluation Test (PET) afterinitial screening of the NOP applications. The tests were held in 12 cities of Pakistan where teams were sent to the testcentres for the smooth execution of NOP PET.

Coaching Session:

After the preliminary evaluation test, 350 out of 5000 applicants were shortlisted for the coaching sessions. Students wereshortlisted on the basis of their performance in the evaluation test and matriculation marks. This year witnessed cut-throat competition and only the very brilliant managed to place their name on the merit list. The coaching sessionswere scheduled from July 10-August 1, 2010 during which students were prepared for the LUMS admission tests namelyLCAT (LUMS Common Admission Test) and SSE (School of Science & Engineering) subject test. Students appearing forLCAT were coached in mathematics and verbal classes while those appearing for SSE subject test were trained in Ad-ditional Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology. Students went through rigorous training and their performancewas gauged through weekly tests and quizzes. The participants performed to their full potential to gain benefit from thisinitiative.

Remedial Sessions:

Candidates who went through the stringent NOP ad-mission process in 2009 were inducted into the LUMS un-dergraduate programme this year. These students werecalled 10 days prior to their routine classes at LUMS forremedial/grooming sessions. NOP departmentarranged the remedial classes for these newly inductedNOP scholars wherein they were taught English andcomputing courses. The purpose of these sessions wasto refine their communication and computational skillsto boost their confidence.

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Some Significant Statistics:

NOP department takes pride in announcing that to date a total of 407students have been inducted through NOP out of which 80 candidateswere selected this year. Of the total NOP scholars, 45 students havegraduated so far, most of whom are either placed in top multinationalcompanies or are studying abroad on scholarship. The area-wise pres-entation of the inducted NOP scholars is:

NOP Inducted Scholars 2010:

When we talk about male-female ratio, a demonstrable diversity has been experienced.Out of the 407 students inducted so far, 59 are females:

NOP Reaching out to Baluchistan:

This year NOP department will arrange separate coaching sessions forNOP candidates applying from Balochistan. The sessions will be held inQuetta and students who satisfy the merit requirements of National Out-reach Programme, 80% marks in their matriculation and strong finan-cial need, will be coached in October 2010. The coaching pattern andcourses covered will be the same as discussed earlier.

One of our esteemed donors, UCH Power Pvt. Ltd., has stepped up tofund these candidates applying from Balochistan province and mak-ing NOP a real success!

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KP

Name ____________________________________________________________________________________________

Designation _______________________________________________________________________________________

Company ________________________________________________________________________________________

Business Address __________________________________________________________________________________

City _________________________ Country _________________________ Email _____________________________

Tel: __________________________ Fax: ____________________________ Cell: ______________________________

Residential Address ________________________________________________________________________________

City ________________________________________ Country ______________________________________________

Tel: __________________________ Fax: _____________________________ Email ______________________________

I/My Company would like to create a named endowment for two NOP scholars in perpetuity.

Benefactor (Endowment for two students) Rs 12,000,000 / $ 150,000OR

I/My Company would like to sponsor one/more ______________ (please mention number) NOP scholar(s) as a

Patron (for full program) Rs 2,400,000 / $ 30,000

Guardian (for 2 years) Rs 1,200,000 / $ 15,000

Supporter (for 1 year) Rs 600,000 / $ 7,500

Friend Any amount

Total Amount (number of students x amount) ____________________The payment is being made through*

LUMS Website Transaction #___________________Bank Draft # ___________Bank_____________Cheque # ___________Bank_____________Wire Transfer Bank details____________________

* Please note:A complete form should be sent to LUMS for reference.The payment can be made in half yearly installments.

The LUMS National Outreach Programme

Donate Online via Visa / MasterCard

Please follow the stepsa) Visit LUMS web-site: www.lums.edu.pk b) Select ‘Pay Online’ link c) In step 1/4, choose “Donors (NOP Donations, NOP Zakat Fund, Donations for Scholarship Fund, Other Donations)”d) In step 2a/4, make the relevant choice (LUMS Graduates or Other Generous Donors)e) In of step 2b/4, fill out all the mandatory details (Name, Organization, etc.) and the amount for your contribution (in Pak Rupees)f) In the 3/4, confirm your details g) In step 4/4, please enter your credit card details.h) Once this is done you shall receive a system generated e-mail giving you details of your transaction

CChheeqquueess//BBaannkk DDrraaffttss aarree ttoo bbee mmaaddee iinn ffaavvoouurr ooff::

““LLaahhoorree UUnniivveerrssiittyy ooff MMaannaaggeemmeenntt SScciieenncceess””and sent to the address given below.

MMss.. ZZaaiinnaabb AAmmiirrAssistant Manager, FundraisingNational Outreach Programme OfficeLahore University of Management SciencesSector U, Phase 2, DHA, Lahore Cantt. PakistanUAN#: 92-42-111 115 867 Ext #: 8236, 4212, 4214, 8181Fax #: 92-42-3572 2591 Email: giving@lums.edu.pk

IInnssttrruuccttiioonnss ffoorr WWiirree TTrraannssffeerr::

Direct transfer can be made to the LUMS US$ account:

CCoorrrreessppoonnddiinngg BBaannkk Pay to: ABN AMRO Bank, New YorkAccount number: 661001031641 Routing number: 026009580 Swift Code: ABNAUS33Beneficiary Bank: The Royal Bank of Scotland Limited Swift Code: ABNAPKKA Final Beneficiary Account Number: 520216-415 Account Title: Lahore University of Management SciencesAddress: 4/5, Cavalry Ground Branch Lahore Cantt.Bank Telephone Number: 92-42-3665 5590

Information pertaining to Friends of LUMS-USA is given below, which can be used to transfer the funds by the interesteddonors while availing tax benefit."Friends of LUMS-USA Association", is a tax-exempt entity registered in the United States under

Section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code, where donations can be deposited on behalf of LUMS.

BBaannkk ddeettaaiillss aarree aass uunnddeerr;;

Title of Account: Friends of LUMS – USA AssociationA/C # 200133114Routing # 321171184Bank Name & Address: Citibank West, 451 - Montgomery

Street, San Francisco 94104.

DDeettaaiillss ppeerrttaaiinniinngg ttoo IIRRSS EExxeemmppttiioonn ooff ""FFrriieennddss ooff LLUUMMSS ––UUSSAA AAssssoocciiaattiioonn"" aarree ggiivveenn bbeellooww;;

a) Employer Identification # 03-0412310b) DLN 17053106023012c) Foundation Status Classification 509 (a) (1)d) ID # 31435

DDeettaaiillss ooff CCoonnttaacctt ppeerrssoonn ooff AAssssoocciiaattiioonn aarree aass ffoolllloowwss::

Contact Person: Joanna LaneyAddress: Friends of LUMS-USA Association

Vertical Systems, Inc1392 N. Borregas Ave., Sunnyvale, CA 94089

If your organization offers a Matching Fund Programme, please inform us so that we can pursue them to match your donation.

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Fundraising Department

By Zainab Amir

Recently several generous donors have stepped forward with their supportof LUMS and its various initiatives. Even though the economy has notyet fully recovered from the world wide recession and the country is fac-ing the major challenge of dealing with flood devastations, we have beensuccessful in locking the following donations.Donations• SSGCL undertook a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)with the Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) in May2010 to provide scholarships to two National Outreach Programme(NOP) scholars from Balochistan and Sindh in the next four years.

• Mr. Hafiz Aftab Ahmed, CEO Aftab Associates, has extended his support to LUMS NOPby setting up a fund to support an NOP scholar for one year of the undergraduate programme. • Tetra Pak Pakistan, upon Syed Babar Ali’s request, has set up an endowment fund of PKR4.4 million to support a deserving NOP scholar (in perpetuity) enrolled in the School of Science & En-gneering.• Mr. Jalees Siddiqui, CEO IGI Insurance, extended his support to LUMS National OutreachProgramme by setting up a scholarship fund to support a deserving student for complete four yearsof his/her undergraduate programme.• CEO Lucky Cement, Mr. Muhammad Ali Tabba, has generously pledged to donate PKR 10million to set up a scholarship fund at LUMS to support deserving students inducted through theLUMS National Outreach Programme.

The LUMS Capital Campaign

With the completion of 25 years of LUMS, the Fundraising Department plans to launch a capital cam-paign for fundraising which is directly linked to the LUMS vision, “A 21st century university, whoseresearch, service and graduates are a fountain of leadership for Pakistan and the world”. The campaignaims to achieve the ambitious targets/goals that LUMS has put forward with regards to its campus,faculty and students. However, being a not-for-profit, private organization, LUMS requires financialsupport in order to achieve these goals.The campaign aims to raise Rs. 3 billion over a period of seven years. Broadly speaking, the targetsfor this campaign will be:

a) to establish a general endowment for university’s development,

b) sustaining the LUMS scholarship programmes in order to ensure that quality education is providedto all deserving students, and

c) providing support for research efforts and initiatives in the university.

Update

MoU Signing withLucky Cement

Alumni Events and ActivitiesLUMS Alumni Reunion in Seattle

LUMS Alumni Reunion was held in Seattle, USA on Saturday, July31, 2010 which was graced with the presence of Syed Babar Ali. The re-union was hosted by two of our Alumni, Mansoor Jafry and NaziaZaman. The Pacific Northwest region now has Alumni from elevenBSc batches (99-2010), mostly working at Microsoft and Amazon, andhas been meeting with Syed Babar Ali almost annually for the last sev-eral years regarding their role in LUMS and the future of the NationalOutreach Programme .

Among those who attended were Hassan Javaid, Sara Tahir, UmairBashir, Ali Alvi, Fatima Kardar, Amjad Hussain, Sumair Pervaiz, FarahAli, Tashfeen Suleman, Hamad Khawaja, Sana Khawaja, Farhan AliSaleem, Omair Gillani, Amel Khurram Zahid and Urooj Omair.

LUMS Karachi Chapter 2nd Year Meeting

The 2nd year of the LUMS Karachi Alumni Chapter started with its firstmeeting held at the office of InterTrade Distributors on August 19, 2010.The meeting was attended by Sheikh Ali Hussain, Director, LUMS Re-source Development and Alumni Affairs and LUMS Alumni based inKarachi. The meeting agenda included background and achievements ofthe Karachi Chapter in last year and a half, expectations of LUMS fromthe Chapter, composition of new council, discussions on activities andevents for the next year, and other ongoing topics such as the LUMSFlood Relief Drive and viewing of the NOP Documentary.

The office bearers elected for the year 2010-2011 are: Alhani Khawaja asthe President, Ahsan Khaliq as the Vice President and Abdullah Akhtar asthe General Secretary.

LUMS Alumni participation in the 2010 Graduate Night

As a part of LUMS 25 Years Celebrations, the first two Alumni batches (MBA 1988, MBA 1989) were invited to theGraduate Night Dinner on September 24, 2010. The idea was for the newest alumni batch to meet the earliestalumni who contributed largely to the success and repute of their Alma Mater, making it the LUMS of today.

The senior alumni got a chance to talk to the graduating classes and shared their student life at LUMS, fond memories,experiences and how the institution has made a difference to their life.

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By Mehreen Shah and Ayesha Azhar

LUMS Alumni Affairs works on Corporate Relations

The Alumni Affairs department has geared towards building corporate relations with prominent organizations, retailersand eateries. Several renowned brands have joined in to offer exclusive discounts to Alumni. LUMS Alumni now get dis-counts at Subway, Gloria Jean’s Coffees, Arabian Delights, Shifu Oriental Cuisine, Beech Tree, Pepper Land, Siemens,Zeitgeist Menswear and Wilsons & Co.

For more information and updates on the discounts and benefits offered, log on to http://alumni.lums.edu.pk/.

LUMS Alumni UAE Chapter formed

The Alumni UAE Chapter has been formed with the purpose of connecting the LUMS alumni in the region and alsobringing the wider corporate sector of the UAE in direct contact with the alumni as well as the management/administrationin order to promote the LUMS brand in its entirety. The Executive Committee structure includes Bashir Uddin Khawajaas the President, Shahzad Bashir as the Vice President and Sania Waqar as the General Secretary. The Chapter has a numberof activities planned for the upcoming year including a networking event, a social event along with a musical evening andother placement and fund raising events.

The UAE Chapter held its first event on September 21, 2010 which was attended by Syed Babar Ali, Dr. Ahmad Jan Dur-rani and Sheikh Ali Hussain at Hotel Crowne Plaza. The evening comprised of networking and idea exchange amongstalumni and LUMS attendees, Chapter overview, screening of the NOP documentary and dinner.

Recent Alumni GiftsMSc Economics 2010 FundLUMS Alumni, MSc Economics, batch of 2010 have pledged to set up a fund at LUMS to facilitate interest-free partialloans to deserving MSc Economics students. These dedicated alumni have already raised PKR 150,000 for this purpose.

MS CS 2005 NOP FundThe MS CS class of 2005 stepped forward with their support of the LUMS National Outreach Programme. They haveinitially pledged to support one NOP scholar for one year. The class has already collected PKR 174,234 and is well on itsway to collect the target amount.

BSc 2002 takes up another beneficiaryThe enthusiastic alumni of BSc class of 2002 have been very active since the day their class fund was established in 2007.Regular follow-ups by the class coordinators have led to continuous inflow of funds/donations for this class gift. Recently,the class has added another beneficiary to their fund and is taking keen interest in the progress of the new as well as theprevious BSc 2002 scholar.

Every year more LUMS alumni come forward individually as well as in groups to support their Alma Mater. This is truefor initiatives like the LUMS Flood Relief Drive as well as ambitious projects like NOP. LUMS is very proud of this phil-anthropic spirit in the Alumni.

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Arabian Delights’ offers a 10% Discount to LUMSAlumni on all its outlets. The discount is all appli-cable on home delivery within DHA, Lahore.

Two prominent brands ‘Beech Tree’ and ‘Pepper Land’offer a 10% Discount to LUMS Alumni. Both brandsare available at HKB’s Liberty and Y-Block DHABranch, Lahore. Get a special discount of 15% on all transactions at

Gloria Jean’s Coffees, Z Block, D.H.A.

WILSONS & Co offers an exclusive discount to allAlumni on the world’s prestigious brands like MontBlanc, Patek Philippe and Rolex.

SIEMENS offers a 15% discount exclusively for all LUMSAlumni on its entire product range

Shifu Oriental Cuisine (take away and home delivery)offers 10% discount to LUMS Alumni. Details of thisare available on alumni news and events section.

Subway T-Block DHA Lahore offers 15% discount forthe LUMS community including the LUMS Alumni. Youcan avail the discount by showing your alumni cards.

A leading menswear brand, Zeitgeist offers a 20%discount on all products to LUMS Alumni.

Discounts for LUM

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BSc 1998CoordinatorMahvish RazviVincere

Mahvishrazvi@yahoo.com

I’ll start off this year by saying thanks to Sophiaand Doogie for their support. As it happened, I gota bit lazy about contacting BSc98-ers individuallyand then it felt like a lab night from back then…

the deadline was looming ahead and I had barelybegun. Disaster strikes with full force, whenever it

does and it did… My PC crashed and I lost all con-tact emails. As if that wasn’t enough the ISP serv-ice was acting up and accessing Facebookbecame impossible. But years of meetingnerve wrecking deadlines at LUMS is an artthat’ll never go wasted. Not to be deterredand help from Sophia and Doogie who postednotes for me over Facebook, here’s presentingBSc 98 in the year 2010

While the sky is no limit and no borders are bind-ing, BSc 98 seems to be doing very well indeed, in

different parts of the world.

Talking of the sky lets start with the skies ofNorth America. Sky diving through the skiesof Canada, we have AAllii HHaasshhmmii and hisdare devil wife Javeria. We all knew Ali tobe the kind, but his wife too? :). Way togo!

SShhaahhzzaadd KKhhaann continues to live in Ottawa, buthas moved to the Kanata suburbs. He has three

children, Hakan (6), Melike (3) and Hashim (1.5).Shahzad says he spent most of 2009 in de-veloping a startup around social mediamonitoring (www.whyztech.com) whichwas ultimately not as successful as hewould have liked. He is currentlyworking as a Solution Architect forApption Ltd. He still harbours dreamsof attempting another startup in the fu-ture though, and has learned many valu-

able lessons that hopefully come in useful.Shahzad is spending a lot of time nowadays

with his family and friends, and in activities likereading, hiking, biking and camping. His primary in-tention for the remainder of 2010 is to make up forthe many intense months that he had put his life onhold when he had thrown himself into the entrepre-neurial mold. Never mind Doogie, with your CS wiz-

ardry and Ninja powers and not to forget pedalpower put together, success of the kind you want willfollow.

Southwards in USA is where one can find the greatestnumber of BSc 98ers. Of those who shared their up-date, IImmrraann IIssmmaaiill says he works for a media and ad-vertising agency as a Marketing EffectivenessConsultant in New York. Imran says he likes to keepupdates short n sweet but Imran do tell us about yourfamily too. SSoopphhiiaa SSaaaadd says she is home busy withkids, Rida (8), Sulaiman (7), Qaiser (2) while SSaaaaddKKhhaawwaajjaa is working for the same company as lastyear, Intuit, Dallas as an Application Architect. SSaammiirrSShheeiikkhh says this is his 10th year in San Francisco: Heenjoys every moment of life with his wife Rafia andtwo sons. He works for Cisco, and leads a couple ofcompanies including an investment club that hefounded recently. Most of his ideas still remain Pak-istan-centric and he actively seeks opportunities inthe homeland. Truly patriotic but when are you wav-ing your Magic Wand O Great Samri and setting thesePakistan Centric ideas spinning into action in theLand of the Pure?

SShhaahhiidd and AAmmbbeerr MMaassuudd say they have developedstrong roots in the DC Metro Area where they havebeen living since they tied the knot 8 years ago. Theyhave 2 boys, Izaan, almost 5, and Ayaan, almost 2.Shahid works as a Federal Consultant managinglarge-scale technical projects at the Housing & UrbanDevelopment Agency in DC. Amber manages a webanalytics/in-house strategy team at AOL and a hecticsocial life outside. Life is crazy busy always in theMasud household but there is always time and roomfor Luminites especially those who are interested indinosaurs, reptiles, monsters, trucks and trains!

And then we have a very VERY HAPPY AAddiill SShheerrwwaannii!“I am now a baby’s daddy! Our daughter Zara M.Sherwani was born on June 1 at around 5 pm weigh-ing in at 7 lb 10 oz, and we’ve been getting to knowher ever since (and doing little else). Mom (Umaima)and baby are doing great. Every day brings with itnew skills, moves, clothes and incantations… kindalike playing an RPG that takes 18 years to complete.My pinky has been deemed the most important partof my body. And she’s got a great belting voice… Isee definite rock stardom in her future. In othernews, I left the healthcare group at Microsoft to joinProject Natal in Xbox, which has been an absoluteblast so far. But of course it pales in comparison tothe baby news.” Congrats from all of us Adil!

Next is IImmrraann MMooiinn. Imran is living in Sacramento, CAwith his wife Nicole and daughter Noor. He is cur-rently working for a small consulting company inSacramento that specializes in State and Local Gov-ernment Consulting. Besides work, Imran is indulgingthe shopping habits of a 2-year old who is obsessedwith Toy Story.

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Moving on, OOmmeerr RRaannaa has been running his own con-sulting business for the last 3.5 yrs successfully. Helives in the Bay Area with his wife and 2 kids Haider(6) and Shahmeen (3). He's working with Cisco as aconsultant currently and hopes to grow his consultingbusiness this year by hiring a few additional re-sources. Prior to Cisco, Omer was consulting forMcAfee, working as the Chief Architect of their Weband Portal team. In his free time, Omer likes to hangout with friends and enjoys barbecues, sightseeing,movies. So if any of you are visiting Bay Area (North-ern California), do get in touch with him. Finally hesays “Feel free to add as much mirch masala as youwant”. Ideally I’d like to add the entire Bar B Quebut sadly, the rest of BSc 98 in USA are in non-com-municative mode

Next Stop – UK! We have KKhhaawwaajjaa UUmmaarr FFaarrooooqq, whoalways advocated non-smoking back then and thenshocked us all by taking on smoking himself, has fi-nally quit smoking. He says he exercises a lot nowand that life's going swimmingly. He’s finally man-aged to find a job in the same city as wife, Beenish,so a lot less stress of commuting. He’s based in BurySt Edmunds. By the looks of it your wife is obviouslygood influence on you Umar!! He has a son Daniyal(7).

Continuing with health and fitness, moms and dadsof BSc 98, please put your worries aside. News is thatpure pasteurized milk is now going to be available inKarachi courtesy our very own dairy farmers Abdullahand Khurshid. Oh yes! AAbbdduullllaahh AAkkhhttaarr and KKhhuurrsshhiiddAAkkhhttaarr have diversified their business into dairy farm-ing now, with Australian cows and will be selling purepasteurized milk in Karachi. Another update on Ab-dullah is that he and wife Saira had a lovely princesswho they named Musfirah in November 2009. Shejoins her brother Saad who is now 6. Congrats Abdul-lah!

Back in Lahore, AArriiff JJaalliill PPiirraacchhaa says he is running 3ventures at the moment: a designer label calledNayna, a corporate event management companycalled Evenement, and a test prep organization herecently started by the name of Smartprep. He is cur-rently living in Lahore and has 2 children and is veryhappy!! Great to hear that Arif!

WWaaqqaarr, his wife Amena & their daughter Zayna arehappily settled in Lahore. Waqar's busy as ever withthe family business. He says he enjoys playing vol-leyball weekly, but is currently out of action, havingdislocated him thumb during play. Ouch! That musthurt! May your thumb get well soon!

SSyyeedd AAllii resides in Lahore as well, working as a part-ner in a software house. Enjoying life with wife andtwo kids and the adventures they bring!

You know the great thing about this years update isthat I heard from 2 people who had sort of disap-peared. Of them, LLuulluuaahh HHaasshhiimm has resurfaced “Hope

all is well”, she says! Of course, and great to hearfrom you Lulu! “I have been living in Zurich, Switzer-land since 2003. I have a 2.5 year old son and havegone back to work after a 2.5 year break, workingfor a biotechnology company in business planning.Hope this helps!” It certainly does. Please keep writ-ing.

YYoouussaaff AAhhmmaadd is the other one out of hibernationsays he is “STILL with Citibank”. Many of us didn’tknow that Yousaf but you’ve done us proud though.He is currently Country BankingHead for Citibank and is based inKarachi.

Writing in from Dubai is FFaahhddSShhaahh who says, “I am very busyin Dubai, working as an Econo-mist for Dubai Chamber of Com-merce and Industry. My portfolioinvolves looking for trade and in-vestment opportunities for UAE basedinvestors and business people. Doingquite well, anyone who comes toDubai, please look me up, itwould be great to meet u.”Surely Fahd but please find outwhere the rest of Dubai basedBsc98 have disappeared andwring their necks for us! FFaahhaaddIIqqbbaall,, JJaawwaadd CChhaawwaallaa,, HHaarroooonn??!Hello!

As for me (MMaahhvviisshh RRaazzvvii) I’m hanging in limbosomewhere between UK where Asad livesand Pakistan where I live with Fatimah(6) and Daniyal (4m). Still dabble indevelopment and testing softwareworking with Qualiy Clix Inc. and Vin-cere. Also, leading a community proj-ect that’s funded by Vincere. Theproject aims at changing lives of chil-dren by training teachers into improv-ing the classroom environment and theirteaching skills. Between work, Fatimah’skarate lessons and home, there’s little time foranything else.

The rest of BSc. 98 are hiding under rocks,hibernating or whatever else. I’ll namethem lest age catches up and crashes ourmemories. It’s just struck me that we areofficially becoming “Buzarg Alumi” …So asseen on their Facebook pages: FFaawwaadd RRaaffii isin Philedelphia, AArrmmuugghhaann JJaavvaaiidd looks lesslike the Captain of Star Trek and more like aregular dad. SSuummaaiirraa and hubby look obviously toobusy to contact. AArrsshhiiaa, hubby Wasif and DaughterZara appear to have moved to Karachi. UUmmaarr SSaaiiff isjet setting collecting more and more awards and hon-ors from around the Globe! He really does usproud!NNaauurreeeenn MMaaddhhaannii is another globe trotter,probably in Canada, though based in Tanzania,

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Africa with daughter Rida, the aspiring little balle-rina, NNuummaann SShheeiikkhh, our resident Luminite is in La-hore with wife Rizwana and at least one cutedaughter. HHaalleeeemmaa has disappeared someplace in La-hore as well. AAllii AAnnwwaarr looks like a proud new fatheras well. Congrats to you too!

KKhhuurrrraamm SShhaakkeeeell and KKhhuurrrraamm QQuurreesshhii,, FFaahhdd AAqqeeeell,,QQaammaarr,, NNoooorr ZZeehhrraa,, NNaavveeeedd ZZaaffaarr,, NNaavveeeedd AAhhmmeedd,,NNaabbeeeell,, NNaazziisshh aanndd SSaallmmaann,, IIssffaannddyyaarr,, MMeehhnnaazz,,TTeehhsseeeenn,, FFaarryyaall,, SSaaddaaff,, AAllii MMaajjiidd,, AAllii MMuurrttaazzaa,,HHaassssaann CCaattmmaann MMiiaann,, SSaaddiiaa HHuussssaaiinn,, SSaaddiiaaMMaarriiaamm SShheeiikkhh,, AAllii PPeerrvvaaiizz,, AAlliiyyaa,, BBiillaall,, EErruummaanndd OOmmeerr GGhhaazznnaavvii,, FFaaiissaall,, HHaaffeeeezz,, JJeehhaannzzaaiibb,,SSaaaadd KKaarriimm,, IIsshhaaqq,, MMuubbaarriiaa,, MMaauuddeeeeddhhaa,, AAddeeeell,,NNoommaann YYaaqqoooobb,, RRiizzwwaann,, RRoooohhii,, SSuulleemmaann,, VVoommiicc,,

ZZaahheeeerr,, TTaahhiirr,, UUssmmaann RRaauuff are unreachable probablyon Facebook but I never had time to look up individ-

ual pages. Sorry Folks, you’ll have to email meyour updates next year. We’d love to hear fromyou all. And finally SSaabbeeeenn RRaasshheeeedd I hear iscoordinating notes for MBA and too busy tosend us an update so if you want to knowabout her turn to MBA notes.

Till next year! :)

BSc 1999Coordinator

Ameel Zia KhanMelbourne Waterameel.khan@gmail.com

AAbbdduull MMaannnnaann AAbbbbaassii is working in London.

AAddeeeell JJaanneeeedd MMeeeerr is working in NYCwith a software consulting firm North-Point Solutions. He and his wife Farahlive in Jersey City. AAddeeeell JJaammiill SSiidd--ddiiqquuii and NNaaddiiaa HHuussssaaiinn are living inRedmond, WA with their two daugh-ters Moomal (4) and Batul (2). AAddiillPPaarraacchhaa is still in the UK workingwith Kimberly Clark Corp. After two

successful promotions in the last year heis now the Regional Marketing Manager

Africa, Middle East and Eastern Europe. He spendsmost of his time on the road travelling to exoticplaces like Istanbul, Moscow, Johannesburg, SaudiArabia and Jerusalem.

AAddnnaann BBhhuuttttaa and NNaaiirraa LLaattiiff CChhaauuddhhrryy are both still

working at Microsoft. AAhhmmeedd HHaammiiddaannii is working inSingapore. AAlleeffiiaa LLoottiiaa is living in Irving, TX with herfamily. She and Huzaifa recently added another babygirl to the mix. It's pool, pool, and more pool forZainab, Zahra and Husaina (5.5, 2.5 and 0.5 respec-tively). AAlliiyyaa SSaallaahhuuddddiinn is working in London.

AAmmaannuullllaahh JJiiffffrreeyy KKaarriiaappppeerr is living in Lahore. Mar-ried, no kids planned. He is re-learning to cook.AAmmbbeerr RRiiaazz is doing her PhD from Oxford. AAmmbbrreeeennGGiillaannii is still based in New York working with UNDP.She and Adnan recently had a baby girl, Amaanah.AAmmeeeell ZZiiaa KKhhaann is working for Melbourne Water inAustralia. He continues to be an active blogger andyou can read his professional blog atinsanityworks.org/acme and his personal blog at in-sanityworks.org/randomtangent. He is @ameel onTwitter.

AAmmiirr AAllii JJaaffrrii is working for Microsoft in Seattle. AAqqiibbEEllaahhii MMeehhbboooobb’’ss entrepreneurial venture went ka-boom with global markets, and via a brief stint as anAsset Manager, he has returned to hard core researchwith an outfit named Elixir Business Research. He isan active football and squash player who is dismayedat the state of his beloved Liverpool Football Clubbut is happily engaged in developing the buddingfootballing talent of his son Adil (8). He is thinkingof entering the blogosphere with his wild predictionson major global macro trends but is in need of col-laborators.

AAsshhaabb NNaaeeeemm IIqqbbaall is working for Standard CharteredBank in Dubai. Ashab is happily married and has ababy girl. AAssiiff AAmmjjaadd is working for Savola Group inJeddah. AAssiimm BBuutttt was an artist in Karachi. He leftthis world on January 15, 2010.Asim Memon andMariyam Mansur live in Los Angeles with their twodaughters. AAsssseedd JJeehhaannggiirr and TTaanniiaa TTaarriiqq are living inThe Hague. BBaabbaarr GGhhiiaass is in NYC with Rabia and hisdaughter.

FFaaiissaall WWaahhaabb continues to run his pharma and toi-letries business in Karachi. FFaaiissaall WWaasseeyy made amove from corporate banking to risk managementlast year. He's working at Faysal Bank and is busy inmerger activity and making the lives of corporatebankers miserable. He is happily married to his wifeTahira and they have a daughter Zoya who is aboutto turn three.

FFaarrhheeeenn LLoottiiaa is in Karachi with her husband anddaughter. FFaarrooooqq MMuussttaaffaa AAllaavvii is in Karachi. FatimaAshraf is busy raising her kids, Ahmed and Sophia inCalgary, Canada. FFaattiimmaa MMuuzzaaffffaarr is living in London.FFeerroozzee GGuullzzaarr is busy playing polo while running hisfamily business on the side. He is married to HHiinnaaKKhhaarr and they have two daughters named Anaya andDina. FFuuaadd GGhhaazzaannffaarr is working with Nestlé in La-hore as a Group Brand Manager for their Dairy Busi-ness.

HHaassssaann AAllii is in San Francisco. HHaassssaann JJaavveedd is in Red-

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is working for an investment firm inBahrain. IImmrraann AAhhmmeedd is working as theSales Operations Manager for the BlackBerrypartner in Dubai and trying to finish his MBA.Not wanting to be the last one in his class, hehas decided to get married this November. JJuu--nnaaiidd BBiinn JJaahhaannggiirr is in Edmonton, Canada.KKhhaawwaajjaa BBaasshhiirr UUddddiinn is working as SeniorSales Manager for the BlackBerry partner inDubai for Middle East & Africa.

KKhhuurrrraamm KKhhaalliiqq KKhhaann is in Lahore with his wife, Fa-tima. KKiirraann NNaannjjiiaannii is in Karachi.

MMaahhaa AAhhmmeedd is working towards her PhD in Holland.MMaahhiirraa DDaahhaa and FFaarreeeedd ZZaaffffaarr are in Lahore. Fareedhas completed his PhD and is teaching at LUMS. MMaahh--vvaasshh GGhhoouuss (formerly Akram) is in Dubai. MMaakkhhmmoooorr--uull--HHaassssaann got married this year to Oraina Rafi and isstill working for Shell in London. MMaarriiuumm HHaassssaann (for-merly Naeem) is in London.

MMaarriiyyaamm MMeemmoonn and her hubby, AAssiimm MMeemmoonn haveboth left Microsoft and moved to Los Angeles afterMr. Memon finished his MBA from Insead. MMaarruukkhhAAffttaabb is living it up in Dubai and has no plans onleaving. She and HHaassaann MMuuzzaaffffaarr had their secondchild in 2009. Azlan is now 9 months and Zaria cel-ebrated her second birthday in March. MMeehhrreeeenn TTaannvviirrBBuutttt is in the US. MMeehhwwiisshh ZZaammaann is full-time mom inLondon. MMooaazzzzaamm AAllii KKhhaann is working for L’Oreal inLondon. MMoonnaazzzzaa AAssllaamm is at Oxford. MMuuhhaammmmaaddAAmmaaaann AAkkrraamm is working in London. MMuuhhaammmmaaddHHaassaann MMuuzzaaffffaarr is still at McKinsey in Dubai. MMuuhhaamm--mmaadd OOmmeerr IIqqbbaall is happily married and has a daugh-ter, Zaynab. He is still working for Microsoft inSeattle and occasionally blogs at Seattle-PI. He isstarting an MA programme in the NELC Department atUniversity of Washington this fall.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd OOoossmmaann is in Silicon Valley. MMuussttaaffaa ZZuull--ffiiqqaarr RRaakkllaa is working for McKinsey. NNaabbeeeehhaa AArriiff isin Karachi. NNaassiirr MMaassuudd KKhhaann is at eBay. NNaauummaannAAkkbbaarr is working for Export Flow in Lahore. NNeeddaaMMuulljjii and SSaammeeeerr AAnneeeess are in Dubai. NNiirrmmaall BBaabbaarr isin Bethesda, Maryland happily settled with her hus-band, son Mikail and daughter Alizeh. NNoovviirraa SSaabbiirr isin London. OOmmeerr MMeehhmmoooodd AAssaadd is in San Francisco.RRaazzaall MMiinnhhaass is in the US. RRiiddaa ZZaaiiddii is in London.RRuunnaaaass DDeehheeeemm is based in Dubai and is happily mar-ried. He’s still at P&G and is looking after their Pan-tene & Herbal Essences business in the ArabianPeninsula.

SSaaaarraa SSaalliimm is in London. SSaabbeeeenn PPiirrzzaaddaa is in Hous-ton. SSaaiiff NNoommaannii is in Wyoming. SSaallmmaann AAhhmmeedd is inLondon. SSaallmmaann KKhhaalliidd is in Seattle. SSaallmmaann MMaahhbbuubbis based in DC. SSaallmmaann MMaahhmmoooodd is in Texas. SSaammaannSShheeiikkhh is working for PBS in Chicago. SSaammiirr ZZaahhiiddloves Sydney with Saira and their daughter Zara. Alot has changed: he relocated to Australia, got mar-ried, and had a child. But some things remain the

same: people still can'tpronounce his name cor-rectly “It's Saaaamir, notSameer”. He is still work-ing for BAT and is think-

ing “what recession?”while he looks forward tothe Aussie summer whenhe’ll take li'l Zara to the

beach.

SSaarraahh FFaattiimmaa ZZaakkaa is in Lahore.SSaarraahh NNaaeeeemm QQuurreesshhii is in DC. SShheeiikkhhMMoohhaammmmaadd AAllii is in Lahore. SShhaahhzzaaddHHaassaann is in New York City. SShhaazziiaa FFaa--rrooooqq RRaahhiimm is in Karachi. SShhaayyaannMMeehhddii ZZaaiiddii is back in school again,this time for his MBA at the KelloggSchool of Management. He still residesin Chicago and, since he missed the airmiles at his previous job, he decided tointern for United Airlines over the summer in corpo-rate strategy. However, he is being verytight-lipped about the United-Continen-tal merger. SSyyeedd MMuussttaaffaa BBiillaall is inSeattle. SSyyeedd SSaallmmaann ZZaaiiddii is atDeutsche Bank in Singapore. SSyyeeddaaSShheehhrrbbaannoo KKaazziimm is working at thePakistan Microfinance Network andwriting for The Daily Mail in Islam-abad.

TTaayyyyaabb RRaaffiiqq BBaallaaggaammwwaallaa is in Karachi.UUmmaaiirr JJaalliill is in Dubai. UUssmmaann WWaahheeeedd is in Bahrain.YYaassiirr AAllii has two lovely daughters that keephim busy day and night. He is also workingon his MBA that is tracking to completionin 2011. He continues to work at Cisco asa Senior Programme Manager and is con-templating his next move. ZZeeeesshhaann MMaann--ssoooorr is in Karachi.

Classmates not included in these notes:AAiisshhaa HHaassssaann,, AAnniittaa MMaannzzoooorr CChhaauuddhhrryy,,HHaassaannaatt AAhhmmeedd HHaaiiddeerr,, LLaaiillaa BBuusshhrraa,, MMoohhaamm--mmaadd RRiizzwwaann,, MMoohhaammmmaadd ZZaakkrriiaa KKhhaann,, MMuuhhaammmmaaddRRaasshhiidd,, MMuuhhaammmmaadd UUmmeerr FFaarrooooqq,, NNaaddiiaa RReehhmmaann,,RRaannaa SSaajjjjaadd AAhhmmaadd,, SSeehhrr SShheeiikkhh,, SShhaammaa SSaaeeeedd,,SSyyeedd HHaassaann HHaassnnaatt,, WWaaqqaass AAhhmmeedd,, HHaasseeeebb HHaaddiiand WWaassiiff TTaannvviirr.

This is the fifth year we have compiled ourclass notes online. If you weren't aware thatthis compilation was happening, you're proba-bly not in touch with the rest of the class on My-Family.com or on Facebook. Please do get in touchbecause we really would like to know what you're upto, even if all you give us is a one-sentence updateon your life.

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BSc 2001Coordinator

Abid MohsinMcKinseyabidmohsin@gmail.com

The big theme coming out of the class notes isthat people have gotten settled into their lives.They have their jobs, their spouses, kids, houses,etc. Basically, everything that brings stability to

your daily life. We are switching jobs and startingcompanies, in line with the trend in our generation,

but otherwise getting fairly settled.

It is expected, as AAllii AAwwaann noted, it’s beenalmost a decade since we graduated fromLUMS. He is a LUMS couple now, marriedto MMeehhrreeeenn CChhaannddaann. They both live inLondon, Ali is working at ING in invest-ment banking, Mehreen just started a newjob as Project Manager Social Research atRoyal College of Nursing.

BBeeeenniisshh PPeerrvvaaiizz is in Pakistan, recently left Nestlé tojoin Coke as Group Brand Manager, and trueto the company's tradition, she keepsglobe trotting half the time. “Lovingevery bit of the fast paced corporatelifestyle at Coca Cola!!!” Note thetriple exclamation points.

AAddnnaann ZZaaffaarr KKhhaawwaajjaa is working as Sr.Product Manager with Malaysian Telecom

Group. He spearheaded projects resultingin an award of government funding for Wa-

teen (worth $10 Mn), organized participation at anexhibition in Abu Dhabi, met up withcolleagues including Omar, Shehzad,Yawar and Murtaza in Dubai; movedto Karachi to join a Malaysian basedtelecom company; and launchedvoice softswitch as a service (akinto SaaS) for long distance carriers.Woah! On top of that, he became achachu to an adorable nephew. In the

coming year, he will be launching andmarketing new telecom products, partic-

ipating in (more) international exhibitions and tak-ing a vacation.

UUmmaaiirr BBaasshhiirr is still at Amazon in Seattle where hedid a career change by moving from software devel-opment to retail business. He is now Sr. Vendor and

Product Manager at Amazon from being a SoftwareDevelopment Manager earlier. He and his wife areexpecting their first kiddo in the coming year. Con-gratulations!

KKaasshhiiff SShheeiikkhh is married. He is self-employed inKarachi, where he has been living since graduatingin 2001. He also went to IBA to do an MBA. One thinghe said: “MOST IMPORTANT: This is addressed to SaadTawwab: Dude we practically live next door to eachother but I have to write in our class notes to just letyou know that you should come over sometime!:)”Bad, bad, Saad! We’ll get to your notes in a bit.

BBiillaall MMaalliikk worked and worked some more in the lastyear. This year he is looking for some better oppor-tunities for work. He is currently working for PunjabIT Governing Body, Punjab Information TechnologyBoard as a Programme Manager. “The Organizationseeks to achieve good governance through its varietyof e-Government initiatives in Punjab GovernmentDepartments.”

Guess who wrote two papers awaiting publication?SSyyeedd QQaassiimm IIffzzaall! He also continued with MS-SPM Pro-gram at FAST, along with the routine job work atChoueifat and providing ISO/CMM Consultancy to twosoftware companies. In the coming year, he plans tofinish MS programme, take CISA exam, carry on withthe job, and apply for PhD. Most importantly, “Twokids, one wife; … so far”.

Another year, another blow to the BSc 2001 singles.MMuunniibb KKhhaalliidd SSiiddddiiqqii is getting married in July. Hemanaged to do that while continuing to work at Ac-centure.

OOmmeerr SSuulleemmaann is still living in London with first wifeand one son. Still trading options for a living, butnow at Citigroup, having recently left Deutsche Bank.Main benefit: “It saves me an hour of commute everyday!”

SShhaammyyll IImmaamm MMaalliikk also joined Citigroup with OmerSuleman. He is the proud father of 2; one boy, onegirl with NNaaddiiaa MMaassuudd; another BSc 2001 couple.

HHuummaa KKhhaalliidd wrote: “It’s unbelievable that it’s beenten years post undergrad. It seems like another life-time altogether. These days am working on perfect-ing my role as the stressed out, not too polite yetpolitically correct, corporate banker. Success level tobe determined at appraisal time. And, of course, inthe background I am planning my great escape fromthe corporate world… maybe a best selling book… ifI can only get to some Taliban representatives who’dbe willing to give an interview.”

That should be easy, just pretend to be an American.You’ll be picked up in no time!

AAhhmmeedd KKhhaann is still making socks, getting involvedin business politics.

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“Oh yeah going to launch a couple of startups thisyear InshaAllah, one in finance and one in technol-ogy.” Woohoo! “First year of marriage has been supergreat, been travelling a lot, USA, Europe, Dubai andup to Skardu and Shigar. Still in Lahore, still lovinglife.”

All is well with AAllii NNaaqqvvii, who just got done withmoving houses.

AAmmnnaa LLaattiiff had this summary for us: “I have twosturdy boys, ages almost 8 and 6 now. I went to Uni-versity of Pennsylvania Law School for three yearsand got a J.D. from there. I'm a licensed attorney inTexas and worked at Vinson & Elkins in Dallas, TXfrom 2008-2010, as a corporate & securities lawyer.I moved to California because of my husband’s job.Just finished with the California bar exam and hopeto start at Fenwick & West LLP in their mergers & ac-quisitions/emerging companies practice group thisfall, InshaAllah. I also love doing asylum law work ona pro-bono basis. I’m really looking forward to get-ting involved with the Muslim community in the SanFrancisco Bay Area soon.” Very cool!

AAllii AAbbbbaass SSyyeedd says: “There's been some stability inmy life given I've managed to stay in one place foralmost 2.5 years now. And Geneva is pretty good.”And the chocolates? I hear they have pretty goodchocolates in Geneva :)

P&G rewarded SSaaaadd TTaawwwwaabb KKhhaann RRaaoo and his wifeSaroop’s (MBA 2006) loyalty by promoting them lastyear. Saad is now Brand Manager for Paper Categoryand Saroop has moved onto being Logistics Managerfor Pakistan. In his free time Saad tries to help im-prove Saroop’s bowling score and is happy to reportan improvement from JUST 6 to 68 :) Maybe Saadshould invite Kashif and his wife to these bowlinglessons too.

AAbbdduull RReehhmmaann is working as Microsoft SharePointConsultant at Toshiba America Medical Systems inIrvine, California. He mostly worked and traveled lastyear, and plans to do more of the same this year. Ohyes, he wants to go on a cruise!

AAllii AAzziizz moved to London in Oct 2008, working inEnterprise Sales for eBay. He has a 1 year old daugh-ter, Zaynah Yasmin Ali.

Things have not changed much in a year for AAssiimmSSaagghhiirr.. He is living happily with his kids and wife inLahore, working as an entrepreneur dealing in paperand board products. On the class notes, he had somereflections: “I think its now time for all of us to dis-cuss our experiences of life to give some meaning tothese notes. Its now time to think about the biggerobjective of the life hereafter and what are we alldoing to achieve that goal. I hope that will give last-ing happiness and joy to all. Wasalam, Asim”

Some more thoughts from KKhhuurrrraamm WWaaqqaass MMaalliikk:“It's again the time of the year where we communi-cate. I don’t think many people are in touch withmost others (me included), just sending a casual mes-sage at the turn of the year or so. I hope this casualcommunication can somehow be transformed intosomething much more participatory, like during ouracademic tenure. As for me during the last, there has-n't been much change on the academic front: I'mSTILL trying to complete my 3rd masters in TQM(hopefully, by next year; I'm still thinking about fur-thering my education, though). Onthe professional font, I've been af-filiated with the Centre for PublicPolicy and Governance for sometime now, and have been lookingat policy issues in various sectorsbesides being involved in researchactivities of the Centre. I've beeninvolved in deliberation over thenational Innovation, Industrial andAgriculture policies, which we hope they are formal-ized by the end of the year. Moreover,I've participated in several policy di-alogues, notably on socio-eco-nomic issues of publicmanagement, economic compet-itiveness, urban development,education, migration and gendermainstreaming. Finally, in thewake of 'continuing professionaldevelopment,' I intend to completea century of workshops/trainings at-tended by next year.”

MMeehhrr SShhaahh is back in Pakistan after com-pleting her MBA at Syracuse University,New York. She continues to work withmicrofinance.

NNaauummaann AAzzhhaarr and AAyyeesshhaa WWaahheeeedd stilllive in San Jose, CA with their daughterand son, born last year. Nauman worksfor Intelenex, an Oracle partner. Ayesha isa full time mom and loves it since she getsto spend so much time with their adorable kids.

MMaalleeeehhaa AAllii is working at Lend Lease LLC,married, in London, no kids, no pets. She isstill hoping to have a BSc 2001 reunion.

HHuussssaaiinn SShheehhrryyaarr HHuummaayyuunn and his wife justhad their second child (Adil) in June. He isstill in London working as Vice President -Systems Audit of The Bank of Tokyo-MitsubishiUFJ Ltd. No big plans for the next year otherthan a job move which should be happening prettysoon. “One thing I would mention is that we shouldall try to donate as much as we can (individuallythrough various charities) for the recent floods inPakistan which have been the worst in recent his-tory.”

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UUmmaaiirr TTaarriiqq is back in Dubai, still with Standard Char-tered, and looking after Africa, so keeps headingdown for lots of safaris. He hasn't tied the knot yet,so still a “swingin’ bachelor, no kids that I know of.”

KKaammrraann AAhhssaann did well at work, got promoted at Cap-ital One Bank, and the said farewell to Virginia (afterbeing there for six years) to move to New York sothat his wife, Saima, could continue her medicaltraining (residency). They now live in Forest Hills inQueens NY. For the coming year, Kamran is planningto spend time with his beautiful daughter (Eshaal),born this April, switch jobs, get back into cycling,and survive through Saima's intern year.

SSuummaaiirr PPeerrvvaaiizz wote: “A lot has happened in the lastcouple of years (since I posted to class notes). I movedback to Seattle from Chicago as apparently thegreater Seattle hosts almost 1/4th of the pupils from

the great batch of 2000/2001 and I just can'tlive without them, LOL. Actually, it was due tomy job change as my aspirations and plans tobecome a millionaire failed in Chicago whenI started to work for this startup, which gotsold for some $27M; but I couldn't get a dimeout of the whole deal due some minor legis-lation issues. So I thought lets just take the re-venge out on the US economy by joining an

Investment Bank (Parametric Portfolio Associates)in late 2008. The market came crashing down right

after... yaaAAayy, I succeeded, haha, but I stillget to keep my job, not as a developmentteam-lead but just as a Senior Developer. Be-cause, of course, you can't be a team leadfor a team which got laid-off entirely. Nev-ertheless, I am loving the work that I amdoing these days and learning a lot. Nowmoving on to the next subject, I recentlycelebrated my 5th wedding anniversary last

month and will be celebrating the 2nd birth-day of my son Zidaan (Zizou) in a week’s time.

Oh, please don't think that I named him after Zine-dine Zidane (the famous/infamous Frenchsoccer player). It does not even rhyme. Soanyway, this was an extremely abbrevi-ated version of a very interesting twoyears. Hope to keep in touch with youguys!”

KKhhiizzeerr UUssmmaannii is with Mashreq BankTreasury. Work is alright, as good as the

financial sector can be in these times. Stillsingle. Still traveling.

SSuullttaann AAkkiiff has single-handedly killed off the entirebird population of Canada. He hunted his first blackbear along with a series of other game animals. Ontop of that, he backpacked in Turkey, Dominican Re-public, Ireland, UK and US. “Travel, family and hunt-ing are the core focus in life these days (not

necessarily in that order :)”. In the coming year, he isplanning to go to Africa (Kenya, Tanzania, Egypt andZanzibar), and expecting his second child! Congratu-lations! On the non-fun professional side, he is work-ing at Microsoft… “Really enjoying my role asFinancial Services Architect for Canada.”

AAllii JJaaffffeerryy recently changed jobs and is now workingat a fund of hedge funds in New York. Guess whatelse? He finished co-authoring a book called "HedgeFund Alpha: A Framework for Generating and Under-standing Investment Performance"! Holy Moly! In thecoming year, he is going back to school to SIPA at Co-lumbia (part time) to study international economicsand work on co-authoring another book with a pro-fessor at Rutgers. Dude, nice!

On AAbbiidd MMoohhssiinn’s end, he survived another year atMcKinsey. Climbed Kilimanjaro, explored Europe a bit,and is planning to do a few more trips in the comingyear. It causes his parents great angst that their sonis single in San Francisco. We’ll see if things change inthe coming year ;)

BSc 2002Coordinator

Mahira Ilyas mahira.ilyas@gmail.com

BB..SScc.. 22000022 is alive and well! Eight years past gradu-ation, people are doing great and moving on in life!Some are starting news jobs, some are going back toschool and others just got done with school! Some aregetting married, some are looking to get married,some are enjoying the birth of their children and therest are happy to go with the flow. Life is good Al-humdulillah! Read on to see exactly who has takenwhat path:

We start off with AAmmnnaa MMaahhmmoooodd who is currently inLahore and is very excited about going to LUMS againfor her Masters in Computer Science. AAmmnnaa MMiirrzzaa hasjust moved to Quetta with her army husband Bilal andtwo sons and is enjoying being a mom. AAmmnnaa NNiissaarr isliving in Lahore with husband Nabeel and two daugh-ters Zainab and Mariam. AAhhssaann CChhiisshhttyy and familywere blessed with a bouncing baby boy, ZiyyadChishty earlier this year. Ahsan has become very pro-ficient with diapers and cereals. However, he avoidsnight duty. In the day, he makes it by as the Head ofCapital Markets for BMA Capital. For the past twoyears, AArrssaallaann IIjjaazz AAnnwwaarr has been running his ownInformation Systems Consultingcompany in London aswell as an offshore software development facility inLahore. He feels that starting up a business during arecession has been one of the best experiences of hislife! AAyyeesshhaa AAssllaamm is living in Lahore with her hus-band, Faisal and 5 year old son, Eisa.

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She is currently working at Sofizar as a Content Writer,while also doing other freelance writing projects.AAyyeesshhaa UUmmeerr has been working in Corporate Banking- Faysal Bank for well over 2 years and is presentlyenjoying the additional perks of her recent promotion.She has been contemplating a Masters degree for sometime but still needs that certain something to lure heraway from the 'world of earning'.

BBiillaall LLooddhhii lives in Dallas working with Bain and Co. asSr. Customer Insight Specialist. Bilal and his wife arebeing kept fit by their year old daughter who now runsaround the house and grabbing everything in reach.BBiillaall uurr RRaahhmmaann is living in London and working as aSAP consultant for IBM UK.

FFaaiissaall CChhiisshhttyy has just moved to Calgary and is work-ing as a Senior Manager in the Oil & Gas sector withKPMG. He's going to use this year to come to gripswith the freezing cold weather of Alberta. FFaarraazz KKhhaannlives in Philadelphia working for Exelon Nuclear En-ergy Company in the Finance/Controller's group.Faraz and Shafaq have 2 kids, Zain 2.5 years andMikael 15 months who keep them super busy. FFaarraazzSShheeiikkhh is a visiting scholar at Upenn’s Middle East Cen-ter. He is also visiting lecturer in Theology at St.Joseph’s University in Philadelphia. He is writing hisdissertation on the sources and strategies of self-for-mation in early Muslim society. He loves playing withhis little one.

HHaassssaann RRaahhiimm is working for JP Morgan in London. Hegot married this year and says life's good. JJaahhaannzzeebbSShheerrwwaannii is having the time of his life working oniTeleport, a software startup he founded after com-pleting his PhD last year. He's also discovered a jambuddy in his wife, Nosheen the bassist :) KKaannwwaall SSaaffddaarris in sunny California with her husband and 6 monthold daughter. She is still working at Google. KKhhuurrrraammSSaalleeeemm MMaalliikk is working in the US for Xavor Consult-ing. He is doing well and is enjoying life with wifeAmna and son Ibrahim. KKhhwwaajjaa HHuuzzaaiiffaa is working atErnst & Young Lead Advisory Services as a Manager inKarachi. He is enjoying life with his 1yr 8mth old sonKhuzaima and 7mth old daughter Eshaal. KKuullssuumm AAbb--bbaassii lives in Islamabad and works as an RA for a SocialResearch firm. She also continues to impact the mindsand shape the futures of young adults and teaches eco-nomics part-time.

MMaahhiirraa IIllyyaass (me!) has just completed her MBA fromLUMS. She’s had a fantastic two years off, from thereal world, during the one of kind MBA programme.She made great friends, was forced to study a lot andjumped off a cliff (40 feet high) into water...twice!!She is currently looking for job opportunities and hasto decide whether to stay in Lahore or move to KSA.

MMeehhrr BBaajjwwaa is based in Lahore and continues to workin the development sector. She is currently working atthe USAID Pakistan FIRMS Project as a Monitoring &Evaluation Specialist. MMoobbeeeenn YYaaqquubb lives in Londonwith her husband and six year old daughter. She worksin finance for a Swiss bank. MMoommiinnaa PPiirraacchhaa just grad-uated with a Masters in Software Engineering fromCalifornia State University, Fullerton. She is workingpart time at SmithMicro as an intern, planning businessendeavors with her husband andbringing up two future stars - herkids! MMuuhhaammmmaadd WWaaqqaass AAssiiffWWyynnee completed his MBA fromUK. He is happily married tothe love of his life whom hemarried at the end of 2009and is also working as Relation-ship Manager Corporate Banking.

NNaaddiiaa AAkkrraamm is currently living in Karachi with hus-band and 5 yr old daughter Maha.She is a socialite mom and hasbeen teaching O-levels EnglishLiterature which reminds her ofthe LUMS days of KaneezAslam, Ansa Zafar and others.NNoommaann JJaaffffeerryy has been work-ing as a Business IntelligencePractice Lead for a consultingcompany in Melbourne, Australia.NNoosshheeeenn AAllii is a postdoctoral fellow at Stanford Uni-versity, writing a book on state-buildingand citizenship struggles in Gilgit-Baltistan. She is also an aspiring bassguitarist, and occasionally performsat concerts with Jahanzeb :) QQaassiimmSSaaeeeedd has been blessed with a cutelittle daughter 8 months ago and isbusy with her ever since. He's stillworking in Lahore but planning tomove to Canada by the end of this yearfor, according to him, ‘God knows what rea-son’. After the crash of Lehman Brothers,RRaazzaa KKiizziillbbaasshh & his colleagues on theElectronic Trading desk were hired byMizuho Securities as part of the Japaneseinvestment bank's Asia build-out. Razawill be bidding farewell to Tokyo this Sep-tember as he relocates to Hong Kong. Out-side of work, Raza has been traveling and isbusy planning his wedding for early 2011.

SSaaddaaff AAllttaaff CChhaauuddhhrryy is working and living in Londonwith husband Kashif and daughter Sara. SSaaiirraa GGuull livesin Karachi with her husband Aly and 2.5 yr old sonIbrahym. After a long break from work, she startedher own business last year designing clothes

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under the label of 'Flair' for friends and family. Sheis doing well and hopes to expand her business soon.SSaallmmaann AAkkrraamm lives in England still working as a Sys-tems Analyst for Hewlett Packard. Salman and Faizawere recently blessed with a baby boy Ahyan Malikwho is currently 4 months old. Recently they havebeen putting in double glazed windows to their flatto help keep the "new" noise levels down inside thepremises. They wouldn’t like to disrupt neighbor-hood peace especially during the Holy month ofRamadan. SSaammiiaa AAffzzaall has said goodbye to thecorporate world and is a full time homemaker(read *MOM*). She has two sons (1.8yrs old and3.6yrs old) and is settled in Lahore. SSaammrreeeenn KKhhaannlives in Qatar and is currently working as a Free-

lance Writer reporting economics news for Newz-globe, contributing articles to online magazine

Suite101 and maintaining her own blog whichdeals with various issues ranging from eco-nomics, environment to social issues. SSaauuddBBaannggaasshh lives in Islamabad working forUNDP. He is happily married and is blessedwith a two and a half year old daughter.Besides participating in development pro-gramming for improving the lives of the peo-

ple of Pakistan, Saud pursues outdoorexcursions and is exploring his talent in music.

SShhaaiikkhh QQaasseeeemm recently moved to San Fran-cisco Bay Area, working for a startup. SSyyeeddMMoohhaammmmaadd IIrrtteezzaa is working as a lecturerin Air University, Islamabad. He enjoyed awonderful journey to Yemen last year,and is praying for the best for the MuslimUmmah.

TTaammkkeeeenn JJaaffrrii is happily married to hus-band Rizwan and is currently teaching at a

university in Wah Cantt. UUmmaarr KKhhaann got mar-ried and moved to Switzerland last yearand is still working at Procter & Gam-ble. After spending 7 years working asa Management Consultant and in theprivate equity sector, UUmmaaiirr QQaazzii isnow at Manchester Business Schoolpursuing his MBA. He has another 6months left, after which he'll beback in the job market. UUssmmaann KKhhaalliiddis working as Marketing Manager for

Syngenta, in Lahore. UUssmmaann KKhhaawwaajjaa isworking in Lahore as National Sales Manager for SilkBank.

WWaaqqaass BBaajjwwaa is working in the Federal Board of Rev-enue Govt. of Pakistan in Lahore since Jan 2005,after qualifying the CSS exam in 2004, firstly as As-

sistant Commissioner and now as Deputy Commis-sioner Inland Revenue. Presently, he is on study leavefor two years to pursue MBA programme at LUMS.Yes, it is back to LUMS after eight long years. He ishappily married to Sana Waqas and has a beautiful 2year old daughter Manahil. And last but definitely notthe least WWaaqqaass MMoooossaa is working as Marketing Direc-tor at Goody, a packaged food products companybased in Saudi Arabia. Waqas got married in 2008,and lives with his wife in Jeddah, KSA.

These were brief sneak peeks into the lives of ourclass mates. We hope the rest of the batch is doingwell and are happy wherever they maybe. Wish every-one the best of luck! Till next year then, take care!

BSc 2003Coordinator

Sana Haq sanashaq@hotmail.com

OOmmaarr ""SSaasshhaa"" FFaarrooooqq is in Toronto, Canada workingat Rogers Communications. Currently focusing on hisMBA from Schulich School of Business and backpack-ing across the great outdoors of Canada.

Next in line is news from USA:

DDaanniiaall RRaannjjhhaa has graduated from Carnegie Mellonthis year. MMeehhrreeeenn ZZaaiiddii is a happy mom of a 2 ½year old boy and an 11 mths old baby girl. She leftthe world of academics 4 yrs ago after completingher MA in Political Science. Her new passions are herkids and cooking! She is currently in Notre Dame, INwhere her husband has another year of MBA left. MMuurr--ttaazzaa ""GGuulllluu"" HHaallaaii recently got married and is livingand working in Seattle. SSaaddiiaa AAllii is Bay Area Califor-nia, raising two kids and freelancing from home.SSaannaa SShhaahhiidd HHaaqq is living in Redmond, WA, doing herMBA from Seattle University. She is happily marriedto Saad Ansari (BSc 2000) and just recently ran herfirst half-marathon. SSaarraahh TTaarriiqq is living and workingin Santa Clara with NVIDIA. UUssmmaann AAhhmmaadd recentlygot engaged! ZZooaaiibb NNaaffaarr is in Illinois working forIBM and is enjoying life with his wife.

NNeexxtt uupp iiss nneewwss ffrroomm EEuurrooppee::

AAaammnnaa AAllaammggiirr && JJaawwaahhaarr AAhhmmeedd SSaajjjjaadd are wellsettled in Bonn, Germany for over a year now andare working in different roles within DeutscheTelekom AG. AAllii ZZiiaa KKhhaann has moved to Switzerland atNestlé Headquarters along with MMeehhrr SShhaauukkaatt andbaby Ayesha this summer. AAllii FFaarriidd is working as anEquity Analyst covering technology stocks at Beren-berg Bank in London and his wife, Mubashira

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is still a Fund Manager at Aberdeen Asset Manage-ment, investing in global emerging markets. They hada baby daughter, Mashal in June this year and arenow busy managing long work hours and sleeplessnights! AAllii GGaarrddeezzii is still working in the UK and en-joying running marathons! AAssmmaa AAlleeeemm is taking abreak from work. She is currently living in Londonand just became a mum. HHaassaann AAtteeeeqquuee is workinghard in London at Barclays Capital. HHaarriiss AAzziizz is work-ing as a postdoctoral fellow at TU-Munich and collab-orating with Microsoft Research. He is pleased atpicking up a bit of German. IImmrraann AAssllaamm is now livingin Bucharest, working with Vodafone Romania sincehis MBA from INSEAD last year. KKaasshhmmaallii KKhhaann isglobe-trotting! MMaahhrruukkhh SSaaeeeedd is working with Ernstand Young in London. MMuurrttaazzaa RReehhmmaann is settled inLondon with his lovely wife, Ayesha, and 6 monthsold boy, Emad after completing his post-graduatestudies from Oxford. He is developing a taste for con-sulting through successful rebranding strategy ofMarks and Spencer in China and now working on thesale of Gatwick Airport. OOmmeerr NNaazziirr has joinedDeutsche Bank London in their Global Markets Divisionafter completing his MBA from INSEAD. Whoever saiddouble-dip recession is a remote possibility!!! RRaabbeeaaMMaalliikk is in the UK working towards her PhD. SShhaahhzzaadd""SSIIMM"" IIssmmaaiill MMiiaann is working on various hi-tech start-ups in London. UUzzmmaa AAllii is still based in London andenjoying spending time with her lovely two kids.

NNeewwss ffrroomm tthhee MMiiddddllee EEaasstt::

FFaattiimmaa YYaazzddaannii is happily married and living in Dubainowadays. Haaris Haque has recently moved to Dubaiwith HSBC, and still likes to reminisce the long gonedays of LUMS and Karachi....life will never be thesame! IImmrraann TTaahhiirr is married and living in Dubai,needless to say, partying hard! KKhhuurrrraamm GGhhuuffrraann isliving it up in Kuwait with wife, recently earning theCFA title, and awaiting the entry of a third memberto the Ghufran clan! KKiirraann KKhhaann & OOwwaaiiss QQaazzii are liv-ing it up in Dubai where, for them,Weeks are blurs and Weekends arebreathers. Enough said! :) Alham-dulillah! MMoohhssiinn SSiiddddiiqquuii gotmarried recently, and doingnot too bad in Dubai. Con-trary to general opin-ion, he is a muchmore domesticatedperson these days.MMuuhhaammmmaadd NNoommaann SSiidd--ddiiqquuii is living up the bache-lorhood and the investmentbanker life in Bahrain and still believes i-banking isthe best profession in the world! RRaaii ""IInnzzii"" UUssmmaannMMuujjaahhiidd is working at Barclays Bank and also gotmarried last year. SSaallmmaann IIkkrraamm uull HHaaqq is the starE&Y Consultant for the Middle East office. While re-cession has slowed down his work, it’s not too slowto earn him a promotion every year! Great going!!TTeehhmmiinnaa HHaassaann is working in Treasury Sales at Stan-dard Chartered Bank, Dubai. She continues to partyup, travel and play host in Dubai!

CCoommiinngg ttoo PPaakkiissttaann,, ffiirrsstt uupp iiss KKaarraacchhii::

AAaammiirr GGhhuullaammaannii is working at Express News keeping'har khabar pe nazar'. He got married in February. AAlliiHHaabbiibb is working at IRD in Karachi as Manager of ITDevelopment. He gets to do cool things with cellphones in public health. His job is turning him into abit of a globetrotter.

AAssssaamm ""VVeexx"" KKhhaalliidd recently got married to NarimanQureshi and is living and working in Karachi. BBiillaall FFaa--rrooooqq just got married. Currently, TelenorPakistan is benefiting from his statisti-cal wizardry. BBiillaall ""BBaannddoo"" SSaarrffaarraazz ismoving up the corporate ladderpretty fast, and also got married inFebruary...says that counter strikewill still be his first love! CCyyrriillAAllmmeeiiddaa is working with Dawn News.SSaaaadd MMoohhaammmmaadd got nikkahofied re-cently, and is going to join the "happilymarried" club soon.

MMoovviinngg oonn ttoo nneewwss ffrroomm LLaahhoorree::

AAyyeesshhaa FFaarrooooqq is back in Lahore afterbriefly living in UK during her hus-band's MBA. Her two daughters arekeeping her busy. AAzzeeeemm NNiiaazzii isworking in Lahore for a U.S basedconsulting firm currently contractedto implement USAID's FIRMS Project. Hehas been married for five years and hasa 2 ½ year old daughter. BBeeeenniisshh WWaasseeeemmis living in Lahore with her husband and twosons. FFaattiimmaa AAnnssaarrii is back in Lahore and tak-ing a break from work as she just gavebirth to a beautiful baby girl. HHiinnaa SShhaaiikkhhjust got married a few months back andis now enjoying the married bliss. IIbbrraarrJJaavveedd has recently completed his MBAfrom LUMS and is now pondering his nextmove. KKhhaaddiijjaa HHaassssaann AAffttaabb is writing, re-searching, teaching, publishing, and raisingtwo precocious boys. KKhhaawwaajjaa FFaahhdd ((KKMMFF)) isclicking away at LUMS but he is also Assistant Profes-

sor at PU. MMaannnnaann AAmmiinn is making mobile andcasual games at Tintash, and teaching at FCC.OOmmaaiirr SSaaffddaarr is still rising through the ranksin the MCB Head Office. He is also about to

join the "happily married" bandwagon. SSaaaadd""JJaagggguu"" KKhhaann is also happily married now. He'scurrently working at PepsiCo. Good to see hestill hasn't lost his sense of humor! SSaabbeeeennMMaalliikk has moved into her new home and is nowthe mother of two beautiful baby girls. TTaarriiqq HHuuss--ssaaiinn is back in Pakistan since cakewalking throughhis Masters at MIT. He is now working at LUMS. ZZeeee--sshhaann ZZaahheeeerr KKhhaann & Masooma are in Pakistan whereZeeshan is running his own private business. Mr. andMrs. Zeeshan are now +2 with the birth of their twinbabies!

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ZZaawwaarr QQaayyyyuumm is still teaching at PU as Assistant Pro-fessor and also works part time for Xelleration LLC astheir Offshore Operations Manager.

NNeewwss ffrroomm IIssllaammaabbaadd iiss::

FFaahhdd GGiillaannii is enjoying the bachelor life, and runninghis business. He likes to play basketball on week-ends, and from what I hear, he still has the 'Gilaniflare' that we know him for! MMaaddeeeehhaa ((BBaammbbyy))BBaajjwwaa is being wooed by multiple suitors, butis still too busy being a narc to take any ofthem seriously. A thrilling drama based on herfabulous life to air soon... RRiizzwwaann BBaajjwwaa justbecame a father to a beautiful baby girl, whothankfully looks like her mother.

AAnndd ootthheerr ppaarrttss ooff tthhee wwoorrlldd::

AAllii ""MMoocchhii"" IIrrsshhaadd got married (happily) lastyear and is still working and partying inSingapore. LLyyllaa ZZaakkaarriiaa was previously liv-ing in London with her husband but theyhave recently moved to Singapore. OOmmaaiirrHHaammeeeedd is working as a Senior Consultantwith Schlumberger in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia. He and his wife are enjoying

traveling around the Far East and are look-ing forward to the arrival of a third member

to the family. NNaaeeeemmuuddddiinn AAhhmmeedd recently finishedhis MBA from NUS Business School and hasjoined HBL, Singapore as RelationshipManager, Wholesale Banking.

BSc 2004Coordinator

Kenan Ahmed Siddiqi HBLkenan.siddiqi@gmail.com

Zaheer KhanBukhatir Groupzaheerqkhan@gmail.com

Sabrina Saeed sabrina.saeed@gmail.com

After a year’s hiatus we finally have class notes forthe batch of 2004! If your update isn't there, kindlyupdate your email address with the LUMS Alumni, aswe got in touch with people based on the contact de-

tails provided to us by LUMS. Also for those of youwho may not know, BSc 2004 has initiated an En-dowment Fund for the LUMS National Outreach Pro-gramme, for contributions and details please get intouch with Sabrina Saeed Khan (who is urging you todonate, donate, donate!). Until next year, cheers!

KKeennaann and HHuummaaiirraa recently celebrated their fifthwedding anniversary. They have a beautiful babydaughter Manaha who turns 1 in September this year.Manaha is learning to speak English, Seraiki, Frenchand Urdu. Kenan is working with HBL as HR RM (Cen-tral) & HR Strategist and is based in Lahore. Humairahopes to start teaching again soon, she had resumedwork at LUMS till Manaha came along. The couple stillshares their passion for music and cats, and jams fre-quently with Manaha as an active audience. They re-cently performed at Bilal Afzal's wedding.

AAllii ZZaaiiddii is still working at Procter & Gamble. He hasmoved to its Middle East operations and is based inSaudi Arabia. SSaabbrriinnaa SSaaeeeedd KKhhaann, who is married toAli Zaidi, had to leave her consultancy with EuropeanCommission in Pakistan and is now exploring differ-ent career opportunities in Saudi Arabia. They wouldbe more than happy to host anyone visiting Jeddah.ZZaahheeeerr is at Bukhatir Group in Sharjah, working inthe corporate finance and strategy. When not atwork, he volunteers with Acumen Fund’s Dubai Chap-ter and has launched a Youth Club for expatriate Pak-istanis in the UAE. MMaarriiyyaa AAbbssaarr got her Mastersdegree in Environmental Management from YaleSchool of Forestry and Environmental Studies in Feb-ruary 2009 and has since been working as a WaterPolicy Researcher in Islamabad, studying the impactof Climate Change on the glaciers and water re-sources of Pakistan. On weekends she volunteers atthe Margalla Hills National Park creating awarenessabout the conservation of indigenous plant and ani-mal species and national park etiquette to the com-munity. BBiillaall BBhhaattttii was blessed with a beautiful babygirl last year, who has ensured that baba's everyminute at home is eventful. On the professional side,Bilal is enjoying marketing consumer electronics inKuwait, and keeps wondering why people need tochange their cell phones every third month!!

AAddiill ""DDiirrttyy"" WWaaqqaarr and his wife Tooba were blessedwith a baby girl in January, 2010 (they've namedher Minnah), and are enjoying the wonders of parent-hood. Adil continues to work at Copernicus Market-ing Consulting & Research in Boston, MA. MMuuhhaammmmaaddRRaazzaa SSaaeeeedd is Working as CEO of Confiz, a leadingsoftware consulting company providing services tomajor mobile operators in Pakistan & Middle East,fortune 1000 companies globally etc. SShhaammss UUll HHaaqqcompleted his MBA from INSEAD and got married re-cently. He is currently settled in Lahore. He is workingfor the Punjab Government. SSyyeedd AArrssaallaann AAllii is work-ing at Mobilink. On a personal front, he got marriedlast year.

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TTaaiimmoooorr AAkkhhttaarr aa..kk..aa KKuuppii is still pursuing his PhD atCornell with all hopes of coming out alive from the5-year ordeal. He is keeping sane by singing in alocal group at the university.

NNoooorruuddddiinn AAbbbbaass AAllii is settled in Karachi and is work-ing for GBM. He has one son and is happily married.RRaabbiiaa and UUssmmaann are enjoying parenthood with theirson and newly born daughter. KKoommuull KKhhaann had beenworking for Xavor since graduating, but she's re-cently resigned to pursue an MBA at Berkeley. AAssaadd isworking towards his PhD in Computer Science and En-gineering at Penn State. Not much is going on in hislife, and he is still in denial that it has been 6 yearssince his graduation. Seems like yesterday…

BBaabbaarr TTaaiimmoooorr after completing a joint MA in Inter-national Relations and International Communicationfrom Boston University in September 2009, has beenworking at the International Center for Religion andDiplomacy in Washington DC since Feb 2010. FahdAAkkrraamm AAllii aakkaa TToobbyy was last seen in Dubai partyingand known to be working for P&G. NNooaammaaaann NNaaddeeeemmhas been working for Microsoft and living it up inSeattle. FFaayyyyaazz SSoollaannggii, after clearing his CSS, is pur-suing his career in the public sector. OOssmmaann SSaarroooodd issettled in Illinois, US and is happily married. MahiraKalim is engaged. She is currently working for SAPand is settled in the US. MMaahhiirraa CChhiissttyy--ZZaakkiiuuddddiinn andYYoouusshheeyy ZZaakkiiuuddddiinn are settled in Karachi and enjoy-ing married life. Mahira is working at IoBM. AAllii AAssaaddis settled in Karachi. He got married earlier this yearand is working for Engro in Finance. AAmmiirr AArraabb afterspending three unforgettable years in France is finallyreturning to the 'Land of the Pure' for good. Heearned his MBA specialising in 'Change Management'and now is looking forward to restart his professionallife.

Let’s just say after graduating RReezzaa AAbbbbaassyy got topursue further studies at a really great universityabroad, is working at a great company in the US andwouldn't change a thing about his current situation.Like they say "living well is the best ..."

MMuubbaasshhiirraa BBuukkhhaarrii is happily married to Ali FaridKhawaja and is settled in London. She recently be-came a proud mother of a beautiful baby girl,Mashal. AAlliiyyaa SSaattttaarr is married and settled in Kuwait.She was working for KPMG but after the recent addi-tion of her daugher Rania into the family, she's muchhappier in adopting the role of a full time mom.AAiiaazzaa IIzzhhaarr is married and settled in Dubai with hertwo daughters. SShhaazzaa BBaarrii is happily married and set-tled in US. She's enjoying raising her lovely daughterMeerub. TTaassmmiiaa JJaavvaaiidd is married and settled in USwith her two kids. FFaarryyaall SSaajjjjaadd is married and set-tled in Faisalabad with her son Rafay. KKaannwwaall AAhhuujjaagot married and moved to New Jersey. She is bliss-fully enjoying the eternal joy of lazing, travellingand being a housewife.

SSaarraahh HHaallaaii had been living in Canada since she gotmarried right after LUMS. However, her love for

Karachi has called her back to settle in "the city oflights" with her husband and two year old son,Daniyal. Expect to see her roaming the streets ofKarachi August onwards. LLeeeennaa KKhhaann was last spottedin San Francisco on her work commute to the Google-plex. Sunny California has been treating her well andis quite a contrast from her grad school days in (brrr,cold) Ithaca. When not working, she can be spotted atlive music scenes in the city. Also, rumor has it she re-cently got engaged!

AAhhssaann NNaasseeeemm is working as a Direc-tor in Uraan Software House inLahore and travels frequentlybetween Germany and Pakistanfor his work. He is married andis settled in Lahore. AAllii NNaaqqiiSShhaahheeeenn is leading Uraan Soft-ware House as its CEO and trav-els frequently between Germanyand Pakistan. He is also the CEOof Coeus Solutions GmbH, a leadingsoftware house in Germany. He is married and hasone daughter. TTaasshhffeeeenn SSuulleemmaann isworking in Microsoft and is set-tled in the US. AAllii KKiiyyaannii isworking as Marketing Managerfor Qarshi. He did his MBAfrom Lahore School of Eco-nomics. AAffrroozz SSyyeedd is runningher very own SEO Business bythe name of www.SEO-Re-loaded.com; her main expertise isInternet Marketing and Search En-gine Optimization, helping her clientsdrive traffic and users to their onlinebusinesses. She is also running severalsuccessful personal websites andblogs.

NNiiddaa ZZaahhoooorr is working as MarketingManager for Bahria Town and is set-tled in Lahore. JJuunnaaiidd SSaalleeeemm aftergraduating last year from LUMS MBAprogramme, joined KESC where he isworking with COO distribution as part of turnaroundteam. Married and father of two sons, he isenjoying life at Karachi.

AAyyeesshhaa AAhhmmaadd got married in December2008 and is currently living and workingin Islamabad. Currently, she is workingat the World Bank as Operations Analyst(working here since Feb 2009). Previ-ously, she was working at ADB for almost2 years. MMeehhrreeeenn PPaasshhaa got her degree inMBA Banking from University of London's Ex-ternal Programme and at present is a housewife tak-ing care of her preschooler. :)

AAmmnnaa MMaassoooomm is still working at Bank Aflalah for thepast 5 years and life got better professionally whenshe joined the HR division as Recruitment Manager

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two years ago. It keeps getting better every daywhich is why she's been patient enough to stick tothe same job. She got married early this year with adream wedding and is ecstatically happy in the mar-ried mode. However, she gets a little sad sometimesto not have the unique surname anymore. OOmmaarrMMuubbiinn is in the final stages of his PhD in the Nether-lands and hopes to finish soon. He is also now enjoy-ing parenthood after recently becoming a proudfather of a baby boy. HHaammaadd JJiillaannii KKhhaawwaaaajjaa hasbeen working as a Software Development Engineerin Test at Microsoft for the past 2+ years. Duringthis time he helped with shipping Windows 7 and iscurrently working on the next release.

BBiillaall KKhhaann got married in April this year and is settledin Dubai with his wife. He's working in Risk Manage-ment Division at the National Bank of Abu Dhabi. BBee--hhzzaadd KKhhaann is currently working at Shell Pakistan asCommunications Implementer. Prior to this hewas a member of the GSAP Deploy team respon-sible for implementing SAP in Shell Pakistan aspart of the Global Downstream-One project,which is the largest single business transforma-tion programme currently underway anywherein the world.

NNaaddiiaa SSaaeeeedd completed an MSc in Business Ana-lytics and Consulting from Warwick Business School

last year and is now working as a Project Manager inEngland. RRaazzaa SSaaeeeedd has started a PhD in Socio-Legal Studies from University of Warwick whileworking for a UK Further Education Sector or-ganization. Fazeela & Farhan Saleem tiedthe knot last year in Karachi and are nowsettled in London. FFaazzeeeellaa still works forP&G UK leading Market Strategy & Planningfor the Duracell Brand and FFaarrhhaann is a Pro-fessional Online Poker Player making more

money than a regular corporate job with halfthe working days!!

AAllii SSuuffyyaann after his MBA from LUMS wentonto another Masters from Columbia. Heworked in NY for a while and thenmoved to London where he has beensince 2007. AAddeeeell AAhhmmaadd is currently atStandard Chartered Bank London, work-ing as a Senior Credit Risk Quant. He re-cently got married back in March and isvery active with long-time friends, play-

ing cricket. AAssiiff IIqqbbaall is working as a GlobalBrand Manager at Unilever UK and is enjoying

married life in London.

AAzzffaarr is so over Singapore and is moving to the not-so-greener pastures of the desert land Dubai. He willbe heading the regional business development forNOL APL in MENA. AAllii BBuukkhhaarrii is currently working as

Vice President, Remote Banking Group, at MCB Bankin Karachi. He feels that women adversely contributeto ones work life and during times of recession, beingmarried is not a wise option at all. [He is single andlooking!]

AAbbiidd AAbbbbaass is working as an AVP at the Bank of Amer-ica Merrill Lynch in New York within the rates andcurrencies desk. He got married to Maham last year.Silal Shafqat is working as the Head of Social Re-search at Nielsen Pakistan. He and Tanya are lookingforward to Sikandar’s school this spring, who turnstwo and half now. KKhhuurrrraamm AAllii NNaaqqvvii is married andis currently working with Barclays UAE as a ProductManager. He is based in Dubai. HHaassssaaaann MMuunniirr is cur-rently working with Citibank Poland as a Cards Prod-uct Head. He was with Citibank UAE up until March2010, after which he moved to Warsaw.YYaassmmeeeenn RRaabb--bbaannii is married and lives in Singapore, where sheworks with Citigroup (Global Commodities) as an En-ergy Salesperson for Corporates. BBiillaall AAffzzaall workedfor Telenor for 5 years and recently got married. Heis proceeding to George Washington University to pur-sue his MBA. UUzzaaiirr && BBaarrkkhhaa reside in Dubai and theirfamous hospitality sees them hosting more peopleevery year than the new Atlantis at the Palm. Uzairhas been working with his family firm since 2008and has set up a new company in the UAE recently,while Barkha is working with Price Waterhouse Coop-ers as a Government and Non-Profit Sector StrategyConsultant. DDuurrrraannii is still with RBS, InvestmentBanking Asia/Australia in Hong Kong. Married and nochildren yet, too busy making money, he is in lovewith HK and is hopefully coming to visit PK in De-cember. AArrssii TT is in Sydney doing his Masters in Fi-nance. Most of Durrani’s phone bills are because oflong calls to him... some things never change!

MMuuffffii and AArrssii keep raiding East Asian islands off andon to visit Durrani and by the way, Durrani has ex-tended a wholehearted invitation to all BMD and TTFboys...as well as others. BBaaoooo is also in Hong Kong.He ’s working for Standard Chartered within GTS. Heis married and has a beautiful baby daughter Sofi,who is 5 months old and speaks fluent Chinese!!!

NNaavveeeedd EEjjaazz is enjoying the London life and hopingto finish with studies soon. RRaaffiiaa DDaarr is married andbased in Finland. She is busy raising a child, learningthe language and traveling in Europe. RReehhaabb BBuutttt ismarried and has an adorable one year old boy. Shehas relocated from Dubai to Dammam, Saudi Arabiaand spends her time hope scotching in the region.UUzzaaiirr MMoooossaa is in the party city of Riyadh a.k.a Parisof the Middle East working for a low cost airline -NAS as part of the turnaround team. The airline is ex-pected to hit its first month of profit in July!

RRaabbiihhaa GGaarreeeebb is married and settled in New York.She has just completed her graduate degree fromColombia. SSaammrreeeenn GGhhaannii after completing her MBAfrom Booth Business School, Chicagois living herdream as an Investment Banker at Morgan

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Stanley London. AAddnnaann AAddiill aakkaa CChhuu CChhuu is settled inDubai and working for a private equity firm. He re-cently got married to the charming Zarah Iftikar.AAddnnaann MMiillwwaallllaa aakkaa MMiillllii is a Management Consultantat Deloitte London. AAhhmmeedd AAllii (Karachi) is in Corpo-rate Sales at HSBC and is happily married.

NNaaddiirr ZZiiaa is still working at Cisco Karachi. He recentlydanced with Matt the global dancer, of the fame'Where the hell is Matt?', who was visiting Karachi. Sokeep an eye out for him in the next video! SSaaddaaffFFaawwaadd KKhhaann is happily raising a 2.5 year old mon-ster:). Professionally she just moved to Tetrapak after4 years of being at Levi's SSaaiirraa QQuurreesshhii after spendinga year water-less, electricity-less and car-less in Ghanaoverhauling software for MFIs and then another yearwriting Java in Toronto, is now moving to NYC andheading back to academia at Columbia University. De-spite vowing to never go back to school, she will nowpursue a Masters in Public Administration and Devel-opment Practice and hope she doesn't drown in debt.

OOmmaarr KKhhaalliidd was with Toyota for the last two years,as a Product Manager for Corolla, and has recentlymoved to the US with his lovely wife Madhiha. Hismusic pursuits continue, and his band hit a milestonewith their performance at Coke Studio. Post LUMS,RRaajjiiaa AAbbbbaass completed her BSc in Finance throughLSEÕs external program. She is currently based inRiyadh and taking a few years off from work to raiseher two kids. Unfortunately, not what LUMS trains youfor!

HHaarroooonn RRaasshhiidd KKhhaann HHoottii was at Shell and now isheaded to Warwick for his MBA. SSaaqqiibb RRaazzaa got donewith his PhD and joined Cisco Systems. He lives inSanta Clara, CA MMoohhaammmmaadd AAllii BBaannddiiaall aakkaa MMoonnttyy suc-cessfully completed his CSS. JJaammsshhaaiidd MMuussaaddddiiqq com-pleted his MBA from Jospeh L. Rotman School ofManagment, University of Toronto in 2009. He spentmost part of last year in combating the great reces-sion, doing crazy networking and exploring highlandsof Canada. He is now working in corporate finance di-vision of one of the largest Telecom companies inNorth America. AAhhmmeedd AAllii is working at Wateen Tele-com as Product Manager for Internet. HHaassnnaaiinn HHaaiiddeerrsuccessfully completed his CSS.

AAllii RRaazzaa ((KKhhaammbbaa)) and ZZaahhrraa LLaakkddaawwaallaa tied the knotlast year. Zahra has completed her PhD and is workingin Germany while Khamba is doing his PhD from Ox-ford and travels frequently between UK and Germany.SShhuummaaiillaa HHeemmaannii, after graduating from LUMS in2006, joined the graduate programme in IslamicStudies and Humanities at the Institute of IsmailiStudies, London followed by a M.A in Ethnomusicologyat University of Alberta under Dr. Regula BuckhardtQureshi and examining how folk music was used by

the Pakistani state to project its identity abroad. Sheis currently initiating her doctoral studies in Ethno-musicology at Harvard University.

BSc 2005Coordinator

Faryal Khanfaryalkhan@gmail.comwith Ayesha Sultan and SaraTahir.

Last year has been quite aneventful one for BSC 2005 as lotsof wedding bells were heard, babieswere born, graduations were celebrated and promo-tions were witnessed.

LLaahhoorree::

AAllii ZZaammaann's agenda is to para-glide all the way to the Hi-malayas (in Nepal) before theyear ends. He also plans to con-tinue to work in the field ofbusiness development and mar-keting, and make it to the Forbes50 Fab Companies in Asia list (some-day). AAmmbbeerr RRaahhmmaann MMiirr got married inFebruary '10 and has moved to Dubaiwith her entrepreneur husband Khur-ram Mir from MBA 2007. She is cur-rently busy exploring her talent incooking, assisting her husband set uphis business in UAE and attuning tothe left hand drive. Simultaneously,as any unemployed person, her jobhunt is on and she hopes to be settledback in her career soon. AArroooojj SSaabbaa is cur-rently a full-time wife; running a home is defi-nitely as rewarding, if not more, as workingfor her last employer, Kashf Foundation,and she is enjoying it to the hilt. AAssiimmMMaaqqbbooooll completed his Masters in IT Man-agement from CMU in 2009 and laterjoined IBM Pakistan as Solution Architect.He also got married last year in Decemberand is currently enjoying life with wife andfamily in Lahore. AAyyeesshhaa UUssmmaann (previouslyAyesha Ali) finished is currently working atNestlé after her MBA from LUMS and is enjoyingit a lot. She also had a baby boy last month whichmakes her part of the mommy club too. FFaattiimmaa AAlliihas currently taken time off from LUMS MBA and willbe resuming from Jan 2011 for her last semester.RRaabbiiaa HHuussssaaiinn is still working for CitiBank.

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SSaannaa NNaazziirr is in the process of completing her Mastersin Computer Science from LUMS. She is tying the knotwith TTaarriiqq MMeehhmmoooodd soon and, hence, will be creatingthe fourth couple on whom the waters at Baturaworked their love-magic, albeit a little late. SSaaaadd FF..AAkkhhttaarr is still about the Media and is married toHHaaddiiaa MMaajjiidd. SSyyeedd AAllii HHaassaannaaiinn defended his PhD inJanuary, moved back to Pakistan in February, gotmarried in March, worked as a visiting faculty atthe Lahore School in summer, and is joining LUMSas an Assistant Professor in the Economics Depart-ment in August. SSaannaa KKhhaalliidd is busy raising herbaby, Abdullah who was born last year. SSaabbaa PPeerr--vveezz finished her MBA from LUMS last year and isnow trying her hand at some research and teach-ing. WWaarrddaahh GGhhaazzaannffaarr has proved to be a devoted

Mobilink-er and is back to working for the companyafter completing her MBA. She's getting hitched in

October and plans to be as devoted to her futurehusband as she is to Mobilink. ZZaaiinnaabb AAmmiirr isalso getting ready to join the bandwagon ofthe "happily married" in October this year.Other than that, she is usually spotted coax-ing people to invest heavily in LUMS. ZZaaiinnaabbHHaammiidd recently tied the knot and is enjoyingsome globe-trotting and lots of weddedbliss.

KKaarraacchhii::

AAhhssaann NNaazzaarr aa..kk..aa BBaattttii is back in town but isstill “Amreekan at heart”. These days he isfound driving his wife AAyyeesshhaa SSuullttaannaround the city, who in turn drives himcrazy, when not doing the same to thegood folks at HBL.. AAmmiinnaa AAnnssaarrii is work-ing for KESC Strategy Department and cansurely be contacted for power failures inyour locality. AArrssaallaann AArriiff aa..kk..aa BBuubblloooo re-

cently got promoted to AVP at Samba Bank.AAyyaazz KKaarriimm and DDaanniisshh KKhhaalliiqq recently tied

the knot. FFaahhaadd MMaajjiidd HHaassaann has returned from NYwith a Masters degree from Columbia. Heseems to be playing Mr. Know-It-All atEngro and is always found pullingstrings to receive "Employee of theMonth Award". FFaarryyaall KKhhaann, whennot missing her MBAing-in-the-USAhusband, is either giving a toughtime to her two year old son, Rayyan,or bringing down the IT Department at

SSGC with her antics. She is seen at allKarachi Luminites' weddings and some-

times even goes to Islamabad to fulfill her cravingsfor wedding food. Haris Bilal Latif a.k.a. Prof joinedBritish Petroleum after completing his Chartered Ac-countancy from UK. He recently got married and islooking forward to a blissful wedded life. Humza Asifa.k.a. Tingu is happily married and is still sticking to

HP. IIrrffaann AAhhmmeedd is still too loyal to Teradata andclaims that no one does better Data Warehousing thanhim. He is hoping to settle down ASAP. MMaalliihhaa QQaaddrriigraduated from Cornell with a degree in MHR (Ful-bright Scholar), and is working for Unilever HR. NNaaddiiaaFFaarrooooqquuii is designing clothes by running her ownbusiness and making others look fab! NNaavviinn AAllii grad-uated from the University of Chicago with a degreein Public Policy (Fulbright Scholar). She recently gotmarried and is looking for a job in Dubai. Accordingto NNaabbeeeell AAkkhhttaarr, “you can find me on Google” butyou might not find it online that he recently tied theknot. QQuurraattuullaaiinn MMeemmoonn has her hands full with twohighly energetic kids. Hats off to her for playing themommy role so well! SSaammaann AAmmiinn is still with MaerskLine Pakistan, moving up the ranks. SSaannaamm KKuubbrraa SSiidd--ddiiqquuii aa..kk..aa.. TThhee GGrreeaatt KKoobbrraa//CChhaannoo has returned fromher mischievous Masters Degree in Sydney and hasjoined the ranks of 'foreign return'. Cobra's quest tosave the world and eradicate poverty continues, how-ever it should be noted that her terrorism is not re-stricted to Karachi as she slowly spreads her reign ofterror to Dharki by being a member of the exclusiveEnrgo Foundation workforce. SSyyeedd HHaassaann aa..kk..aa..JJaammmmyy is busy organizing Barclays football matchesagainst his M3 boys. SSyyeedd FFaawwaadd AAhhmmeedd, to bring di-versity in his Unilever-centric life, recently got en-gaged. WWaajjeeeehhaa MMaalliikk, to our utter amazement isfound in the Defence Library these days cramming forher actuarial exams. It must be quite a task for heras she was never even located in close proximity tothe LUMS Library. YYaassiirr BBaagghhppaattii aa..kk..aa.. BBuuggzz is cur-rently working as the Global Sales Force AutomationSolution Manager at Procter & Gamble Pakistan.

IIssllaammaabbaadd::

AAhhmmeedd IIqqbbaall aa..kk..aa.. IIQQ has been living large at IBMand he’s still as mysterious as ever. 2009-2010 hasbeen the year of 'travel and excitement' for SSaabbeeeennIIhhssaann as she returned to Pakistan after travelling toexotic European countries and successfully completingher MBA. She is now happily married and can be foundbehind the blue glass walls of Telenor, pursuing herTelecom career while simultaneously fulfilling herpersonal ambition of 'spreading smiles' by workingwith an NGO to help the less fortunate members ofsociety. SSuunndduuss AAhhaadd is back from Sweden after com-pletion of her Masters degree and is still as bubbly asever. ZZaaiinnaabb KKaappaaddiiaa has returned from Columbia, NYwith a Masters in anthropology. Subsequently she hasbeen working in the development sector with a ca-pacity building organization called Empowermentthrough Creative Integration (ECI) Pvt. Ltd as a Pro-gramme Manager.

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AAmmmmaarr BBaarraayy finished his MBA from Carnegie MellonUniversity (CMU) and is working in Philadelphia.AAnnnniiee SSaaeeeedd, who exchanged vows with Ahsan Ra-heem (BSc 2004) last year is enjoying an extendedhoney moon in Virginia and often shuttles between

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Pakistan and USA. BBaabbaarr IIssmmaaiill is working with Mi-crosoft in Seattle. He also joined the ‘married’ band-wagon last November, his wife Shazreh is from NCA.FFaahhaadd DDooggaarr is nearing his PhD completion from CMUand is preparing to get married. FFaaiizzaa HHaammmmaadd is inChicago right now, happily married. She has just grad-uated from Kellogg and is figuring out where she’sheaded next. FFaattiimmaa WWaajjaahhaatt has led a trouble-freeyear in the world of academia. She expects to grad-uate with a PhD in Urban & Regional Planning fromFlorida State University in 2011 but, given the va-garies of the job market, does not expect to be em-ployed any time soon. HHaaddiiaa MMaajjiidd shuttles betweenPakistan and the US while seeking to complete herPhD before Saad withers away. She is one step closerto taking over the world. IIhhssaann AAyyyyuubb QQaazzii completedhis PhD in Computer Sciences and is off to Melbourneto start his post doctorate studies. KKaammrraann SSaaddiiqqaa..kk..aa.. BBaabbaa is enjoying life near the southern beachesand doing his PhD in Mathematics from the Universityof Central Florida. MMeehhaarr ZZaaiiddii recently had a babyand resides in New Jersey. MMuunneeeezzaa AAllaamm aa..kk..aa.. IIoottaais a 4th year Graduate Student in the Department ofEconomics, Yale University. NNaazziimm AAsshhrraaff is jugglinga PhD at the University of Central Florida and a sidebusiness of exotic Pakistani food including Nihari. Sofar no incidents of food poisoning have been re-ported. NNoosshhiinn MMaalliikk aa..kk..aa.. NNoosshh recently got marriedand moved to the USA. QQuuddssiiaahh KKhhaann is working atMicrosoft as a Software Development Engineer inSeattle, collecting cameras and planning to have herfirst photography exhibition in 2011. RRiizzwwaann AAhhmmeeddCChhaauuddhhrryy aa..kk..aa.. TThheeeettaa is working towards his PhDfrom Johns Hopkins University while his wife SSaannaammHHuummaayyuunn is busy mastering the art of German andPakistani cuisine at the very demanding “RizwanChaudhry Institute of Culinary Sciences”. SSaannaa NNaavveeeeddKKhhaawwaajjaa aa..kk..aa.. NNiiddii is still working for Microsoft andtolerating the Seattle weather! SSaannaa KKhhoossaa has spenta thrilling last year making good use of her proxim-ity to Orlando's theme parks and beaches. She hasalso graduated from a Masters in Public Administra-tion to a PhD, with a specialization in EmergencyManagement. SSaarraa TTaahhiirr BBuutttt aa..kk..aa.. MMaaaann is still work-ing 80 hours a week at Deloitte Consulting and ismostly seen on the road. SShhaahhrruukkhh ZZaammaann (nowShahrukh Areu) graduated from University of Mary-land and is working for NASA as a Software Engineer.SSoonniiaa SSaallaamm is busy completing her jazzy MarketingMBA in Arizona and making culinary delights forhubby dear while restraining from indulging in themherself. SSaallmmaann CChheeeemmaa is enjoying marital bliss andcompleting his PhD from the University of CentralFlorida. SSaarroosshh AAnnwwaarr is working at Microsoft as Soft-ware Developer and raising a beautiful son. SSiiddrraaRReehhmmaann is working for ADB in the US along with com-pleting her Masters from Columbia. TTaarriiqq MMaahhmmooooddaa..kk..aa.. TTooiiqq is taking a break from his PhD at Purdueto intern at Amazon over the summer. UUssmmaann MMaann--ssoooorr aa..kk..aa.. MMaannaa graduated from Texas A&M andworking for ExxonMobil IT. ZZaaiinn MMaassoooodd''s PhD inComputer Vision is nearing its completion, which is

no minor feat considering he had to accompany hiswife, Sana Khosa, on most of her theme park excur-sions, and all other free time was spent playingcricket.

RReesstt ooff tthhee WWoorrlldd::

AAbbdduullllaahh FFaarrooookkii aa..kk..aa.. BBooxxyy is working his way to-wards a Masters degree at CMU, Australia. He hasbeen avidly following the Pakistani cricket team’stour down under while telling his profes-sors that the dingo ate his homework.AAffrreeeenn PPaarrvveezz aa..kk..aa.. AAffrroo is demon-strating that you CAN have it all bybeing a professional at King SaudUniversity, a student of professionaldevelopment, a wife, and a motherof a lovely 2 ½ year old Mariam. AAlliiIIqqbbaall aa..kk..aa BBaallaa is living the Canadiandream. When he’s not haggling withthe border control at Niagara, he’s mak-ing it big with Eli Lilly. AAyyeesshhaa RRaahheeeemm recently hada son, named Saad. May Allah give her thestrength to manage the new born alongwith her naughty toddler, Amina,while she is planning her academicpursuits. FFaattiimmaa KKaammrraann, after herstint with HSBC, is now doing herMBA from INSEAD Paris, which hasgiven her the opportunity to exploreEurope. FFaarraazz KKaammllaannii aa..kk..aa.. UUnnccllee ishappily married and working at De-loitte. FFaawwaadd AAllaamm is off the shelf andunderground in UK. Ibrahim sounds like a popular

name in UK, as bothFFaaiizzaa HHaaqq and HHiinnaaKKaalleeeemm (residing inUK) were blessedwith boys last yearand were giventhe same name.Hina will be re-turning to work inSeptember as a Busi-

ness Analyst with Barclays Plc in London aftera year’s maternity leave. SShhaakkiirr aa..kk..aa.. BBooxx is off theradar after completing his MBA from Boston Uni-versity. TTaallhhaa FFaarrrruukkhh a.k.a. Mulls is back withHSBC Amanah in Dubai. UUmmaarr MMoobbiinn aa..kk..aa TToonnyy,one of the few boys left in the UK, and is look-ing to follow in Prof’s footsteps in more waysthan one.

A special thanks to WWaarrddaahh,, SSaarraa TTaahhiirr,, SSuunndduussAAhhaadd and AAhhssaann NNaazzaarr for helping out with theclass notes.

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Faryal Khanfaryalkhan@gmail.comwith Ayesha Sultan and Sara Tahir.

AAbbeeeeddaa KKhhaann is currently settled in Sydney andhas her hands full with her baby boy Ahad andher Master’s degree.

AAddeeeell SShhaaffqqaatt is still ‘da man’. Pretty married andall, he spends some time in the corridors of LUMS and

LSE, teaching and researching, and stuff. Stillhas the coolest gadgets. All is well.

AAhhmmaadd AAbbdduull--KKaarriimm is working as ProgramManager, Education at Interactive Researchand Development in Karachi where heis involved with education, health and ca-pacity building programs. When he is notworking, Ahmad spends his time teaching

photography, surfing and trekking. And now,he is off to Sukkhur for some flood relief. Dochip in people. We need a bigger response.

AAhhmmeedd BBiillaall FFaarrmmaann is working at Price-waterhouseCoopers as a Manager. Otherthan that, he spends 90% of his timeplaying poker with UUmmaayyrr LLooaann and theDon (formerly known as Baby).

AAhhmmeedd RRaajjaannii finds most of his timespent in random chik chik with boys and

watching sports. In his free time he is seenworking in the Investment Banking Division

at Samba Bank Limited, which he joinedrecently after a stint at IGI Securitiesas Research Analyst trying to uncoverthe Power and Cement Sector. UnlikeLUMS, his belief in the quarter sys-tem still stands strong; he hoppedover to the next job in three quar-ters. Poker, Eating, Cricket, Arsenal,Tennis and “Chai at Cafe Clifton” re-

main a top priority in his life!

AAhhmmeedd RRaazzaa completed his MBA from LUMS in 2009and has been working in PTCL ever since.

AAhhssaann SSaaeeeedd KKiirrmmaannii and RRaabbeeaa IInnaammuull HHaaqquuee areblissfully engaged and preparing for their dream wed-ding this January. Ahsan continues to work as a PEconsultant in Karachi while Rabea has returned from

New York and is helping Gallup edit two books beforeher wedding.

AAllii AAzzaarr AAbbbbaass has had a busy year, and it will remainthat way until December 2010. He got married in De-cember 2009 to someone he met for the first timeafter getting married. From January 2010, he wasposted to HSBC's Singapore office as Vice Presidentfor Credit Risk looking after a portfolio of USD 4 bil-lion - and there were some unnervingly bad assets tocare of. As if living with profound changes in personaland professional life wasn't enough, there was anexam to take care of as well. Somehow, things seemto have worked out well for him this year - happilymarried, work is under control, and the CFA programis complete. No wonder he's heading to Mecca withhis wife in November InshaAllah to perform Hajj.

AAllii WWaassiimm just completed his MBA from LUMS. He iscurrently on the lookout for a job. Any suggestions?He is chilling out with his family in Isloo these daysand getting bored because of staying idle. He is alsoshuttling between his home in Lahore and Isloo be-fore he gets employed. He has also become a memberof a family charity trust and is helping out with ed-ucation for the poor.

AAmmeerr MMaahhmmuudd KKhhaawwaajjaa has once again had to leavethe wonderful bubble that is LUMS as he recently fin-ished his MBA. After these two memorable years, hewonders if he has to write two sets of class notes now.Currently swimming through this world of joblessness,Amer has caught up on his movie watching while giv-ing interviews left, right and center.

AAmmmmaadd AAzziizz has recently resigned from HSBC Corpo-rate after realizing that he is responsible for 60% ofHSBC's non-performing loans given to his friends andrelatives across the country. He has now enrolled inthe MBA programme at LUMS where he is busy creat-ing an alliance with fellow bankers. It is rumored thathe might acquire HSBC to seek his revenge for notsettling his provident fund on time.

AAmmmmaarraa MMaahhmmoooodd is happily married and residing inthe UK with her husband. She will NOT let go of herpursuit of a PhD and will be going back to the aca-demic world from September.

AAnnggbbeeeenn AA.. MMiirrzzaa is done with her LLM and is back inKarachi. She's working with an organization calledthe Legal Aid Office, where she provides legal servicesto juvenile offenders who can't afford a lawyer. She'salso joined Hamdard Law School as part of their vis-iting faculty and will start teaching this SeptemberIA. Alhamdolillah, life is good! :)

AAnnssaarr AAnniiss BBhheennssaanniiaa is happily married and has beenjob-hopping ever since he graduated from LUMS.Rumor has it that he is at NAFA funds, but he mightleave that to work for a certain Karachi based 'hedgefund'.

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AAssaadd SSaarrffrraazz is currently working at Citi, looking afterCorporate Compliance. He is done with his MBA fromIBA as a part-time student and currently planning todo his LLB from the University of London as an externalstudent. When not working, he indulges in self-discov-ery trying to find answers to life, be that on the moun-tains or helping out the flood victims.

AAyyeesshhaa AAhhssaann MMaalliikk is currently vacationing in Torontoand New York. She is still in Karachi, working with P&Gand hosting LUMS get-togethers on a much-too-infrequent basis ;) She's also very interested in workingin the power sector in the future, so if anyone has anyideas, please be sure to shoot them by!

AAyyeesshhaa IIjjaazz and RRaahhiimm BBuutttt are settled in the UK andare now proud parents of a beautiful baby boy!

AAyyeesshhaa KKhhaalliidd got married in August 2010 and will bemoving to Atlanta. We wish her all the best in life!

AAyyeesshhaa SSaaeeeedd has spent the past year trying her handat teaching Peace and Conflict Studies in Islamabad andconsulting on peace-building initiatives in Kashmir.

AAyyiisshhaa ZZiiaa completed her MBA from LUMS in 2009 andHassan Naseer is working with Total Parco; they arehappily married and are now proud parents to theirbaby boy, Moosa.

AAyymmeenn SSaaeeeedd is enjoying the married life with adoringhusband, Abid Zaim. Based in Manhattan, she has spentthe last year working through the recession, improvingher culinary abilities and enjoying the wonderful mixof friends, culture and absolute mirth that God hasgracefully afforded her!

BBiillaall and BBuusshhrraa TTaarriiqq got married in July 2009 andmoved to Canada soon after that. Bilal graduated fromRichard Ivey with an MBA degree while Bushra got herMBA from University of Toronto. Currently both of themare looking for jobs. Rumor has it that Bushra has be-come an expert at making cheese omelette while Bilalis teaching young Canadian kids the difference be-tween baseball and cricket.

BBiillaall TTaannwweeeerr has joined LUMS to teach Creative Writ-ing. He's still writing and translating stories.

DDaanniisshh LLaakkhhaannii is currently teaching at LUMS while atthe same time working freelance as a consultant. Afterhis recent trip to Bangladesh, Pakistan's Ambassadorwas summoned by the Bangladeshi Foreign Minister todemand that Danish be returned to Bangladesh afterhis ground breaking research on the correlation be-tween poverty and personal hygiene.

EEmmaadd NNaaddiimm is still devastated about the truly sad de-mise of Michael Jackson. He's nurturing the CadburyDairy Milk brand in the UK and building some seriousmiles on the Eurostar. Someone give him an opportu-nity to change the world, and fast - the inner glow isfading.

FFaahhaadd SShhaaiikkhh is taking it one day at a time; workingfor an asset management company based out of CapeTown. Still reeling from the post-FIFA effects...wonder-ing where life will take him next! - Did I mentionbeing totally in love with his car?

FFaahhiimm SShheelloott aakkaa PPuuppppaa is still in Bahrain and still withEY, although he feels it is time to move on now. Hehas one level of the CFA to complete...which he feels heshould be able to pass in 2011 InshaAllah. Pressure toget married is now slowly dawning since most of hisfriends are married, although he willmiss the independence when itdoes happen. Given Pakistan'scurrent dismal state, he doesnot envisage a return anytimesoon and is quite happy in theMidEast.

FFaaiizzaaaann AAhhmmaadd & MMaahhvviisshhAAhhmmeedd continue to be happilymarried :D Faizaan is leading Tal-ent Management and Capability Building for Unileverthat is keeping him very busy. He isalso teaching Psychology at SZ-ABIST. Mahvish has joined IBA asfaculty member in the Econom-ics department. Vish'z, herclothes and bags line is doingwell in Karachi MashaAllah withan established client base.Mahvish and Faizaan want to getas many vacations as possibleunder their belts before they startplanning a family InshaAllah ! :)

FFaarrhhaann AAllii SSaalleeeemm is "BINGing" Microsofttogether on his weak shoulders andhas been successful so far.

FFaawwaadd FFaarrrruukkhh continues to workhard contributing towards Procter &Gamble's success. He has the mostcomplicated job title in the world:CMK IBO MENAP (Consumer & MarketKnowledge Integrated Business Optimiza-tion Manager for Middle East North Africa and Pak-istan). He is happily married to Alia (whotransferred out of LUMS after sophomoreyear); they celebrated their first anniver-sary very recently.

FFoouuaadd SShhaahhnnaawwaazz has successfully ledBlackberry's battle with the Saudi telecomregulators by forwarding 5 million jokesin one month. He has also compiledRiyadh's first fast food directory in his at-tempt to prevent the global food industry fromsuccumbing to the evil forces of recession.

FFrreeeehhaa FFaattiimmaa is slaving away for her PhD at Cornell inthe small, far away gaon of Ithaca. Hamad Aslam gotmarried in April 2010 and is heading the Research De-partment at BMA Capital (Yeah exactly! He's beenworking at the same place eversince!). He cleared

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his CFA last year and now awaits the good old daysto come back to Karachi Stock Exchange.

HHaammmmaadd AAhhmmeedd is the busiest printing press tycoonin Pakistan and doesn't have time foranybody/thing.

HHaammnnaa AAhhmmaadd is currently MIA, but her Facebook sta-tus indicates that she is the mother of two veryadorable boys. Maybe that partly explains her ab-sence from the rest of the world!

HHaammzzaa MMoohhmmaanndd does not want to leave USA aftercompleting his Masters from Cornell University.HHaassaann HHaaiiddeerr PPaalliiwwaallaa after slaving away for 3years, decided to say goodbye to the corporate worldto pursue his MBA from IBA where he also found truelove. And yeah, he recently got engaged!

HHaassssaamm HHuussssaaiinn just pressed the reset button andis looking forward to going back to the 'stu-dent' life at UC Berkeley for his MBA. Since thisis 'real life', he is still waiting for his visa toarrive. He wishes all the best to his batchmates and friends and hopes they all have asuccessful & fulfilling year ahead of them.

HHaassssaann AAbbbbaass ((aakkaa DDooccttoorr)) and SSaammiiaa SSoohhaaiibbSSiiddddiiqquuii truly followed the 'work hard, party

harder' philosophy last year after their wedding andare logging air miles travelling all over NorthAmerica. Samia is into her fourth year devel-oping software at SMART Technologies andHassan finished his MS in Computer Sciencefrom the New York Institute of Technologyand is working at Xelleration in OrangeCounty, California.

HHaassssaann FFiirrzzookk graduated with a Masters De-gree from USC and is enjoying life in sunny

Southern California working as a Systems Engi-neer at Broadcom. He has a nice circle of friends here

but misses his buddies from LUMS and trav-els to Pakistan every year to catch upwith them and recall old times.

HHiirraa ZZaahhiidd (now Hira Osman) is settledin Toronto, happily married and full-time mother to two beautiful daugh-ters.

IIzzhhaarr SSiiddddiiqquuii has become the de factoDeputy Head of Investment Banking at KASB

(without even spending 8 years in jail) and in theprocess, earned the right to slaughter the analystswho were previously only abused in public. He hasalso successfully managed to get one of his clients'name appear in Forbes' list of billionaires.

JJaaffffeerr HHaaiiddeerr came back to Lahore earlier this year

after enjoying the sights and sounds of the US EastCoast. There was also that grueling Master of Soft-ware Engineering Program at Carnegie Mellon Uni-versity. When not working out of his home office onwww.postermywall.com, a joint venture with a part-ner in the US, he can be found shopping with his wifefor necessities for their new residence, reading, orjust hanging out with friends and family.

KKaazzii MMuuhhaammmmaadd SSiiddddiiqquuii aakkaa KKaazzii has recently re-turned from US after completing his MBA fromBoston University and has resumed working for his ITcompany (read: playing Tetris). Over the years, histoilet humor has failed to part ways with him de-spite getting hitched in 2008.

MMaaiirraa AAzzhhaarr is working in Dubai as a SustainabilityConsultant with an environmental and energy com-pany. Her life changed when she finally managed toget a license (52 classes, 3 tests, 2 theory exams!)and now she drives at 160km/h to Abu Dhabi forwork and back! This year she's fallen in love withher DSLR and can't help taking pictures of every sanddune she comes across. She was lucky to see sharksswimming off the coast of Oman and since then she'sbeen training as a scuba diver. She's been travellinga fair bit around the Middle East and Asia but wishesshe had more annual leave and tons of money....

MMaajjiidd KKhhaann NNiiaazzii is astonished at the fact that fouryears have passed since he graduated. He is been inLahore all this time working not very tirelessly onestablishing his young company, which has been avery rewarding experience. He's also been lookingto go back to school for the past two years but forsome reason, most probably laziness, that is yet tohappen. He is very content with this blessed life andis gearing up to achieve his ultimate goal in life...own an M6.

MMaarryyaamm HHaaddii is MIA. According to unconfirmed re-ports, after gettingmarried, she moved toRiyadh where she man-aged to survive the tor-rential rains that hit thecity a few months back.She was working for anAsset ManagementCompany in Riyadhwhile at the same time

attempting to clear CFA Level III.

MMeehhrraann GGuull, wronged by life, the universe, andeverything, is doing his time, envious of every singleone of you. And your perfect lives. And your wed-dings. And your kids. And the colour blue.

MMeehhrreeeenn AAkkrraamm (now Mehreen Ali) is currently inDubai but is pining away to go back to England! Sheis happily married and is a full-time mother todaughter, Iman. MMiinnaa FFaarriidd MMaalliikk (now Malik-Hus-sain) has added a fancy hyphen to her name and ahusband and toddler to her life. Mina has been

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teaching creative writing at LGS and crusading forwomen's rights at the Simorgh Women's Resource. Sheis writing for literary journals, doing some freelancejournalism and hopefully will be beginning work on abook for children soon. She recently wrapped up anacting stint onstage, playing Belinda Blair in 'NoisesOff', and is Academic Director for the Stellar SchoolSystem. If all this wasn't enough, she's also a full-time mother to Khairunissa Razia, who thankfullylikes books.

MMooiizzuuddddiinn SSaabbrrii ((aakkaa SSaabbrrii)) is still in Milan. He's trav-elling around all the time, and works a little bit in hisspare time. He has an open-door policy to all andsundry. He's managed to avoid the marriage-bug sofar, but everyone else is going down like nine pins.For now he's thinking about relatively smallerchanges, like moving somewhere else

MMooiizzzzaa BBiinnaatt SSaarrwwaarr is reading for a Ph.D. in SocialPolicy at St. Hilda's College, University of Oxford. Shehas begun fieldwork doing rounds of government of-fices in Cape Town (South Africa) and Karachi trudgingfrom one official to the other with dogeared filesmuch in the manner of the naujawans of PTV dramashunting for sarkari naukris. When she is able to dis-tract herself from rowing, punting and swimming inthe rivers of Oxford, she works part-time with the re-search and communication teams at the OxfordPoverty and Human Development Initiative (OPHI). Asever, she clings to outmoded cell phones (one peryear) a testament to her inability to save them fromfalling down mountains, getting crushed under cyclesand being forgotten in refrigerators.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd TTaayyyyaabb has failed to lead UK's economyout of recession and for that he is extremely sorry.MMuussttaaffaa IIssmmaaiill is still at Citibank Dubai and eagerlylooks forward to the weekends when Zahra flies toKarachi.

MMuuzzaammmmiill SShhaahhiidd BBhhaattttii ((aakkaa BBhhaattttii)) has been work-ing as an Analyst for UBL Investment Banking Groupwhere he tries to convince investors that the groundreality in Pakistan is not as bad as it seems. In othernews, he has successfully managed to keep the weekly'LUMS Boys Chaye Sessions' alive for the past 2 years.However this might not last long as the 'Boys' havestarted falling like ninepins (read: Getting Married).

NNaabbeeeell KKhhaann ((aakkaa BBaattuuttss)) is a "reformed" individualwho’s turned meaner and leaner this year however heis yet to enter his credentials on the Hot or Not web-site. His newest passions range from health and well-ness, cycling, meditation and finding himself forwhich he is traveling the length and breadth of thecountry. He is anything but the social butterfly how-ever he still finds time for his friends as and whenneeded. After having completed 4 years in the micro-finance sector, he intends to pursue a post grad degree

in Tourism from NYU next year, finances permitting.

NNaaddiiaa HHaassssaann is still teaching at LUMS and to this datehates that student who called her 'Auntie'!

NNiiddaa RRaasshheeeedd is an entrepreneur doing some prettyneat copywriter outsourcing. You know that stuff yousee on corporate websites around the world, it's gotNida Rasheed all over it. She's (believe it or not!) alsodeveloped a deep interest in poshhaircuts, classy handbags, andleather boots.

OOmmaaiirr GGiillllaannii is still trying toget used to Seattle weather butloves working for Microsoft.With the missus moving to Seat-tle, married life’s keeping himpretty busy. Oh and he is totallyfreaking out about the fact his friend’s 2 year old callshim uncle, go figure…

OOmmeerr BBhhuuttttaa, having tried hishand at helping some VERY op-timistic folks look for a cancercure, is up for something new.The inner glow is fine, but thepockets are empty, and thehairline, after one look at theface, has decided to run for thehills. There is no cake. The cake is a lie.

OOssmmaann AAllllaawwaallaa has been slaving awayat Jaffer Brothers for the past 3 years.He has perfected the art of LBDN(Look Busy Do Nothing) as he stillcontinues to download and watch TVshows at work. And the funny thingis, they pay him to do that. Also, he’sgetting married on December 27, 2010.Let us all wish him good luck :)

OOssmmaann EEhhttiisshhaamm AAnnwwaarr has not much to re-port other than the fact that he has endedup working for Lloyds Banking Group aftera merger with HBOS (takeover really) andwould like do the Inca trail sometimenext year - shout if you are keen!

RRaabbeeeeaa HHaaqq is so not a job-hopper (yawn!)and is stilllll actively working in the microfi-nance sector, hoping to improve lives of fellow Pak-istanis. She is eagerly awaiting the end of this yearwhich will bring in fellow 06-ers from all over theglobe (fingers crossed!) to celebrate her tying the knotwith Salman Ahson :), InshaAllah!

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RRaajjaa ZZoohhaaiibb YYaassiinn ((aakkaa BBhhiinnddii)) has defected from Ufoneand joined Telenor after completing his Masters fromAston. He is still the captain of Bhindi's Tigers despiteseveral coups, threats and even one attempted kidnap-ping.

RRuukkaaiiyyaa IIqqbbaall is happily married and has a cute oneyear old boy, Hasan. In other news she successfullymanaged to pass her Level III examination thissummer and is now searching for ways to gettingher charter from the CFA Institute.

SSaaaadd AAllii KKhhaann is midway through an extremelypleasurable experience at LUMS. Oh, and he'sdoing his MBA there too!

SSaaaadd WWaaqqaass is currently based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabiawhere he has started his fifth year working withKPMG Advisory practice. Besides being involvedin market research, feasibility studies andbusiness plans, he has enrolled in "Joru kaghulam 101" and "Jee begum 211" to bebetter prepared for his married life post-Feb2011 (InshaAllah)

SSaahhaarr SShhaahh is happily married and settled in La-hore and is mother to a beautiful baby boy.SSaaiiff

AAssiiff KKhhaann is still trying to convince naive 19-year olds in London that he is indeed relatedto Saif Ali Khan. He has decided to internevery year at the State Bank of Pakistanuntil they get tired of him. In his freetime, he wonders why he is pursuing hisPhD in Economics at LSE.

SSaajjaall SSoohhaaiill RRaannaa is happily teaching Math-ematics to the children of Lahore. SSaakkiinnaa HHuuss--

ssaaiinn has a gorgeous little one and is still smiling theSakina-Hussain-smile! (You know it!)SSaallmmaa KKhhaalliidd has embarked on a jour-ney of self-discovery to plug a deepinner void that even the World Bankcan't seem to fill. She is being as-sisted by dedicated researchers fromHarvard.

SSaallmmaa ZZaammaann is "all smiles" as usual :)She is done with her MBA at LUMS and has

graduated with "honors" ;) Wedding invites have beensent out from her and the whole batch is invited - No-vember it is! SSaallmmaann SSuuhhaaiill is currently the happiestman alive, as he recently got engaged to AdrienneAtkinson and plans to get married soon. Still living inEgypt, his primary goals include toppling Google andFacebook, becoming a culinary master, and taking over

the world. He is not too happy at being denied a rolein 'The Social Network' as he thinks he can do a muchbetter job of playing the character of Mark Zuckerberg(despite his brown complexion).

SSaammaann QQuurreesshhii has been working as a Communication,Training and Event Specialist with USAID in Karachi eversince she completed her Master’s in Public Relations andCorporate Communication from New York University inJune 2009. Her well-known travel bug is still very ac-tive and her most recent accomplishment is becominga certified scuba diver.

SSaammeeeenn AAhhmmeedd is currently working at the CorporateBanking Division at JS Bank; she has spent the last fouryears trying to get herself to apply to grad schools inCanada but has repeatedly managed to miss deadlines.Although something tells her, she might be able tomake it this year…

SSaannaa RRiiaazz is switching from teaching university stu-dents at BNU to teaching children in Lahore while alsoworking as a full-time mother to an energetic twoyear old, Hamd. She has discovered a love for yoga,which she has now been practicing regularly for overtwo years.

SSaarraa IInnaayyaatt is living the dream in Dubai. Definitely stilldoing better than Mehran Gul.SSaarraa SShhaahhiidd has beenworking at Elixir Securities for the past two years. Oc-casionally she plans on going for graduate school. Ac-cording to confirmed reports, she is still planning.

SShhaahheeeerr KKhhaann is back in Pakistan after completing aMaster's in Technology, Innovation, and Education fromHarvard. He has started teaching Chemistry to 'O' Levelstudents at Headstart (Islamabad), and is designingprofessional development workshops for school teach-ers, which will hopefully begin in October. He is alsotrying to negotiate a deal with some folks who mightcollaborate with him in conducting research on literacydevelopment in Pakistan. In his spare time, he is work-ing on some new ideas for online learning, which hemight just implement and launch very soon!

SShheehhaarryyaarr AAssgghhaarr aakkaa SShheerryy & SSaannaa HHaaii the cute coupleis enjoying life to the max. Shery is still working inStandard Chartered and planning not to make a recordof being the only Luminite who didn’t make a switch.Sana is working in Nestlé and though Tanzeel mightlike the world to believe so she does not use Olpers athome :p SShhooaaiibb SSiiddddiiqquuii got busy with his MBA after abrief stint in the shipping business with Maersk, andjoined Engro's Rice Business before moving on to en-trepreneurship. He is currently enjoying the thrill of itand looks forward to resuming his travelling.

SSiikkaannddaarr RRaazzaa KKhhaann ((aakkaa SSiikkii)) is a proud member ofthe group 'All my friends are getting married and i'mjust eating laddoos'. He continues to lead all sportsteams at Telenor with the exception of Bhindi's Tigers.Recently, he has been shafted by the US Embassy andhas vowed to seek his revenge by hurling a shoe atAnne Patterson.

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SSoommiirraa SSoooommrroo has had an eventful year expanding theGIS division at e-Solutions (Saudi Arabia) for the firsthalf of the year and then touring California while in-terning in ESRI’s Business Development Division sincethe past 3 months. The remaining part of the year isplanned to be even more eventful as she will be trav-elling between Pakistan & Saudi Arabia and will be at-tending her sister & her cousin’s weddings.

SSuummaayyyyaa ZZuubbaaiirr is busy with work/home routine inMelbourne. She is still working as a Business Analystfor a Public Trustee and is enjoying every bit of it (alsorealizing how much LUMS has taught her)! She has nowcompleted 2 years of working in the same place (whichis a new record). House-wifing, experimenting withdifferent recipes, random shopping and pilates fits inwhenever she finds time. She is also aiming to start atMBA in the near future. SSyyeedd MMuuhhaammmmaadd HHuussssaaiinn aakkaaHHuussssaaiinn oorr SSMMHH was last seen somewhere in WashingtonD.C. Many people claim that he has links to the CIA andis a double agent. Whatever story unfolds we shall misshim for the guy he is!

SSyyeedd SSaarrmmaadd AArriiff aakkaa SSaarrmmoooo has recently turned downan offer to play for England's football team as hewants to focus on his career at UBL and mentally pre-pare himself for his wedding.

TTaahhaa AAkkhhttaarr and AAiizzaa NNaassiirrgot married in January andare currently busy striking abalance between corporatesubservience and rebelliousfreedom. They are foodiesand shopaholics of the high-est order and are in constantsearch of new culinary expe-riences. Working at Shell andGSK during the day, at nightthey sometimes don the cowl of Terrorist and Counter-Terrorist to pit against each other in Counterstrike. Aizais also helping out her sister for the launch of an up-coming clothing line.

TTaahhiirraa HHaaiiddeerr is busy living a happily married life. Sheis now a mother of two adorable boys who keep herbusy all day long. For some odd reason she thinks herelder one is more "interesting" than teh younger one:p

TTaannzzeeeell UUrr RReehhmmaann aakkaa TThheeeettaa aakkaa MMrr TT has been keep-ing himself busy with paragliding, volley and whateverelse he sets his fancy too. Sometimes he takes timeout to torture his poor hardworking business partnerand occasionally bothers to help :). Realizing that hehas to do something worthwhile with his life, he hasfinally decided to start MBA from LUMS. His first twoweeks are over and he is already regretting since hisvolley is suffering.

TTeehhrreeeemm HHuussaaiinn is currently working at the MonetaryPolicy Department in the State Bank of Pakistan.Through her almost two years experience at the central

bank she has learnt that history repeats itself over andover again, but we almost never learn. There's a rumorthat she might be considered for the position of thenext State Bank Governor since the Government can'tseem to find one.

UUmmaaiirr IIbbrraahhiimm is secretly pursuing his dream and hencesecretly enjoying the good life in his secret degree inArchitecture in the secret location of Istanbul, Turkey.

UUmmaaiirr LLuuqqmmaann is still (yes stilllll!) cryingover missing student life. He has de-cided to not part ways with AhmedRaza, like ever, and hence he is alsoemployed at PTCL.

UUmmaarr NNaaddeeeemm aakkaa GGaaiinnddaa has suc-cessfully managed to hire his entirebatch of Beaconhouse Islamabad atTelenor where he is working in Cor-porate Affairs. He still believes thatWarid Telecom will one day get acquired by Telenor andthe Chinese boys will go down the sameroute as Instaphone.

UUmmeerr AAkkhhllaaqq MMaalliikk spent anotherbusy year at Mahbub-ul Haq HumanDevelopment Centre, writing re-ports and policy briefs on issues oftrade, food security and human de-velopment. He also enjoyed his lec-tures on International Trade at IqraUniversity as a visiting faculty. He toojoined the marriage band wagon by getting engaged inApril 2010 and looking forward to tying theknot in November (Inshallah).

UUssmmaann EEjjaazz began his MBA at RotmanSchool of Management, University ofToronto last year and is enjoying life inToronto while also improving his culi-nary skills everyday! :) He could nolonger run away from the inevitable andis now happily engaged to Savera and look-ing to tie the knot sometime next year In-shaAllah! Just finished spending the entire summervacations working 100 hours a week (yayy!!),plying his trade as an investment banker atMerrill Lynch in Toronto and is now looking toenjoy the last few weeks before getting backto the grind of b-school.

VViikkaasshh AAhhuujjaa completed MS in Public Policyfrom UChicago and cleared his CFA Level III thisyear. While his ultimate goal lies in studies, hemight look to work somewhere before he getsanother chance to dive into academics.

ZZaahhrraa SShhaaiikkhhaallii -- MMuussttaaffaa finally managed to find yetanother way to keep Mustafa under constant surveil-lance and has gotten a job at Citibank Dubai. She'sfound in Karachi over the weekends - but only whenshe's bored of spending in Dubai!

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ZZeeeesshhaann IIddrreeeess spent the last few years negotiatingdeals in the telecom industry in Netherlands, Qatarand UAE for Cisco after a strategy consulting stint atDHL in Germany. Now he has started his trans-AtlanticMBA with Mannheim Business School (Germany) andQueens School of Business (Canada). In his spare time,Zeeshan wrestles with the German language, enter-tains foreign friends with his Pakistani culinaryskills, and travels around with a random itinerary.

ZZeeeesshhaann QQuurraaiisshhii is often seen commuting be-tween Karachi and Dubai and is solely responsi-ble for keeping Emirates Airlines afloat duringthis time of Financial crunch. In his spare timehe works as a senior consultant at Pricewater-houseCoopers, Dubai. He will be getting married

early next year.

ZZeeeesshhaann SSaaeeeedd is done with LUMS and doesn'twant to see it anymore. Done with his MBAand heading to live his dream in DooBye.

BSc 2007Coordinator

Hamza Khanhamzahumayun@hotmail.com

AAaammiirr BBiinn AAssiiff BBaaiigg has devoted his lifeto playing soccer and applying to MBAprogrammes in more than 10 countries.AAbbdduull SSaattttaarr never thought having lunchat Karachi's posh eateries would be one

of the perks of managing Unilever's bank-ing relations as Treasury Manager . The role

is multifaceted, dynamic, challenging & very interest-ing. AAgghhaa MMuurrttaazzaa worked at Citigroupfor 3 years as a Corporate RelationshipManager and is now heading toCanada to complete his MBA fromthe Rotman School of Management(University of Toronto). AAhhmmaadd HHuu--mmaayyoooonn has been working in theCorporate Banking group at RBS. Hewill now be part of Faysal Bank due

to their acquisition of RBS. He got mar-ried in March 2009 and is living happily

with his family in Lahore. AAiisshhaa CChhoottttaannii is based inCape Town. Between soaking up the sun, hostingguests for the World Cup, and absorbing the culture,she travels the East and West Coast of Africa negoti-ating with port authorities on behalf of the A.P. MollerMaersk Group. AAllii SShhaaffiiqq is one of the high flyers ofthe LUMS MBA class. His secret to success has been

making unintelligible noises to distract the rest of theclass. AAmmmmaarr AAnneeeess MMaalliikk has completed a dual Mas-ter’s programme in Public Policy and Public Affairsfrom the National University of Singapore and Sci-ences Po Paris. He recently became father to a babygirl named Nuha. He is now moving to Washington DCwith his wife Hira and daughter Nuha, where he willstart his PhD in Public Policy from George Mason Uni-versity. BBiillaall JJaavveedd has quit banking for good and isfinding Islamabad and Telenor grand. Despite switch-ing industries he is stuck with the SME/Corporate seg-ment. A world class MBA is still in the pipeline.

Having taught for a year at LUMS, FFaarriidd AAhhmmeedd isabout to start with KPMG in October. FFaahhaadd JJaammiill isengaged to AAyyeesshhaa MMaajjeeeedd (BSc 2008) and they areboth working for PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) inLondon. HHaaffssaa MMuussttaaffaa is finishing her Masters course-work at the University of Chicago. She is working onher thesis and plans to eventually settle in Chicagoand work within monitoring and evaluation of globalhealth. HHaammzzaa KKhhaann is braving a cold San Franciscosummer while interning at BlackRock, and will soonbe returning to Berkeley to complete his MBA. HHaarroooonnKKhhaalliidd is working for his family business, and is alsowriting for some newspapers on the history and cul-ture of Pakistan. He will soon begin making a docu-mentary on the minorities in Lahore with the CitizensArchive of Pakistan. HHaassssaaaann KKhhaann SShheerrwwaannii is settledin Karachi with his wife and son Ayaan (a new addi-tion to his family). He is currently managing the bis-cuits portfolio at Kraft Foods, with the additionalresponsibility of working on local acquisitions in Pak-istan. He misses the carefree days of LUMS and relivesthem during his regularly visits to YLES and LES sem-inars. After working for two years as a Risk Analyst,HHaassssaann JJaavvaaiidd aakkaa ''JJaacckkyy'' realized that he still hadn'thad enough of LUMS! He is currently enrolled in theMBA Class of 2011; fighting the crazy workload, WACsand absurd CPs; and loving every minute of it! Hisdream of going on a Safari to Kenya and the Kalaharidesert is still on hold. IImmaaaadd uudd DDiinn is an InvestmentBanking Associate with NIB Bank Limited, working onM&A transactions, debt restructurings, project financeand debt syndications. He is involved in banking, oil& gas, cement, petrochemicals and power sectors ofthe country. KKaalleeeemmuullllaahh KKhhaann has been working forGlaxoSmithKline Pakistan for the past year and a halfand is currently trying to make the Ministry Of Healthapprove his proposition to increase prices of medicinein Pakistan. Apart from that he is having the time ofhis life with his fiancée, Nida. KKaammrraann AAhhmmeedd KKhhaannhas been working with The Pakistan Credit RatingAgency as a Financial Analyst since 2007. He has beenrating all types of companies in Pakistan, and is nowanxiously waiting to start his MBA at Warwick BusinessSchool, UK in August 2011. He intends to meet theLUMS alumni in UK and continue his partying lifestyle!KKaasshhiiff RRaajjaannii works for Pak-Brunei Investment Com-pany. He can now point out Brunei on a world mapand knows the national anthem of Brunei by heart.On Sundays, he continues to search for niche breakfastplaces in Karachi.

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KKhhuurrrraamm SSoooommrroo is busy searching for a purpose inlife. His hobbies include playing the guitar and doingan MSc in Computer Engineering from LUMS. MMaahhbbaannooYYaassmmeeeenn was with Gallup till late last year, and is nowa Senior Research Executive with the Retail Measure-ment Services group at Nielsen. She is still figuring outMasters options and opportunity costs, since her job isgreat! She is also thinking of a vacation towards theend of the year but nothing specific is in the pipelineas yet. After graduating from the UC Berkeley Schoolof Journalism in 2009, MMaannaall MM.. AAhhmmaadd got marriedand spent a year at Cornell, cooking, babysitting, tak-ing pictures, and freelancing for the local press. She iscurrently working in New York City as an AssociateProducer for Isotope Films, and hopes to make herown films someday soon. MMaarryyaamm ZZaahhiidd isis happilymarried and trying her best to understand her 2 yearold son Asji who acts more like a 22 year old chap. Heis a big “rolla”, and mama and Asji both plan to joinschool in September! After completing her Masters inFinance and Economics from London School of Eco-nomics, MMaavvrraa AAnnjjuumm joined MCB Bank as a SeniorBusiness Analyst with the Strategy Group, where shedeveloped financial plans for the Affluent and IslamicBanking Group. She is currently working as a Traderwith the Capital Markets Group. Her ambition is to be-come an expert trader and fully understand the Pak-istani financial market. MMeehhrreeeenn ZZaahhrraa--MMaalliikk is a yearor so away from getting her PhD in Political Scienceand is also a Contributing Editor with The FridayTimes. She plans to move back to Pakistan from the USin December 2010 to give 'real life' another shot.MMeehhvviisshh MMuunneeeerraa IIssmmaaiill recently finished her Mastersof Law at the University of Cambridge, and is nowworking as an Associate at Haidermota & Co. inKarachi. MMiirr HHaammzzaa MMaahhmmoooodd moved to Purdue Uni-versity for PhD Electrical Engineering after completingMS from University of Pittsburgh in December 2008.Though graduation is nowhere in sight, he is stillhopeful. MMooaazzaamm AAllvvii is at P&G, currently on a 2-3year stopover in Dubai on his way to Geneva. His lifehas been revolving around studying hair compositionsof Hijab-clad Saudi women. MMuuddaassssiirr SShheeiikkhh has beendune-bashing in the UAE for the last couple of years.He has been steadily working his way up the corporateladder in the banking industry, and is currently an FXand Fixed Income trader. MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAssiimm Aftab hasbeen working as a Teaching Fellow in the EconomicsDepartment at LUMS for a year and a half, and is nowleaving for Arizona State University for his PhD in Eco-nomics. NNaabbeeeehhaa QQaazzii has been working for almosttwo years now as a Business Analyst for the Chairman’sOffice at MCB Bank. She’s been stealthily acquiringvaluable skills to follow in the footsteps of her bigboss i.e. Pakistan’s first billionaire. She’s planning tosurpass him by 2025. NNaazziiaa AAllii is an investmentbanker at UBL in Karachi. You can spot her on I. I.Chundrigar on Friday afternoon. She treats herself tofrequent vacations, the last one being in South Africa.NNoooorr--ii--HHiirrrraa WWaaqqaass is covered in chalk, dust and ce-ment as she overlooks the construction of her restau-rant - "White" - on MM Alam Road. Unable to meetthe launch deadline she set for herself, she is reminded

of LUMS days when she would be pulling off nightersto submit papers. She has her fingers crossed and ishoping that the restaurant runs smoothly for years tocome once it starts. OOmmaarr MMaajjeeeedd''ss whereabouts re-main unknown, apart from his frequent visits toHardee’s and an occasional visit to an MBA class atLUMS. RRaabbeeeeyyaa SShhuujjaaaatt, now Rabeeya Emaad is happilymarried and has a lovely young daughter calledMishal. RRaabbiiaa SSaalleeeemm is exploring the boroughs of Lon-don, happily working away as a Senior Associate atDeloitte. She occasionally sports a ‘junglee’ hairstyleand bags an OCA award every sum-mer. After working in MeezanBank treasury as a Forex dealer,RRaazzaa ZZaaiiddii is now running his fa-ther's publications export busi-ness with his elder brother, andsimultaneously completing hisEvening MBA from IBA. He gotmarried in March 2010. RReehhaannLLaallaannii aa..kk..aa MMaammuu moved to themodern village known as Islamabad and is working inmarketing at Telenor, spending mil-lions every quarter to create adver-tising clutter. SSaaaadd ZZaaeeeemm isworking for Tintash. He joinedwhen the company had 9 people(including the cooking lady) and4 titles out on the iTunes store.A year after he took charge ofbusiness development, Tintash isworking with leading interna-tional game companies, has 35 em-ployees and has released over 18 titles on iPhone,iPad, Android and Facebook. In addition todeveloping further business, Saad is nowalso focusing on producing fun games.

Continuing her love for economics,SSaahhaarr EEtteezzaazz finished her Masters inEconomics from LUMS. She is workingfor IFC and is trying to shed new lighton socio-economic issues in Pakistan.SSaahhaarr MMaahhmmoooodd is still working forExxonMobil (3 years now!) and is currentlysomewhere between the Czech Republic (her oldposition), Belgium (her new assignment) andTunisia (her parents). She has also just com-pleted her certification as a Lean Six SigmaBlack Belt! SSaaiimmaa AAllii became a Universityof Sydney graduate in Interactive and Dig-ital Media last year, and is currently com-pleting her Master’s in InformationTechnology from Macquarie University. Sheis also working as a Flash and ActionScript3.0 instructor and a freelance graphic and webdesigner, and is pursuing her interests in crafts, jew-elry design, photography and hip-hop dance. She livesin Sydney with her husband AAllii IInnaayyaatt. SSaammeeeenn SSuullttaannhas been working with Beaconhouse School Systemand is planning to continue working there because sheloves her job. However, she misses LUMS terribly andwishes that she could go back to her university

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years. After spending a couple of fun filled years inNew York City, SSaammrreeeenn SSaajjjjaadd has recently returnedto Pakistan with a Master’s degree in Economics fromNYU. SSaannaa FFaarriidd MMaalliikk joined the dark side soon aftergrad school and has been teaching Pakistan Studiesand her own course Anthropology of Rights at LUMSever since. In addition to dodging independent stud-ies and never ending piles of blue booklets, she tutorsmusicology students on a weekly basis. A PhD mightbe on the horizon, but only after she has scoped theremaining unvisited continents for adventure. SSaannaaSShhaahhiidd completed her post-grad from SOAS and isnow the social butterfly in Islamabad. She recentlystarted working as a consultant for the Planning Di-vision of Pakistan. SSaannaa ZZiiaa is currently completingher Master’s in Public Policy and Management fromCarnegie Mellon University. She is having a blast butis also looking forward to going back to Pakistan inDecember and getting married in February 2011.After spending 3 years as an Investment Bankerat Citibank, SSaarrmmaadd AAhhmmeedd SShhaaiikkhh is now off toreplenish his energy while completing a Mastersfrom Cornell. SSeeeemmaa AAkkhhttaarr went to completeher post-grad studies from SOAS, and is nowliving the high life in London. SSoohhaaiibb AAtthhaarr hasjust returned to sunny Pakistan after finishinghis Master's degree in Public Policy (yet anotherLuminite studying the same thing!) from the

Kennedy School of Government at Harvard Univer-sity. He is currently completing his 2-year Fulbright

prison term J and seeking employment in thepolicymaking sector. Please send job postingshis way. SSoohhaaiibb MMeehhttaabb is devising strategiesto beat Dettol and Safeguard as he strivesto make Lifebuoy the premier soap in Pak-istan. His plans include having a boxingmatch between "Chulbulli" and "Comman-der Safeguard". SSyyeeddaa RRaammiisshh HHaasshhmmii ishalfway through her Master’s programme at

the University of Southern California. She iscurrently interning at a software company in

Austin, Texas and is relieved that she is not compilingthe class notes this time around! UUzzmmaaAAffzzaall is currently working as a ResearchFellow, focusing on social developmentin the backward regions of Pakistan. Sheis also teaching undergraduate Econom-ics at the Lahore School of Economics.WWaasseeeemm AAhhmmaadd MMaalliikk aa..kk..aa WWAAMM hasmoved to Islamabad back from theover-polluted city/financial hub, and is

now working for Standard Chartered Bank(another job switch!), where he is trying to

control the cost of business and increase revenues.YYaassiirr KKhhaann is done attempting to save Punjab throughhis policy advice. He is now moving to AKF, hopingthat they will listen to him when it comes to evalu-ating their education projects. Unlike every thirdecon major from BSc 2007, he is not going for his

PhD J ZZoohhaaiibb SShhaaiikkhh tied the knot with his childhoodbest friend in April this year. He is currently workingas a Business Analyst at Engro Fertilizers Limited andintends to take a study break in order to pursue anMBA. ZZuubbaaiirr UUmmaarr spent the latter part of the pastyear juggling his time between being a husband anda banker (not a very good one), while teaching Man-agement Accounting to some extremely unenthusias-tic students and doing a bi-weekly radio show. He isalso looking to find time to prepare for CFA level 2and save enough (time and money) for a trip to theUS.

BSc 2009Coordinator

Yahya Azeemyahya.azeem@gmail.com

Hey Everyone, It gives me great honor to compile our class notes, itsbeen interesting trying to chase down people for thefirst every notes our class would ever write. Its dis-appointing to see only a one quarter response buthopefully, in later years we’ll get a better responseto hear about the unique and fantastic journeys arebatch mates are taking.

AAbbdduull HHaasseeeebb has been a SAP Certified BI consultantfor KESC since January 2010. AAbbdduull MMuuqqeeeett MMiirr hasbeen working with International PetrochemicalsGroup of Companies since the last two years and isnow a Team Leader for the solvents trading depart-ment. He’ll be moving to Cairo (Egypt) in July 2010and will be exploring feasibility for opening a newdivisional office in Cairo for IPC and heading thesame. AAbbdduull RReehhmmaann is really exhausted after a mad-dening first year of PhD in Economics at University ofWisconsin-Madison. Currently he is enjoying a well-earned summer break wishing it could extend foreternity, but he is also looking forward to the secondyear. He is still wondering what to specialize in.AAddeeeell HHaassaann is back in Pakistan after a 1 year termwith AIESEC in Mauritius handling their HR depart-ment. He will begin working in a Management Con-sultancy in Karachi.

After his graduation, AAhhmmeedd OOmmeerr started workingfor Confiz Solutions as a Software Engineer in Lahore.At present, he leads all iPhone and iPad projects inthe company and enjoys the responsibility. After a re-markable success of getting his work published at the'International Conference on Applied Energy' in Sin-gapore earlier this year, he is now planning to pursuehigher studies abroad. AAhhmmaadd TTaarriiqq is working withBridge Asia Financial Services in Lahore as a ResearchAnalyst and plans to do master's from abroad

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soon. AAhhmmeedd AAllvvii is currently working as an Audit As-sociate at KPMG's London office in the Energy & Nat-ural Resources Department. He plans to hurry back toPakistan after completing his ACA training as heprefers Lahore much more to London and misses LUMSand Pakistan a lot. AAhhssaann NNaabbii DDaarr has been workingin lahore @ CONFIZ SOLUTIONS for over a year nowand have enjoyed my stay in Lahore, and will beleaving for graduate studies to pursue MSc in AdvanceComputer Science from University of Manchester.

One of the many alumni hired by the Express Tribune,AAllii SSyyeedd who pursued a degree in economics, is stillthinking that he should be doing something else withhis life. Perhaps apply for a CEO post or even better,become the king of the world. AAllii UUssmmaannii is at Stan-dard Chartered in business development (sales) sellingcards, life insurance and payroll to corporate clients.As a result, he’s lost sanity and his hair has turnedwhite. He spends his days counting cheques and pitch-ing credit cards, but on the plus side, he’s lookingforward to a very exotic vacation soon, (have savedup some money for a possible (second) eurotrip afterAustria :P AAmmaann UUssmmaannii is working in mediacom asan assistant manager handling gillette,always n pam-pers, and trying to act corporate yet not get con-sumed too soon. AAmmiirr SSiiddddiiqquuii worked withUTNeurope (in calling card industry of Europe) for 6months and resigned to work full-time in his com-pany Zavia (zavia.pk). Zavia is going to be an author-ity in Pakistan on the areas it covers(Cafe/Restuarants/Cinema review; Tourism; CulturalCritique; Education etc). Help and contribution of '09in this regard is welcomed.

AAssiimm JJaahhaannggiirr spend the year reading books, watch-ing movies and running our group start-up THE LU-MINITES ACADEMY. He was also employed at UBL andwill be going to Harvard Kennedy School to study in-ternational development this August. AAtteeeebb GGuullworked as the Assistant Features Editor at the Pak-istani English-language weekly paper The FridayTimes. He also worked as the Head Teaching Assistantof the Islamic Studies course at LUMS. These days heis in Islamabad learning classical Arabic. Attiya Naziris teaching at Aitchison, Junior School after a shortexperience at Beaconhouse. AAuunn AAnnssaarrii is working forPakistan Tobacco Company in Islamabad, waiting tohead out for Grad school next year, and in the mean-while is contemplating pursuing acting

BBiillaall AArrsshhaadd has been at Mobilink for the last oneyear journeying from Micro-segmentation to BusinessIntelligence. The best part however is that he hasfriends like Saad, Rizwan and Rafeh working alongwith him. Reflecting back at those times at LUMS, thefirst few things that come to his mind are the boys,bunking classes sleeping and of course playing Rungeven half an hour before the final... Ab tou bus wocorporate world mein dhoob raha dhoob raha...Bachana... Usey bachana... BBiillaall UUmmaarr has finally set-tled down (sort of) in Corporate Banking at MeezanBank after having a six month stint with media. Heenjoys his work, but the 12-hour work days are a bit

of a killer. Nonetheless, he’s satisfied with life ingeneral and finds time to hang out with friends, playfootball on weekends and even write for a newspa-per! BBiillaawwaall SShheeiikkhh worked for a year at a manage-ment position at WindRose Consultancy, analternative energy consultancy in Karachi. Now he’sworking as a Client Services Executive at an advertis-ing agency in Karachi called Manhattan InternationalLimited (MIL), conducting research for various poten-tial and ongoing projects, and dealing with clients.

After spending five of the most ful-filling years of his life at LUMS,EEssssaamm FFaahhiimm has finally decidedto move on. Insh'Allah he willbe heading to Indiana Univer-sity, Bloomington for an MA inNear Eastern Languages and Cul-tures in Fall 2010 to prepare fora PhD in Religious Studies. Hehopes to come back to LUMS toteach someday. He misses dorm life and all the boysand still maintains that a Social Sciences degree isnot just for girl. FFaahhaadd RRaahhmmaann hasbeen teaching Sociology to A-Lev-els students at Headstart, Islam-abad and simultaneouslyworking for Gallup Pakistanwhere he's writing/researchingfor some book projects. He islooking forward to heading offto Columbia University this Fall

for his Mas-ter's in ClinicalPsychology under theFulbright Master'sScholarship Pro-gram. He plans tostudy hard andparty harder inManhattan andfulfill his life-long goals to sky-

dive and bunjee jump amongst otheradventures. After his Masters he plans tocome back to Pakistan and engage in research workconcerning mental health in Pakistan, andpreferably return to LUMS for some academicexperience before he eventually heads offsomewhere in the globe for a doctorate inClinical Psychology. FFaaiiqq TTaahhiirr is living inNew Jersey with Waqas Naeim and workingin Merrill Lynch as an Associate in GlobalInvestments, and is looking forward to hisCFA, WWaaqqaass NNaaeeiimm is working in TD bank andboth are enjoying their 20's.

After a brief stint with Euromonitor Internationalafter graduation, FFaaiizzaann ZZaahhiidd got admitted as aMerit Scholar at IBA Karachi to pursue his MBA. Hewill be completing his MBA next year after which heplans to pursue his far-fetched dream of setting upthe first private hedge fund in Pakistan. Wish him

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Good Luck! FFiizzzzaahh SSaajjjjaadd is currently working as aDevelopment Associate at Ansaar Management Com-pany (AMC), a social enterprise developing low-in-come housing in Pakistan. She plans on continuingher work with AMC for at least another year,andlearning more about working with communities inthe meanwhile. Fizzah does not plan on getting mar-ried any time soon, does not have long-term plans,and is thinking of being spontaneous in life. Shehopes to find opportunities to travel. GGhhuullaamm AAlliijust Graduated. People say he’s a lawyer now.

HHaaddii KKhhaann joined in with a few of his batchmates to establish 'The Luminites Academy'which is an educational institute for O and Alevel students, for university entrance test prepa-ration, and for career development (www.lum-

sacademy.com). Hadi is an instructor of Economicsand Mathematics at TLA, and also manages one of its

branches. He is also working full-time at Interac-tive Research and Development (IRD) on theprogrammatic management of the Multi DrugResistant Tuberculosis in collaboration withIndus Hospital in Karachi under the guide-lines and support of World Health Organisa-tion. Hadi will (inshaAllah) join theUniversity of Pennsylvania fall this year todo his graduate degree in Governmental Ad-

ministration with a specialization in EconomicDevelopment and Growth. It is his deepest and

sincerest ambition to return to Pakistan after 2 yearsand serve his country in its economic and so-cial development. HHaassssaann MMaazzhhaarr GGoorreejjaafinished his master's in economics fromLUMS in May 2010. He is currently work-ing in his father's business while await-ing scholarship decisions from Oxford andCambridge. And he is not engaged ormarried etc

After working one year in Lahore as a soft-ware engineer in Techlogix, HHaassssaamm RRaajjaa is

shifting to his hometown Karachi where he will beworking in the same company but a dif-ferent office. Hopefully inshahallah,will be doing his Masters by 2011from Canada or Australia. HHaassssaaaannAAssllaamm is working at the SECP as aninspector for the NBFC department,which is more interesting than itsounds. He’s still thankful for an offSaturday and believes that it’s the best

thing that could happen. He’s also think-ing along the lines of a Masters degree,

among many other life-altering decisions. More thananything, he wants to play a good cricket match. HHiirraaSSiiddddiiqquuii is working as a sub-editor at the Karachidesk of The Express Tribune. She is contemplating ap-plying for a masters but still needs the motivation tostart looking for a university. HHuussssaaiinn MMuussttaaffaa is cur-rently working in Allied Bank Ltd in Credit Risk Re-

view department. HHuussssaaiinn ZZaahhiidd AAssllaamm is now a Re-lationship Manager in Bank Alfalah. Apart from thathe is pursuing is hobby of music and exploring av-enues to start his own business. He might go for anMBA next year.

Shortly after graduating from LUMS, IIbbaadd HHyyddeerr wasrecruited for the Management Trainee Program atBank Al Falah and has been working at the bank sincethen, gaining important experience working in vari-ous departments. Currently, he is working as a RiskAnalyst at the bank’s Risk Management Division inKarachi. Alongside, he has also been appearing formy actuarial study examinations and thoroughly en-joying his work-cum-study life and has some excitingfuture plans that he doesn’t want to disclose at thispoint in time J. IIrrffaann AAhhmmeedd is currently doing hisMasters in Applied Computer Science at ConcordiaUniversity in Montreal. JJaawwaadd RReehhmmaann is currentlydoing his dissertation at university of Nottingham.He will inshallah return to Pakistan in September andthen most probably be unemployed. KKaannwwaall SSaarrffrraazzis at Clare college, Cambridge, doing an MPhil in Eco-nomics, and is working on her dissertation. After thisshe plans on coming back to Pakistan and maybeteach at LUMS or something- you know, to make thelives of freshmen more miserable. MMaalleeeehhaa RRiizzwwaann iscurrently pursuing a Master’s degree from the CharlesH. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Manage-ment at Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) ex-pected to graduate in May 2011. She’s been workingas a Research Assistant on a project based on a Coop-erative Agreement between the United States Depart-ment of Agriculture (USDA)/Agricultural MarketingService (AMS) and Cornell University. During this pastone year, she has also been involved in some veryexciting travels, both within and outside the US. Andshe’s quite happy being single and enjoying life ingeneral!

MMaarryyaa MMaassoooodd has been working with Allied Bank Ltdsince July 2009. MMaarryyaamm HHaaqq plans to pursue a Mas-ters degree in Anthropology. She wants to work inthe development sector when she returns. She waspreviously working, in the education sector, with aGerman aid agency (GTZ) and the Punjab government.She is also indulging her love for cooking by takingclasses from a professional chef. MMeehhrr TToooorr is currentlyinterning with the United Nations in New York City.She is also pursuing a Masters in Applied Economicsand Management at Cornell University. Upon gradu-ating from Cornell in June 2011, Mehr plans to returnto Pakistan and pursue a career in development man-agement preferably. MMooaaiizz SSiiddddiiqquuii has been workingat the Collective for Social Science Research in Karachifor the last one year. He spends most of this timeworking on obscure developing projects which willnever be executed, cursing traffic jams and his friendsat KESC for load shedding and visiting random cafesin Karachi. He is still trying to figure out which oneof these activities he enjoys the most.

After a year of Research at LUMS, MMoobbeeeenn AAjjmmaall willnow be joining the MBA class of 2012. MMoommiinnaa SSaaqqiibb

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has been working with different development agen-cies after organizing the much stressful LUMS AnnualSocial Science Conference. She is looking forward togo for a masters in South Asia Studies to University ofWashington this fall. Hello Seattle! …MMuuhhaammmmaaddAAbbuubbaakkaarr is working as a Software Engineer at ConfizSolutions Lahore. He is going to apply for Masters forFall 2011, and also going to take CSS exam next year.He hasn't yet thought about marriage, so it’s notgoing to happen in next 2 to 3 years at least. MMoo--hhaammmmaadd AAddiill UUssmmaann (Jordan) is helping the peopleof Karachi by working at an SAP implementation inKESC, specifically in the implementation of financialmodule of the information system. The project is sup-posed to go live in October 2010 and will automatethe end to end processes of the company. MMuuhhaammmmaaddAAllii is working as a Management Trainee at NIB bank,currently rotated to Lahore Affluent Branch workingon the liabilities side and looks forward to goingback to Karachi for Emerging Business Group's CreditFactory. Furthermore he plans to stay in the industryfor a couple of years before applying for Masters.MMuuhhaammmmaadd BBiillaall is at present working as a researchexecutive at MEMRB Pvt. Ltd. Islamabad. For the fu-ture he’s planning to do masters in economics.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd RRaaffeehh is striving to pull up the VAS Rev-enues at Mobilink, the interesting part being he pro-motes the Islamic services alongside MobilinkJukebox, that’s like a true marketer! He is slowly set-tling into the corporate life. With the realization ofhow fat he is, he has started exercising (First time inhis life), and forgotten all that “chiknahat” waalakhana. In his spare time, he devises get-rich-quickschemes, if he isn't swimming or having sheeshawhile looking back at the good times with the Batchof 2009. After having a taste of brokerage houses,MMuuhhaammmmaadd QQaassiimm RRaazzaa is currently working as a Fi-nancial Analyst at the Pakistan Credit Rating Agency(PACRA). He has been involved in the business ofCredit Rating for almost a year now and has vast ex-perience in rating Multi-national companies, financialinstitutions and various corporations. Anyone whowants to know about him can now Google him out.MMoohhaammmmaadd UUssmmaann's doing well! He's happy to an-nounce that the Batch of 09' has its First Lady. Usmanhas recently been engaged to Sana Javaid. Theirfriends are very excited and happy. Usman will pos-sibly be moving to Brussels, Belgium, for one yearthis September. The batch is welcome to visit him.Currently he is working for a USAID Project. MMuuhhaaiimmiinnMMaahhmmoooodd is currently working as graduate associateat standard chartered Pakistan. MMyyssbbaahh BBaallaaggaammwwaallaais currently finishing her MSc in Economics at Univer-sity of Warwick and moving back home to Karachisoon.

NNaabbeeeell AAnnwweerr SShheeiikkhh got married around 2 days afterhis last exam at LUMS, started working as an assistantin his father’s company, then got taken up as a gen-eral manager, and now is directing things and dealingwith never ending issues, and had a daughter on the29th of July. So basically he’s now a Mian Sahab, an

Abba Sahab, and yes Life has been Super Fast for himin less than a year. Now let’s see what’s up ahead!NNaaddaa TTaahhiirr is currently teaching English at King FaisalUniversity in Saudi Arabia and plans to leave for herMasters to Warwick University this fall. There sheplans to pursue a degree in Globalization and Devel-opment with aspirations to work with developmentagencies or media networks thereafter. She has suc-cessfully been warding off parental pressure to getmarried and hence has no news on the personal front.NNeehhaann NNaaiimm had been working at a policythink tank in Karachi, and is happy toget over with the phase of replying toquestions like "what exactly do youdo at work". She is leaving forBoston for masters this fall. NNiiddaaNNaaeeeemm got married in October lastyear and is now Nida Danial, hasmoved to Islamabad and is currentlyworking in World Vision International.OObbeeiidd RReehhmmaann spent the last year work-ing at the Punjab Board of Investment & Trade, he isnow going on the Fulbright scholarship fora Masters in Public Policy at Johns Hop-kins University. Obeid also got engagedlast year.

OOmmaaiirr ZZeeeesshhaann is slaving away forthe Express Tribune with a millionother luminites for minimum wageand is worried about how his employ-ers tiptoe around corporate stories be-cause it might exacerbate their lack ofadvertisements. RRaabbiiaa MMaalliikk has been teachingO’Level English Language at Lahore GrammarSchool for the one past year. She is nowheading to University of Rochester, whichis in the state of New York, for a 5 yearMaster’s plus PhD programme, on a fullscholarship. She will study Political Sci-ence there, specialising in InternationalRelations. She hopes to eventually returnto Pakistan! :) RRaannaa KKaasshhiiff is in Karachi try-ing to make things happen...He misses Lahorifood, at times. RRaaoo UUmmeerr FFaarrooooqq is working atCrescent Bahuman Limited (Assistant Brands Man-ager for Levis Europe), and is now going to Stock-holm University for Masters. RReehhmmaa KKhhaaiirrii isworking at Pakistan Petroleum Limited (PPL) inthe Business Development department and lik-ing it :D If given a chance, she would love toset off on an LAS trip with '09 friends! RRiiddaaNNaassiirr, got married to Salman Ahmed in April2010. She is working for the past year as a Busi-ness Development Services Associate for USAIDFIRMS Project. She wishes everyone in her batch thebest of luck for their future endeavours and praysthat they stay safe. RRiizzwwaann MMaaqqssoooodd is working inthe textile industry for over a year now and is enjoy-ing working with brands such as Levi’s, Next, Diesland others. Life is pretty much the same and nothinghas changed considerably. Says he has got plans for

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MBA but will do so in a year. No plans to marry yet[Koi achi larki nahi milee abhi tak].

Surprisingly, SSaaaadd KKhhaalliidd KKaazzii has survived one yearwithout breaking any bones, and co-founded 'duck.',a design house, with a couple of NCA grads after hisgraduation. He is also awaiting the result of the CSSexams he took earlier this year. Time spent with theTNT gang at LUMS will always be among the most precious one's for him. After finishing her AIESECDevelopment Trainee ship in the Africa MentalHealth Foundation, Kenya, SSaabbaa AAzzeeeemm is nowworking in the development sector in Pakistan.Based in Islamabad, she is a Project Coordina-tor in an NGO called Civil Society Human andInstitutional Development Program (CHIP) andis heading the 'Inclusive Community Develop-

ment through Mainstreaming Persons with disabil-ities' project in District Jhelum. SSaaddiiaa AAhhmmeedd is

married and living in Sydney, Australia. She isworking at Dell as an Account and Relation-ship manager. She is also participating in astart-up project called YPLA, Young Pak-istani Leaders of Australia. SSaannaa JJaavvaaiidd isworking at The Asia Foundation as a Pro-gram Officer for the Governance Program.She is happily engaged to MohammadUsman and thinks that this is the best thing

that has ever happened to her!

SSaannaa IIllllaahhee is working in the Urban Unit, Planningand Development department of PunjabGovernment. She got her acceptances at afew universities and is having a hardtime deciding which one to not opt for.Hopefully, you guys will know in thenext year’s edition where she ended upgoing :) Sarah Malik Recently got en-gaged. Was working for USAID on ashort-term contract and now again on a

job hunt :P. SShhaahhbbaannoo AAzziizz says that itsbeen a lovely year away from you all (the

two things being strictly mutually exclusive); she’sspent the past ten months doing punt-ing shunting, living a rather HarryPotteresque life and climbing thedreaming spires of Oxford. Armednow with an MSc degree (which hadmore to do with prayers than withhard work, since she was busy "liv-ing down" the reputation of a nerd),she is jobless but extremely excited

about returning home to the land ofroadside Samosas, Jalebis and Halwa

Puri. Strictly speaking of achievements, there havebeen none (still single, no children). To sign off, oneof her favourite Oxford quotes: "Oxford was an anti-climax. I realized anew that lazy, ill-educated in lan-guagues (mathematics?), I would never be a historian(economist?) ... I attended not lectures but cinemas,

explored a few gardens, and attended a few parties...(Saw musicals and had a grandiosely memorabletime)"-Paths from a White Horse: A Writer's Memoir(1985) (author's parentheses)

SShhaahhmmiirr AAnnjjuumm is working at SCB as an MT, and tryingto get used to Karachi and the Banking industry.Whether he should still looms in his mind. SShhaahhsshhaammssZZaahheeeerr is working at Telenor Islamabad after a stintin Karachi. He is not making a five year mega plan.Current priorities include breakfast and petting thecat. Other than that, he says a big HEY to all theoldies :) Get in touch! Let's do something big! SShhaayyaannFFaarrooooqq, like many others in his batch, is chasing afterthe corporate dream with PricewaterhouseCoopersMuscat, Oman, where he went on an AIESEC trainee-ship. He is making a living by giving people assurancethat his clients are not lying. Now how bizarre isthat? While he's not toiling hard during the stormybusy season, he is relaxing at some really beautifulbeaches in Oman, or going to some really nicetrekking spots here. All readers are urged to contacthim if you are in the middle-east and want to seeOman. SSoohhaaiibb IIbbrraahhiinn KKhhaann is pursuing his masters inIslamic Studies/Humanities from Duke University,where his mind has thoroughly been de-constructed.He also works as a research assistant at the North Car-olina Consortium for South Asian Studies (NCCSAS).Sohaib hopes to continue his studies--if admitted intoa suitable program and sufficiently funded--at theadvanced graduate level, broadly focusing on theadaptations of Islamic law and ethics tomodernity/post-modernity. Since Sohaib doesn't de-sire going corporate for ethical reasons, the contin-gency plan is to work as a national securityconsultant for whichever US based research think tankwilling to pay him well. It's a little too early for So-haib to get married.

SSyyeedd SSaaiirr AAllii is working for Pak-Qatar Family Takafulin their Marketing Department in Karachi. TTaahhaaAAttaauullllaahh is currently working as a ManagementTrainee at Standard Chartered Bank Pakistan. He plansto work for a while and then go for his MBA in a cou-ple of year's time. He got engaged to Yumna soonafter graduating last year. TTaahhaa AAnniiss is an entrepre-neur! He has set up two medical labs in Islamabadand Faisalabad, and is beginning to get used to thedrive between them. TTaallaall NNaawwaazz has been workingin MTBC for the last one year looking forward for anapplication to LUMS MBA programme next year.TTaannzzeeeell PPaarraacchhaa has worked hard to launch Adex withfellow batch matches SSaaaadd SShheehhzzaadd and UUssaammaaAAhhmmeedd. He spends his time focusing on his swimmingand reminiscing good old Quetta life now inRawalpindi. TTaassssaawwaarr AAllii is currently working in Is-lamabad at MTBC as Assistant Manager Marketing. Hewill be inshaAllah getting married by the end of Jan2011.

Although UUmmeerr GGiillaannii is an '09 and feels stronglyabout his association to this batch, being a law andpolicy major, he just graduated with the 010's. He is

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currently working asan informal assis-tant to a judge. Onthe side, he is reviv-ing his ties tohome, family andfriends in the greatgreen city of Islam-abad. UUmmaaiirr ''UUJJ''JJaavveedd is back inPakistan after com-pleting a Mastersdegree in SouthAsian politics fromSOAS. He spends histime working at asocial sector consul-tancy, blogging onPakistani politics,and day-dreamingabout a classless so-ciety. UUmmaaiirr KKaazziispends his days pre-tending to be amarketing strategistand moonlights asan advertising su-perhero/consultant,saving innocent au-diences from irrele-vant ads whiledispensing histhoughts throughTheIdeaArtist.com

UUmmaaiirr YYaahhyyaa JJaannoooohas been teachingA-level Sociology atthe BeaconhouseSchool SystemKarachi for the pastyear and has had areally good time sofar. The hours aregreat with moretime on your hands.If any potentialteachers get to readthis then please goahead and join theacademia. It’s awhole lotta fun!

UUssmmaann IIqqttiiddaarr isworking at the Is-lamabad office ofExpress hoping tolaunch the newspa-per soon. UUssmmaannMMiirrzzaa is currentlyworking in the Or-ganizational Devel-opment (OD)

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no doubt a very interesting field was an entirely un-familiar territory for him. Majoring in economics andwith an aspiration of working in the developmentsector, he doesn’t know how he ended up in the cor-porate private sector. Nevertheless he’s enjoying hiswork and this is all that matters now. For the future,he plans to go for Masters abroad after 1-1.5 year ofprofessional experience. WWaajjiihhaa AAtthheerr NNaaqqvvii is to joinNew York University starting fall 2010 as an MA stu-dent in Near Eastern Studies, under the first round ofacademic awards known as the "Falak Sufi Scholar-ship.” ZZaahhaaiibb AAkkhhttaarr is working in the CS departmentas Research Assistant trying to publish a researchpaper and also thinking about filling up applicationsfor MS leading to PhD someplace in the US. In hisspare time he develops websites and does other ran-dom CS related stuff.

Finally about YYaahhyyaa - he thinks that the only produc-tive thing he’s done in a year is to compile thesenotes. J After a year of working for AIESEC inKarachi, Yahya is in Islamabad and should startlooking for work soon, and will ask his batchmates to help!

This last year, one of batch mates – HHaanniiyyaaSShheeiikkhh passed away, our condolences go out toher family and her friends. Finally about the22000099 BBaattcchh SScchhoollaarrsshhiipp - For donations, you can

simply go to the LUMS Website and pay onlinethrough your credit card or else you can contact your

respective cities representatives. Contributions inany amount are welcome. Please contact MoaizSiddiqui at 0321-2284751 for details.

MSc 2003Coordinator

Muhammad Yousuf Bawanyyousuf.bawany@gmail.com

These class notes are presented in lovingmemory of FFaarraazz DDuurrrraannii, a fellow Lu-minite who tragically passed away lastyear. You were a kind soul and willsurely be missed. May Allah grant you aplace in Jannah and may He forgive all

your sins (Aameen).

MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAssiiff SSiiddddiiqquuii has completed five years ofhis Married-Dubai-Emirates life and still enjoying al-most every moment of it. He confesses to be obsessedwith his new camera. AAyyaazz--uull--HHaassssaann KKhhaann, after alot of struggle, is finally heading off to KFUPM, SaudiArabia for his PhD. He is an Assistant Professor at FAST,Karachi.

FFaaiissaall JJaammiill still haunts the hallways at LMKR Pakistanand is a proud dad of a doll named Dania. WWaajjaahhaattMMaatteeeenn has his hands full with Fawzan and Zunairah(his two adorable children) and his job at NokiaSiemens Networks. He travels to Afghanistan fromtime-to-time – pray for him!

MMuuhhaammmmaadd RRaazzaa KKhhaann walked down the aisle withNaveen in 2008 and is now part of Standard Char-tered as a Sr. Market Risk Analyst. He spends his daysmanaging the Group Market Risk at SCB. His eveningsare spent trying to lose weight and his nights partyingwith family and friends. He also intends to sit for theFRM exam next year. ZZaahhrraa AA.. SShhaahh is enjoying an As-sistant Professorship at the Department of CS & IT atForman Christian College, Lahore. Her most recent in-terests include photography. HHaarroooonn AAbbdduull WWaahheeeeddgot married last year and is working with the CS De-partment at Comsats, Lahore. SSyyeedd TTaabbiisshh RRiizzvvii gotmarried (tamed) last year and is currently working asan IT Manager at Bank AL Habib Limited. He's a cer-tified PMP now!

KKaasshhiiff AAllii SSiiddddiiqquuii,, a father of two drop-dead-gorgeous boys, spends his existence with his familyand folio3 (with no time for friends). IImmrraann YYuussuuff,daddy to the two-year old Zoha, has been with theCentral Depository Company for the past four yearsas a Senior Systems Analyst and has been teachingpart-time at MAJU and KU. MMuuhhaammmmaadd YYoouussuuffBBaawwaannyy, married (yet another one bites the dust),now runs his own import business in Karachi afterending a three-and-a-half year stint at Emirates Air-lines, UAE. He wrote and directed a super-hit play inDubai, which was showcased at the Emirates Film andTheatre Festival, 2009. A Ph.D. might be in the cards,not immediately though, because he hasn’t been ableto find a supervisor crazy enough to support his ideason Neuroinformatics. In the meantime, he is busy nur-turing his creative side by practicing origami, cookingand avidly writing his blog/poetry.

MSc 2005Coordinator

Wasif Hussain PTCLwasif.hussain@gmail.com

Furqan Aziz IM|Sciencesfurqanaziz@gmail.com

Saadia Mumtazsaadia.mumtaz@gmail.com

Sigh - It's been one heck of an eventful year for a lotof 05ers. Quite a few have lost their independence,became parents, switched jobs, contributed to thebrain-drain, and donated generously for the first

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ever class gift by an MS class at LUMS.

Owing to lack of time (and enthusiasm *ahem*), wecompiled these one-liners in just three days from peo-ple's profiles at various social networking websitesand other sources - so don’t expect these to be as de-scriptive or detailed as the yesteryear's.

AAbbdduull RReehhmmaann is now engaged and working as a TeamLead and Solution Architect at Optimal Solutions, Is-lamabad. AAddeeeell MMuunniirr BBuutttt has been with Habib BankAG Zurich, Dubai for the past three years. AAddnnaannAAhhmmeedd and SShhaahheerryyaarr IIqqbbaall recently made the moveto Singapore’s OCBC Bank. Adnan Waheed is workingas a Senior Engineer at 4M Wireless.

AAeemmeenn LLooddhhii is a PhD scholar at Georgia Tech. AAffffaannRRaauuff,, IIrrffaann AAhhmmeedd,, KKhhuurraamm JJaavveedd, and SSaaqqiibb RRaasshhiiddcan be found at RedMath, Lahore. AAhhmmaadd MMuuqqeeeemmSShheerrii was doing PhD from a country that’s just a littletowards the south from North Korea, when we lastheard. AAkkeeeell--uurr--RReehhmmaann FFaarriiddeeee is spam-tweetingfrom Lahore these days..

AAllii RRaazzaa is fast approaching towards being called adoctor at Utah State. AAmmiirr RRaazzaa is now working asManager IT Controls Assurance at MCB. AAmmmmaarraaNNaaddeeeemm MMaalliikk is happily married to Laeeq Aslam(MS03). AAnnoooosshhaa HHaabbiibb is still an Assistant Professor atIslamia University of Bahawalpur.

AAsshheerr IImmttiiaazz is juggling multiple roles at LUMS, FCCand Versonic. AAssiiff RRaaffiiqq RRaajjwwaannaa is engineering soft-ware at TRG. AAssiiff RRaazzaa BBaaiigg left Systems Ltd. and isnow a Senior Software Engineer at Techlogix. AAssiimm AAlliiSShhaahh is in UK and is happily engaged; to his iPhone 4as well ;).

AAttiiqq MMoohhaammmmaadd QQaazzii can be found blogging regularlyat Green & White. AAyyeesshhaa AAffzzaall is back in her home-town Multan where she is currently teaching at NFC'sInstitute of Engineering and Technology. BBiillaall AAhhmmaaddBBaajjwwaa is teaching at FCC, regularly sharing Lata’s oldsongs on FB.

BBuusshhrraa AAnnjjuumm is entering her third year of PhD studiesin the US. Still working on her “I visited most of theUS States” mission, she covered Los Angeles, Las Vegasand Grand Canyon last year in winter break andcheered Independence Day Parade in Philadelphia @4th of July this year. As a background task, she hasbeen visiting her long standing Facebook friends re-siding in the US (made mostly by the courtesy ofZynga game Farmville). It’s a delight to meet ‘pure’American families and the conversations are amazing!Studies are progressing smoothly and she was workingon making a table of the latest simulation study re-sults a minute ago when the ‘dhamki amaiz’ emailto jot down class notes at this very moment was re-ceived!

FFaahhaadd AAkkhhttaarr has sold all of his lands and farm housesat FarmVille to start his own software venture Good-

logics, where he’s also working as a PM. FFaahhdd KKhhaann isa PS Consultant at Teradata and recently committed toSana Andaleeb. A ping query to FFaarraazz AAzzhhaarr returneda 100% packet loss. FFaarrhhaann IIqqbbaall continues to workas an Assistant Professor at UMT.

FFaassiihh uudd ddiinn KKhhaann was last seen at Techlogix. FFaawwaazzSSaalleeeemm BBookkhhaarrii is a Fulbright scholar at UT-Arlington.FFuurrqqaann AAhhmmaadd MMiinnhhaass has been Teradating in UK fora while now. FFuurrqqaann AAzziizz has recently joined im|sci-ences [a sigh of relief for the stu-dents at FAST :)]

GGhhuullaamm MMuurrttaazzaa is gliding to-wards his PhD at LUMS, both fig-uratively and literally. HHaaffiizz AAlliiGGhhoouuss FFaakkhhrrii's career growthhas been directly proportional tohis receding hairline, and is nowan Information Systems Specialistat Mobilink.

HHuummaa NNaauusshhaadd is happily married toMohsin Sohail and is living inWoodstock NB Canada. She isworking as a Web Developer andProgrammer for Dixie SalesCompany and is excited abouther trip to NorthCarolina U.S.for a project this year. She hasseen most of Canada and is nowplanning a Trip to Greece this fall.She is obsessed with cooking and isworking on her Herb Garden which is doing quite well.She is enjoying summer and Kayaking hasbecome her favorite Sport. HHuussssaaiinn LLaattiiffis campaigning for a change; startingwith his job.

IImmrraann KKhhaann,, KKhhaalliidd RReehhmmaann,, SSaajjeeddHHaaffeeeezz MMaalliikk,, UUssmmaann NNaasseeeemm andZZeelllleehh HHuussssnnaaiinn SSyyeedd are all at Tera-data GCC (but not necessarily in Pak-istan). JJaarreeeerr AAhhssaann HHuusshhaaaamm is a SeniorSoftware Engineer at Vahzay.LLaaiiqq AAhhmmaaddNNaassiirr BBuutttt is at Wichorus.

MMaaddiihhaa RReehhmmaann is now finally working aftera long break in Telenor Islamabad. Shedoesn’t wait for her pocket money any-more rather she waits for the 25th ofevery month, her salary :P . Never expecther to miss on any exhibition, new outletsin the town and new dinning places. Herdaughter Mahrosh is now a BIG girl MashaAllahand she will turn 3 on December 7 and her mom isplanning to send her in Pre School in near future. Sheis training her daughter these days to make herfeeder on her own so that she won’t get disturbedover night.

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MMaalliikk TTaahhiirr HHaassssaann is dedicatedly pursuing his PhD atLUMS. MMiirrzzaa MMuuhhaammmmaadd YYoouussaaff is another one in thelong list of those who left Teradata in the past oneyear, and is now working at Mobilink. MMooeeeenn UUddddiinnBBaannddeeyy is finally back in Isloo, switched his job andrecently got engaged. MMoohhaammmmaadd AAllii KKiirrmmaannii islooking for the next would-be Google as New VentureScreener at Founders Fund. MMoohhssiinn NNaaeeeemm KKhhaannstarted his own company, Robust Solutions, whosewebsite was down at the time of writing this[guess this falls in the 0.01% of downtime thathosting sites don’t mention ;)]

MMuubbaasshheerr NNaawwaazz AAwwaann is working as a NetworkConsulting Engineer at Cisco, Dubai. MMuuhhaammmmaadd

AAbbdduull RReehhmmaann AAkkbbaarr KKhhaann (or simply ‘Mani Baba’)is usually found counting days to use the Zurich-Is-

lamabad segment voucher of his return ticket.MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAhhssuunn AAllii can be found in Londondoing some private projects.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAllii SShhaaffqqaatt is dividing his timebetween his six-month old daughter andXbox 360. MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAssiimm JJaavveedd is hard atwork to take Scrybe finally out of beta.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAssiimm RRaaffiiqquuee is happily marriedand still in Congo with Warid Telecom. MMuuhhaamm--

mmaadd AAuurraannggzzeebb has finally said good bye toTechlogix leaving behind tears (:P) and isnow working as a Senior Software Engi-neer at Spin Technology Group, Jeddah.MMuuhhaammmmaadd FFaahhiimm UUllllaahh’s venture, Hori-zon Technologies, is doing exceptionallywell and frequently advertises job open-ings on Rozee.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd IIssmmaaiill is Manager ERP at PTCLand spends his free time with his three years old son

Rayyan.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd KKaammrraann NNiisshhaatt is back inLUMS after a research stint in Ger-many. MMuuhhaammmmaadd KKaasshhiiff AAzzhhaarr isstill dealing the cards at GenITeam.MMuuhhaammmmaadd OOmmeerr RRaaffffaatt is happilymarried and is somewhere in the

precincts of NYC working for Macrosoft(that’s with an ‘a’).

MMuuhhaammmmaadd SShhooaaiibb HHaassaann is plugging revenue leak-ages at KPMG Arabia. MMuuhhaammmmaadd UUmmaaiirr KKhhaann hasbeen with Sibisoft in Karachi for the past two years.MMuuhhaammmmaadd UUmmaarr FFaarrooooqq has moved on from Tera-data and is now doing pretty well at Ufone. MMuuhhaamm--

mmaadd ZZaahhiidd AAllii is with Blue Train Technology as ProjectLead, USA. MMuuhhaammmmeedd SShheerraazz SShhaarriiff is tending to hisfarm at FarmVille while working as a Software Engi-neer at ITS.

MMuunnaazzzzaahh AAbbdduull GGhhaaffffaarr is enjoying her life with herhusband Muhammad Hassan Khan in San FranciscoBay Area, California. She went back to Pakistan oncefor her brother's wedding last year and wishes shecould visit again as she misses her family and friends.She visited a couple of places in US and wishes to visitmany more. She took some pottery classes as a funactivity and was amazed to learn that one can makejust anything out of clay. On the weekends she is usu-ally busy with friends for picnics, berry picking, bowl-ing, watching movies, BBQs or playing board games.

NNaattaasshhaa QQaaiissaarr Well well well, life is not the same asit was for her. From a sporty, fun loving, careless girlshe has turned into a proper 'gharailoo' mother. Herbaby Aadam will be 1 on July 28 and she is planninga big birthday party for him. If she gets time fromher baby, the job, cooking and house work she stillloves to chat on the internet with her old buddiesback in Pakistan. If she doesn't call any of her friendsthat doesn't necessarily mean she doesn't miss themit’s just she doesn't like spending money on phonecards. So friends if you miss her give her a call! Shehas taken a U-turn in her career and is moving intoteaching and is looking forward to her PGCE whichstarts in September. But she doesn't know how she isgoing to manage studies with the baby. But for nowshe is enjoying with her parents who are visitingherin London. Rest all is same old even the email ad-dress!

NNaavveeeedd AAhhmmeedd is globe-trotting with a DSLR aroundhis neck and has so far conquered Afghanistan, Côted'Ivoire, Mali, Burkina Faso and is now gearing upfor Tajikistan. QQaassiimm AAllii is the first and only 05erat Microsoft so far. RReehhmmaann CChhuugghhttaaii is off to ArizonaState for further studies. SS.. MMeeiirraajj HHaassaann is in Islam-abad working for Consistel. SSaaddaaff AAhhmmeedd is happilymarried to her prince charming Fawad is still in astate of perfection Alhamdulillah. On the professionalfront, she is serving Pakistan Telecommunication Au-thority as Assistant Director Services for almost a yearnow. SSaaaaddiiaa MMuummttaazz is STILL attending the weddings,visiting her left over friends, trying new ventures,scaring the kids, eating, sleeping, shopping and mak-ing many plans :D ;)

SSaaddiiaa SSaalleeeemm is at University of Manchester studyingand researching towards a PhD. SSaaiiff uurr RReehhmmaann hasleft Pepsi-Cola and is now Manager ERP at PTCL. SSaannaaSShhaaffii is living happily with her husband Abdul Jubbarin Reading, UK. She is enjoying snowy winters andsunny summers both of which were at their extremesthis year.

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She has already visited Pakistan once and thinks visit-ing Pakistan is not same as living in Pakistan. She re-cently visited Sadia Saleem in Manchester, and thinks itwas a wonderful and different experience. She is stillthinking, whether to get an IPhone4 or not as she is notan IPhone fan. She is having her first experience to livewith her parents-in-law. She is very excited for hermother to visit her in September for obvious reasons.She is enjoying strawberry and cherry picking in Britishfarms, summer Bar B Q's, pebbly and sandy beaches ofUK.

SSiiddrraa MMaassoooodd is a SQA Engineer at Ikonami and happilyengaged. SSyyeedd AAllii AAhhssaann JJaammeeeell finally graduated fromLUMS last year and is now flooding his Friends’ Feedwith updates from some obscure FB app called Fron-tierVille. SSyyeedd MMoohhssiinn RRaazzaa is Manager Information Se-curity at MCB. SSyyeedd MMuuhhaammmmaadd NNoommaann BBuukkhhaarrii isworking at Teradata, Karachi. TTaallaall AAhhmmeedd recentlychanged his relationship status to ‘engaged’ and expectsto change it to ‘married’ in November this year. UUssmmaannRRaazzaa CChhoohhaann is doing his doctoral research in the landof pizzas and pasta (that’s Italy for the culinary chal-lenged) these days. WWaaqqaarr AAllii MMiirrzzaa got married lastyear, and now dons a suit every morning to bless thecorporate world of banking at ABL. WWaassiiff HHuussssaaiinn has fi-nally lost the title of the most eligible bachelor, spark-ing mass mournings/protests by damsels vying for theirown eligibility *ahem*. ZZaahhiidd AAllii CChhaauuddrryy is now a Sen-ior Software Engineer at TkXel. ZZeeeesshhaann MMaalliikk got mar-ried in February this year, and has continued his trendof hopping jobs. He is now working at Formulatrixalong with SSaammii UUzz ZZaammaann.

MBA 1989Coordinator

Sahil ZahirPackages Ltd.sahil.zaheer@packages.com.pk

Greetings!

The class of 89 will always be special for all the rightreasons and the biggest of them all being that we at-tended it! But on a more serious note, it is good tohear that most of us are out there trying to make a dif-ference in our own ways.

We met up last year at LUMS for the celebrations oftwenty years since our graduation. How time flies!

It is my privilege to let you know that by donating PKR7 million on the 20th year of our graduation we arenow the largest donor class of LUMS! Our total donationnow stands at PKR 14 million. You will be happy to learnthat an auditorium in the new Suleman Dawood Schoolof Business building has been named after the Class of89 recognizing our various contributions. The credit for

raising the money from the class and coordinating withLUMS goes to Shahzad. Thank you and well doneShahzad!

Another proud privilege and honour for the Class of 89is the various intellectual contributions some of us havebeen making to our alma mater. You will be happy toknow that:

•FFaaiissaall FFaarriidd has now been serving on the LUMS Boardof Trustees and the Management Committee for the lastcouple of years;

•AArriiff is now the full-fledged Deanof the Suleman Dawood School ofBusiness. Heartiest felicitations,Arif; a richly deserved appoint-ment; and

•SShhaahhzzaadd is the current President ofthe Alumni Association.

We are concerned at what is happening in our countryand I am told that one of our class-mates, SShhooaaiibb NNaayyyyaarr, was shot at ina terrorist attack during Fridayprayers last December. By the Graceof Allah, Shoaib has survived and isnow better.

Now let’s share the news sent in byour classmates:

AAllii RRaahhiimm has made Dubai his secondhome and is currently heading the RetailMarketing and Product Management func-tions as Senior Vice President for DubaiIslamic Bank. He performed Hajj in2008 and he says it has helped him ap-preciate his career even more. He ishappily married with three kids.

AAaammeerr HHaaddii KKhhaann is currently the Corpo-rate Head of Business Development at DE-SCON and says he has his hands full with allthe traveling he has to do.

DDrr.. QQaaiisseerr RRaasshheeeedd has succeeded in establish-ing and organizing the Seed Association ofPakistan on a national level and has ob-tained registration and license from DGTO.He says that this would be a major step inrevolutionizing the agriculture industry ofPakistan. He also represented the Class of 89on the first Board of Directors of SDSB AlumniAssociation. His children are his pride and joywith his son representing Pakistan in the Tri-Na-tion Rugby Tournament held in Indonesia, and his daugh-ter achieving third position worldwide in Sociology inA–Level Examinations.

SShheehheerryyaarr is over the moon after becoming a grandpar-ent and likes to spend every free minute of his time

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with his grandson loving the fact that he can spoilhim as much as he wants to and yet not be respon-sible for it. He would like to introduce somethinglike this in the corporate world someday!

AAmmeerr AAmmaann moved back to Lahore earlier this yearand was recently promoted as Head of Sales and Dis-tribution Pakistan for Warid Telecom.

Your news is needed for the next class notes!

MBA 1990Coordinator

Adnan Qayum Khan RBSadnanqkhan@gmail.com

The Class of 90 completes its 20th an-niversary since graduation this year. Manyof us have achieved great success in ourcareers, and now our children are receiv-ing accolades in their academics. At this

moment, however, I am reminded of thefour friends who have already passed away.

ZZaahhiirr RRaazzaa went first in a tragic car crash many,many years back. NNaahheeeedd SSaarrwwaarr was next.We lost her in disturbing and unknowncircumstances. Last year, we lost KKaammrraannKKhhaann in a similar manner. Kami wasfound dead in his apartment inBahrain after about 2 days. He was liv-ing alone. We also lost DDrr.. NNaaiimm SSiipprraa.We were the first class he taught atLUMS. He was very close to our class, and

was also the warden at the boys hostel.We pray to Allah for his blessings, may the

departed rest in eternal peace – Ameen.

MMuunnaazzzzaahh MMaalliikk is still in New York.Munzy is working within TechnologySupport at Goldman Sachs. No, shedid not cause the global financialcrisis. Munzy has two daughters.AAmmrraa OOmmaarr is in the San FranciscoBay Area and is contemplating amove back to Dubai to join Omar.

She is busy parenting (2 kids), volun-teering and fundraising for PTAs, local

education foundations, and international not forprofits. SSaammeeeerraa KKhhaann has been in Canada for thepast several years parenting and struggling with theCanadian Immigration rules. She is in process of re-locating to Singapore where her husband has recentlybeen moved to by his employer, RBS. I hear Sameerawill start working for Sensei again once she settles

into Singapore.

AAyyeesshhaa SSaaqqiibb is married to Saqib and has three kids.Her son Tourab is 18, and daughters’ Minal and Noorare 15 and 6. Ayesha was in Brunei for the past 8years where she worked with various charities andsocial clubs. She is now going to Toronto for a fewyears with the kids. No, it is not because Sameerahas moved to SE Asia. ZZeehhrraa MMaahhoooonn is still inCanada. Don’t have much news on her except thatshe is a single parent and a working mom. SSaauullaattSSaallaahhuuddddiinn continues to run Pronto successfully. I lastmet Saulat a year ago when she came to ask RBS fora loan enhancement. Now you tell me, would yougive Saulat a loan enhancement? Just kidding, Ithink we gave her the loan. HHuummaaiirraa HHyyaatttt has beenout of touch for a while now. I am guessing that sheis in Lahore, given that Arif is now the Dean of LUMS.She must be busy being the First Lady at LUMS.

FFaarreeeezzaa RRaassooooll is well settled in Australia. Keep hear-ing about her from Shahid Saleem who is in touch.Also got a couple of comments on FB from her. Bythe way she looks nothing like the really skinny girlwe all remember from LUMS. Australia has reallydone her well. I (AAddnnaann QQ KKhhaann) have recently movedto Singapore with RBS. My girls (Iman, Aafreen &Noor) are now turning 16, 14 and 12 and my sonFateh is turning 7. As some of you would appreciate,being a parent to one or more teenagers should earnyou the Victoria Cross or something. I have now beenat ABN/RBS for 10 years. SShhaahhiidd AA HHaaiiddeerr remains inLahore running his school (NCBA&E). He recentlycompleted his tenure as Tehsil Nazim for Nankana.He has 3 kids (2 boys and 1 girl). Shahid has recentlybeen made the Vice President of the Alumni Board atLUMS.

SShhaahhiidd SSaalleeeemm is still in Jakarta, mostly relaxing andsometimes working. He must have the highest salaryin the world when you compare it to the amount ofwork he actually needs to do as the CEO of Bina GunaKemia. Shahid has two sons (Omar and Taimur), whoare both working on their sport skills. Taimur will betaking up F-1, whereas, Omar is still undecided.Shahid can be found every winter practicing his recre-ational skills in Lahore. AAssaadd AAllaammggiirr is still in Manilawith the Asian Development Bank. Recently saw pic-tures of his son’s High School graduation. His son isnow off to college in Canada. How time flies…

SSaallmmaann WWaassssaayy is the Marketing Director at Zong inIslamabad. Wassay has 3 kids, and along with hiswife has launched the hugely popular BBQ Tonightrestaurant franchise in Islamabad. I believe a café isalso on the way. His passion for dogs continues. SSaaaadduurr RReehhmmaann is with Banki Fransi in Riyadh. I think hehas been there for at least 15 years or so now. Notto be outdone, TTaahhiirr YY MMaalliikk has also opened a suc-cessful Chinese restaurant in Islamabad. It is actuallythe re-launch of an existing one, China Town, whichserves the best Hot Pot this side of the Himalayas.

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MM AAbbiidd SSaabbrrii is in Lahore. Last I met him he was teach-ing as well as running a consultancy. SSaarrmmaadd MMaaqqbboooollis still with the pharma sector, but I am not sure withwhich company now. I do know that he has recentlymoved to Karachi. The best way to catch up with himis at the Karachi airport. He is always flying some-where or the other with doctors or sales guys in tow.Got in touch with NNaavveeeedd YYaazzddaannii aakkaa DDrr.. after manyyears thru Facebook. Dr. is teaching something, some-where, to someone and looking very distinguishedthese days, French beard and all.

AAgghhaa SSaaeeeedd KKhhaann is at MCB, based in Lahore as theSEVP Operations. His kids are also quite grown up. Ibelieve the eldest has recently gotten some academicaward. Must be on Mahrukh! Who knows what Moaz-zam Hussain really does…..all I know is that he hasbeen travelling a lot recently and has been putting uppics on Facebook. AAhhmmeedd LLaatteeeeff is in Lahore runninghis own business as well as doing a lot of Tablighwork. A golf range at Race Course Park. Does thiscountry not have safety rules?

AAhhmmeedd YYaarr HHiirraajj is still in politics. He finished his sec-ond tenure as Dist. Nazim Khanewal earlier this year.He is working with PML-Q as Senior Vice President andeagerly waiting for the next elections. Ahmed hasthree sons who are all at Aitchison. No news on UUssmmaannBBaabbaarr. The last time I saw him he was at the DHA of-fice sporting a true Islamic look, and busy with get-ting drawings approved. I would think he is stillrunning his house construction business. KKaarriimm BBeegg isstill in Dubai and still with ABN AMRO/RBS, now forover 12 years. With the sale of the UAE retail business,Karim will be moving on and is considering a careerchange. Karim is happily married (third time lucky).

I believe that FFaaiissaall MMaahhmmoooodd is still running REX inLahore. He will soon be as old as the famous tree infront of his office. The last few times I met MMaahhmmooooddPPiirraacchhaa were under difficult circumstances. Both timeshe was in Lahore for his parents illnesses. He is stillbased in Canada. SSuuhhaaiill BBuutttt has seemingly left PepsiMultan after being there for many years and has mi-grated abroad...I think Canada. TTaaqquueeeerr MMaazzhhaarr hasbeen in Kazakhstan for several years, initially withABN AMRO, and then with a local bank. I believe thathe will soon be moving back to Pakistan.

The last time I met AAhhmmeedd RRaazzaa he was the CEO atArif Habib Securities. I think he is still there.

I have not heard any news on SShhaahhzzeebb SSyyeedd for thepast 2 decades and have not heard any news onAAhhmmeedd BBiillaall also for many, many years. I have notbeen in touch with WWaahheeeedd RRaasshhiidd since I last met himwhen he was with Nishat Group and no news on KKhhaalliiddZZaaffaarr.

AAaammiirr JJaawwaaiidd is with HSBC in Bahrain. No news onAAddnnaann MMaassuudd but I believe he is still in Lahore with alot of kids. I have not heard from SSaammiiaahh AAllii since weleft LUMS. All I know is that she went to Germany and

never came back…

MBA 1991Coordinator

Saadia Bukharisoodles@gmail.com

Hello everyone! May this editionof the alumni magazine findyou all safe and happy. This hasbeen a tough year for our coun-try and wherever we may be, theforemost thing on everyone'smind is Pakistan. There are so manyfronts on which we need to rebuild and strengthen ourcountry, and I am very happy to seethat our local and expatriate grad-uates all have a shared resolve ofgiving back to Pakistan andmore specifically LUMS.

The Class of '91 has had atremendous year in connectionwith giving back to LUMS.Through the efforts of ShujaatMirza, Inam-ur-Rahim, and SheikhM. Iqbal, we were able to pledge and honor fundingfor one MBA student per year. Insha Allah,with continued and re-energized efforts,we are hoping to grow this fund in thecoming years and feel rather humbledby the opportunity Allah has given usto collectively contribute to educationin Pakistan. A big thanks to our threeCheetahs, Shuji, Inam, and Iqbal formaking this happen.

I am also overwhelmed by the efforts ofour Ikanway members to help the flood victims.Akbar Zaman Khan, Mustafa Zafar, JahanzebNaseer, and several others have made per-sonal and corporate efforts to collect anddeliver relief funds and goods to the af-fectees. At an individual level, I believeevery one of us has connected with otherrelief workers and undertaken private ef-forts to contribute to helping and rehabili-tating the flood victims. What is moreoverwhelming is that ours is clearly just asmall group of people in a much larger group of peo-ple from LUMS, whom I've seen with collection boxesat DHA roads, raising funds. LUMS has set an excellentexample of community service in recent years and itis heartwarming to see the alumni body take activepart in furthering the efforts of our alma mater.

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The group of people we interchangeably call Ikanwayand Cheetahs, have also done well on a personalfront. As per tradition, a lot of us are working over-seas, while a significant number are moving and shak-ing the local economy.

NNiillee,, SSaarraa,, SSaaaaddiiaa AAssiiff,, TTaaiimmuurr PPaasshhaa and MMuussttaaffaa ZZaaffaarrare known to be settled in Dubai. AAaammiirr SSyyeeddaaiinn re-cently moved to Riyadh from Bahrain. AAbbiidd NNaassiimm,,SShhaazzii NNaaiiyyeerr,, HHuummaaiirraa KKaammaall,, AAllii AAbbbbaass and AAmmiinnaaAAhhssaann HHaaqquuee are in the US. SShheehhrryyaarr AAllii SShhaahh hasmoved to Singapore after a brief sojourn in Pakistan.AAlllliiyyaa AAzzhhaarr and SSaaaaddiiaa BBuukkhhaarrii are back in Lahoreto join most of Ikanway, with the exception ofAAkkbbaarr and SSaaddiiqq who are in Islamabad. That made mepause and think, where are you OOmmaarr MMaassrruurr? Theother Omar is in Karachi, and I believe, so is SShheeeennaa.AArrsshhaadd WWaadduudd is in Peshawar, HHaaffeeeezz I think is in Sin-gapore, and coordinates are fuzzy on MMaaqqssoooodd,, NNaassiirrand AAzzhhaarr..

A few more details on Ikanway from those whosent them in: AAbbiidd is running a tech-companycalled Generalsoft headquartered in San Ramon,California. He has recently set up an offshoredevelopment and training center in Karachi,with plans to open more branches in Pakistannext year. PPaarrvveezz is now in his 6th country with

Bristol-Myers Squibb; he is enjoying suburban lifein Princeton New Jersey, where is handling Global

Market Access for Emerging Markets and Asia-Pa-cific. This is the first time our Doc has livedaway from a big city, and is trying to getused to deer crossing roads at night!

SShheehhrryyaarr is with DBS Bank in Singapore now.MMuussttaaffaa ZZaaffaarr says he's got his family stabi-lized at three kids, with the eldest FatimaMasha Allah starting college next year and se-

riously thinking of LUMS (good choice, MZ!!).Mustafa is working in the real estate industry in

Dubai. TTaanniiaa SShhaahh is busy running Chic, teaching A-Lev-els, and raising her three beautiful daugh-ters, of whom the younger two are twins.SSaaiiqqaa is running Shahkam and raising herson Raamis. HHuummaaiirraa KKaammaall is workingwith UNITAR, based in Phoenix with hertwo lovely daughters. I have personallywitnessed Humaira to actually be ren-dered speechless by them and am veryglad that I'm not the only one to whom

"how the mighty have fallen" applies. Ourchildren are definitely giving us all a run for

our money.

I (SSaaaaddiiaa BBuukkhhaarrii)) am back in Lahore, after 12 yearsin the US. For now, this is home and I'm busy raisingmy son Emil and finding creative self-actualization inphotography. SSaaddiiqq is an Executive VP at PTCL and hasthree kids; his wife Maryam teaches at LGS and Sadiq

has graciously and of course in his well-known humor-ous vein, offered anyone with non-working phone ora kid who wants to go to LGS to contact him. IImmrraannGGhhaannii has launched his own nation-wide brand ofready to wear clothes by the name of Breakout.

YYoouussuuff AAllii is moving to Hague with Shell. I have yetto extract the details from him, but have managed toget an invite and am planning to organize a groupvisit to see him. Anyone interested should let meknow by December! NNaaddeeeemm is with MCB and lookingvery distinguished with dashes of grey in his hair. In the interest of meeting an already-missed deadline,I'm shooting off these class notes in a hurry. I amsorry if anyone was left out and I hope that next yearwe will have a better prepared and more detailed ver-sion! Till then, best of luck to all of us, wherever weare, in all our personal, professional, and national ef-forts. Pakistan Zindabad!

MBA 1992Coordinator

Zunee Muhtashim IFCzmuhtashim@ifc.org

ZZuunneeee and MMuuhhttaasshhiimm are settled in Karachi. Zuneecontinues to work for IFC for the last 10 years andMuhtashim is working in MCB Bank in Wholesale Bank-ing. They are a peripheral part of Aumni Chapter inKarachi and keenly following the progress of LUMSand wish the school all the best. Zunee has joined theAlumni body and hopes to push the Class of '92 ingiving sizeable donations for NOP/Endowment. Theyhave three girls: Sophia, Shanze and Hannah. Whoknows one or more of them may end up in LUMS.

FFaaiizzaa and AAaammeerr ZZaaiiddii are in Dubai. Aamer is headingCorporate Banking in Noor Islamic bank while Faizais busy managing Aamir and their 3 kids: Ali, Abeerand little Eman. YYaawwaarr NNaaeeeemm ((aakkaa AAddmmiirraall)) is havingan unabated ‘Thrilla’ in Manilla working with Land O'Lakes. He is studying for a Post Graduate ExecutiveProgramme in Strategy Innovation at the Said BusinessSchool, Oxford University. He has three kids. AAlliiyyaa issettled with hubby Ehmar and son Taimur in Canadaworking for a public sector entity and is rarely seen inthese parts of the world. AAssaadd BBaattllaa and AAssmmaa are get-ting younger by the day. Asad looks after ConsumerBanking for Noor Bank and Asma manages Wrap andRoll Handi joints in UAE. They have two lovely girls.

AAhhmmaadd TTaauuffiiqquuee and TTaayyyyaabbaa are in Dubai whereAhmad is heading marketing for Fonterra (a Kiwidairy company) for the Middle East, Africa and CentralAsian states while Tayyaba has become a busy MarketResearch Consultant, doing projects for the likes

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of Synovate, MEMRB etc. They have two kids. AAssaadd ZZaa--hhoooorr has started his own enterprise for tunnel farm-ing, heading an NGO in Agriculture (QuestInternational) and a services business (CNC consultinglooking at competitiveness and capacity building forprivate sector and donors). He is based in Lahore. Heis married with four boys (from 3-14yrs old)!!

SSyyeedd AAtthheerr AAhhmmaadd has joined Samba Bank as Head ofFIs in Riyadh. Anju and their 3 daughters have recentlymoved to enjoy life in a Saudi compound. AAzzffaarr NNoo--mmaannii has completed 18 years in MCB Bank and islooking after the Compliance Function based out ofKarachi. He and Ayesha are raising two lovely kids.AAzzmmaatt BBaabbuurr is busy farming his lands and is alsoworking as a Financial Consultant. He and Suzaaneare based in Karachi. FFaarraahh KKhhaann is in Dammam SaudiArabia and from what I hear is a regular visitor tothe watering holes in Bahrain. She is a devoted momand follows her son's baseball very seriously. FFaarryyaallDDhheebbaarr is reportedly in London and according to Shazhas become very religious. Nothing else is knownabout her. FFaattiimmaahh AAffzzaall is with DFID and lives withher parents and daughter in Rawalpindi. GGuullbbaannooBBookkhhaarrii is with Silk Bank and has two kids. She has alawyer husband, so watch out!

HHaarroooonn ZZaammiirr has moved from Dubai to Karachi tojoin HBL in the Risk Management area. He alongwithHasan Raazee remain the only eligible bachelors inour class. HHaassssaann RRaaaazzeeee is based out of San Diegomanaging his online furniture business. Seems to behigh on life and last heard was busy espousing thecause of Urdu Language on Facebook.

HHiinnaa AAkkllaaqquuee is the CEO of Pak Oman Asset Manage-ment Company. She is married and settled in Karachi.She has 4 kids (11 years to 4 months)…and the secondperson to have 4 kids in our class. IIrrffaann AAbbdduullllaahh ((AAkkaaDDaabbbbaa)) has moved from textiles to development sec-tor and teaching, and after working in a UNDP project(Gender Promotion) is now working for a USAID proj-ect on Job Creation. He also works as a trainer in theproject, conducts training workshops and teachesEMBA students at different universities in Karachi. Wewish him all the luck.

JJaawwaadd and MMaarryyaamm and their cute twins are also inKarachi. Jawad is busy heading Invisor Securities andplaying all kinds of games. KKhhoollaa is in HBL Lahore inthe Corporate Banking department. She remains elu-sive to all of us as always. MMaahhrreeeenn RRaaaasshhiidd has beenwith LUMS for the last 14 years and currently the Di-rector for the Rausing Executive Development Centre.She is happily married has 2 children. MMaalleeeehhaa MMiimmiiBBaannggaasshh has moved from Competition Commission ofPakistan and is now the Head of Strategy for UBLAMC. She and her adorable son Sinaan have re-locatedto Karachi. MMaannssoooorr KKhhaalliill is going steady with RBSBank in Karachi. He can be seen on his regularmonthly commute to Lahore to meet up with Sidraand kids, Jamil and Nabiha. They have recently addeda daughter to their family.

MMoohhaammmmaadd AAllii KKhhaann is with MCB as General Manager,Commercial Banking for Jhelum Circle. He is marriedwith one wife (still) and only two children. He hascome up with a book of self essays of satire and hu-mour entitled, Bored of Virtue, which is available atmajor book shops in Islamabad. MMuunnaawwaarr aakkaa MMoonnttyyis based in Dubai where he continues to work in theCredit Policy Area with Dubai Islamic Bank. He, Sadiaand their son seem to be living a blissful life in Dubai.NNaabbeeeellaa NNaaeeeemm is busy teaching as-piring finance graduates and rais-ing her two kids. She is based inKarachi.

NNaaddeeeemm KKaazzmmii remains loyal toSiemens and has done about 23years with them. He is based onKarachi and we hope will beheading Siemens Pakistan in nearfuture. He and Simi are happily mar-ried with Zoya and Zulfiqar. Nadeem Illahi left MCBafter 17 years to venture into Cana-dian tundra where he has joined TDMeloche Monnex in Toronto. Wewish good luck to the countryand hope that the wildlife willadjust to this recent additionfrom Pakistan. Nadeem andLubna have two kids, Ayaan andSaaria. NNaassiirr IIqqbbaall remains thequintessential capitalist. Easy tounderstand given his financial suc-cess. He is in London and the last I remember was aproud father of three.

NNaauurreeeenn KKhhaalliidd is part of the Medipakfamily business for the past 17 yearsand is also managing the Porschefranchise for Lahore since the last 5years. She and Abuzar have anadorable son. OOmmeerr RRaasshhiidd is inRochester, MI. After completing hisPh.D. in international business, he isteaching at Oakland University. USA. RReehhaannKKhhaann ((aakkaa SSooooffii)) is Lahore based and works fora textile firm. He is happily married and justmoved into his new house.

SSaaddiiaa SSaaaaddaatt has joined the Government ofPunjab as DG Marketing (PBIT) in an Advi-sory role and is based out of Lahore. Shesends out fancy brochures to attract moneyfor Punjab while money keeps flying away.SSaallmmaann MMiirr is travelling the world whileworking with a pesticide firm in USA. SShhaahhiiddMMaahhmmoooodd has moved from WorldCall to Analytics inpartnership with Teradata. He and Mona have two kidsand are happily settled in Lahore, as is evident fromhis regular facebook updates.

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successfully attracted Acumen funding in 2009. Wewish him best of luck in his new adventure. UUmmaarrZZaaffaarr works for Netsol as Business Development Man-ager with two kids. Since losing the alumni electionsto Zunee, has gone underground. UUmmeerr MMaassoooodd hasproceeded to do Ph.D. in urban planning at MIT. He ismarried with one daughter. YYaawwaarr MMaazzhhaarr is enjoyinglife in Amsterdam working for European bankingpower house of RBS. He and Naheed had one son tilllast reports came in.

MBA 1993Coordinator

Sarah BegFranklinCoveysarahbeg2003@yahoo.com

We are nearing the end of another decade,taking us another year further than 1993when we graduated.

Starting with Karachi, FFaarraahh and SShhaahhiidd aredoing well and happy with their 3 kids. Farah is teach-

ing at Karachi Grammar School while Shahid isbusy with Tameer Bank.

IImmrraann PPaarraacchhaa and family is doing welland visiting the United States these days.Their daughter Nashia has finished herO’levels while Muhaiman is in Grade 8.NNaavveeeedd CChhaawwllaa is doing well with ablooming business, and looks nice sporting

a beard. He has two daughters ages 14 and12, and a son who is 5 years old. Dubai now

has MMeemmoosshh back again making his wife Maryam mosthappy. He is still with Henkel managingthe detergents business for the ArabianPeninsula. I hear that they are expect-ing an addition to their family of twoboys, Seinan and Sultan. SSooooffii andAmber, and ZZuullffii and Marryam arestill with Barclays in Dubai.NNaavveeeedd AAss--gghhaarr is in Jeddah and still withUnilever after all these years. That in-

deed, is very commendable.

AAhhssaann LLaattiiff lives in England with his wife Sarah andthree lovely kids. Haider and Susie have been blessedwith a baby boy named Aiden. From the picturesposted, we can see that they are thoroughly enjoyingthe baby. They have been in Singapore for 3 years,where HHaaiiddeerr works for T Rowe Price, a US-based mu-tual funds company as Regional Resources Analyst.

AAmmnnaa and AAllii NNaaqqvvii are still in Hong Kong with their3 children. Amna’s art venture is going very well withexhibitions taking place around the world.

OOssaammaa is currently researching and writing the finalparts of his doctoral dissertation in Pakistan. He alsospends time at LUMS every week to help out with de-partmental progress and is also involved with variousjustice sector reforms. His wife Maryam finished herLL.M at Yale last year, is currently researching in Pak-istan as a Yale Fellow and just got appointed as an As-sistant Professor at the Department of Law & Policy atLUMS. His son Hatim will start grade six, while daugh-ter Nawaal will start grade one. HHaasseeeebb in headingthe water division of Nestlé in Lahore and out of hislove for tennis has started coaching at GymkhanaClub.AAmmii is doing her own work here in Karachi, andhas recently been blessed with a baby boy. All the bestto you, AAssiimm and Zayna!

SSaallmmaann SSaalleeeemm is heading his ancestral business as Di-rector, United Dairy Farms (Pvt) Ltd. He is presently-based at Karachi looking after the sales & marketingin the South, and has 4 children Faheem, Fauzan,Hoorain & Arham. AAllii BBaajjaauurrii is in Toronto and has re-cently been blessed with a baby boy called Keyvaan.Wishing him and Saima the very best. FFaaiissaall AAhhmmeedd isalso in Toronto with his wife and two kids. I (SSaarraahhBBeegg) am working for FranklinCovey as CertifiedTrainer, while Salman is with Standard Chartered inKuala Lampur.

I wrote to many others in the class by searching forthem on Facebook, but sadly, they did not reply. SoI’ll end with this brief update on what class of 1993is doing.

MBA 1994Coordinator

Nabigha Nasser Masoodnabigha.nm@gmail.com

The class of 1994 seems to be going from strength tostrength personally & professionally. It has been a sta-ble year for most of us with no earth shattering newsor changes having taken place. Most of us haveworked diligently in the same organizations as lastyear & have grown to senior levels with the same. Weall seem to be fully involved in building our careers& families. The destination of choice seems to be theMiddle East where a lot of our class fellows are cur-rently residing. Life seems to be stable & steady formost. Actually middle age has really set in as Hashimsays he’s too lazy now to switch or change anything!

AAbbdduull RRaahhiimm BBuutttt is now in Doha, Qatar, working withStandard Chartered Bank as Head of Strategy & Plan-ning, Wholesale Banking. He is happily settled in

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Doha with wife and two sons aged 7 and 12 years. AAlliiNNaaddiirr SSyyeedd is settled in Dubai working as the CEO ofFairfax Middle East; an investment bank with head-quarters in London. Currently, they are a commutingfamily as GGuull NNiiggaarr BBuukkhhaarrii & their 9 year old daugh-ter Amaan are in Lahore, where Gul is anchoring forExpress 24/7 news channel. EEiirraajj SSaalleehh DDaauudd contin-ues to grow with Engro Foods Ltd. as it s GeneralManager Sales. He is based in Lahore with wife Ayela& three kids; Talha (13), daughter (10) and son Danial(7). HHaaiiddeerr RRaaffiiqq is one of the most successful entre-preneurs from our class. He runs the Capital Group ofCompanies. Haider has five companies under hisgroup from manufacturing steel to biscuits & supplychain/logistics for FMCGs. The last year has seen rapidgrowth in his supply chain business as he is now of-fering fully integrated supply chain solutions to FMCGbusinesses. He is settled in his home town Islamabadwith wife Urooj & kids Hamza (13), Aiman (11) &Hasan (6).

HHaammmmaadd HHaassssaann is still in Bahrain at ABC IslamicBank where he is First Vice President, Head of Market-ing (Corporate & Institutional Banking). He is enjoy-ing life in Bahrain/Manama with wife & three kids;Wardah (12), Rania (11) and Afraz (7). HHaarriiss AAhhmmeedd isstill based in his beloved city of Lahore with wife &twin sons Wali Ahmed & Razi Ahmed both aged 6yrs,7 months, 5 days & four hours as Haris diligently in-formed us! He works with Barclays Bank as their Re-gional Head Central & Country Head Mid Corp. Thelast time he was seen shaking his mane & a leg wasat Mumtaz Kazmi’s birthday bash in Karachi this year.HHaarroooonn KKhhaalliidd has something up his sleeve! He isworking on something other than banking he saidbut will reveal it at an appropriate time. Good luckHaroon with your secret mission. Hope to find outabout it soon. Haroon is currently Head of Risk Man-agement, at Bank Alfalah in Karachi with wife Sophiaand two boys Rafae (8) & Emaad (4).

MMiirrzzaa HHaasshhiimm BBaaiigg claims that age has finally caughtup with him. Our Lord Abrasive is now too lazy tochange anything so asked us to refer to last yearsclass notes as he claims not to have changed anythingin his life except being a year older. So according toour last notes Hashim manages risk for Burooj Prop-erties in Abu Dhabi and lives in Abu Dhabi along withhis wife Aysha and three girls Fatima (14), Maryam(7) and Zainab (5). NNaauummaann CChhuugghhttaaii and SSoobbiiaa areboth happily settled in Lahore where Nauman headsthe Risk Management Group at MCB Bank and Sobiaheads Corporate Marketing for HBL. They both havetwo kids Saad (14) years & Ayela (10). SSaajjiidd SSaaeeeeddcontinues to be the CEO of Gulf Oil Saudi Arabia. Hehas been living in Jeddah with wife Sumbleyina andkids Safa (12) and Selina (4) for the last ten years. Ac-cording to our last reports he is busy building a housein Jeddah & loves life there! Are we talking aboutthe same Sajid!!

MMuummttaazz KKaazzmmii moved to Dubai with Credit Suisse asDirector Investment Banking last year. He & wife

Saima are enjoying life close to home after living inNew York for almost a decade. He recently came ofage (hit the 40 figure) which wife Saima celebratedwith style in Karachi. He has two kids who are hisclones (sorry Saima): Mekaael (6) & Zahra (3). RRoo--mmaannaa MMaalliikk is still in Dubai with husband Kashif andkids. She is no longer working, so she could givemore attention to her kids Zain (6) and Zoya (18months old). SSaaiirraa HHaammeeeedd is settled in Karachi andhas been working with UBL for the last five years.She heads their Investor Relations function.Saira hastwo kids; Fareeha (14) & Mustafa (9),with the third one on the way very soonInshaAllah.

SSaaiirraa SShhaaffii moved to Karachi a fewyears ago with husband Aali. She iscurrently managing her furniture &interior designing business Envoguein Karachi. She recently decided toturn her passion for art into a businessventure in Lahore called Vogue ArtGallery. Saira has three daughters. Her twins; Sana &Sara are now almost 12 & Alisha 3 yearsold. Saira recently built a new house inKarachi in record time which was fur-nished & done up in not more than aweek! Way to go Saira. NNaabbiigghhaaNNaasssseerr has been in Karachi for almostforever. After 11 years of workingwith Unilever I decided to take a fewyears off to look after my children.The third child rocked the boat com-pletely & it became almost impossible todo any full, half or flexi timing assignment anymore.Believe me I tried all three iterations! My lastfull time assignment was Brand & BusinessTeam Leader Skincare & my last flexi/halfday assignment was Head of Market Re-search for Unilever Pakistan. I have threedaughters Zoya (8), Zara (6) and Zaina(4).

UUzzmmaa HHuussssaaiinn is in the process of moving toDubai after living in London for 15 years. Sheis ecstatic on being so close to home & familyfinally. The move to Dubai was made as husbandShahid decided to move to Fairfax Middle East anupcoming investment bank in Dubai. She has herhands full with three energetic boys Adnan(12), Suleman (8) & Bilal (5). Her healthybinges are still very much on with tubs offrozen yogurt & strawberry milk shakes nowthrown in with daily Cindy Crawford workouts!LLuubbnnaa SSaaeeeedd is settled comfortably in a towncalled Appleton in Wisconsin, U.S.A. She lives in alovely lakeside home with husband Khalid (a gas-troentologist) & two kids Zuhair (8) & Karim (6). Sheloves life in the small town & is a frequent travelerto Canada where her parents are now settled. The lastLubna visited Pakistan was almost two years ago.

SSaallmmaann QQuuttbb is in Lahore with MCB. He has recentlytaken up a new position with the bank as Head of

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Consumer Risk Division. He has three adorable daugh-ters aged 9, 7 and 3 years, who are the only ones heloves more than a game of Golf. SShhaammoooonn CChhaauuddhhrryyis still with Boubyan Bank in Kuwait as the Executive Manager, Direct Investments. Shamoon and wifeRahla are happily settled in Kuwait along with theirthree boys; Shaheer (8), Rafay (4) & Siddiq (2). SSyyeeddAAllii AAtthhaarr JJaammeeeell aakkaa MMaasstteerr is currently in Lahoreworking for Nestlé Pakistan Ltd. as Group ManagerDistribution Operations. We are sure Master hasbrought all derivative models, statistical tools &quant analysis into distribution operations!Nestlé is still wondering what they did withouthim all these years! Master we expect no lessfrom you! He is happily married to wifeTehseen and has a son Nasir (7) and daughterZujaja (5 ½). KKaasshhiiff SShhaahh left investment bank-

ing & the financial sector after 15 years & iselated about it to say the least. He began a new ca-

reer last year with Byco Group as the SponsorsAdvisor & Director. He lives with wife Uzmain Karachi and has three daughters Saniya(9), Alizeh (8) and Zara (3). SShhaazziiaa KKaammaallwho had been missing in action for quitea while got traced in Karachi. She is cur-rently between jobs. Her last one was withKashf Micro Finance as their Regional Man-ager. She lives in Karachi with husband &

two daughters Farishteh (11) and Malhaar (1½). Having a baby after 10 years has brought

about its own challenges but Shazia is juggling bothfronts, her career & kids, wonderfully. Keepit up Shazia! TTaahhiirr AAzziizz is with AskariBank as the SEVP & Group Head Corpo-rate & Investment Banking. He liveswith wife Ayesha and two sons Taimur(10) & Nadir (9) in Karachi.

DDrr.. UUssmmaann BBhhaattttyy is with Nestlé Pak-istan as their Country Business Manager

Nutrition. He is settled in Lahore withwife Amna and two boys Abuzar (10) & Ali

(8). Besides Docs career, his vocal cords are also goingfrom strength to strength as displayedrecently at Munno’s party. UUssmmaannKKhhaalliidd is also at Nestlé Pakistan inLahore. Currently he is the Con-troller for Milk Collection & Agri-cultural Services. He is married toSaima, and has a daughter Ayesha(8) and son Hamza (12). YYoouussaaff HHuuss--ssaaiinn loves being back in Lahore after

13 years. Both he & Tanzeela are en-joying being close to their families after

a long gap. Yousaf works for Faisal Bank as their Re-gional Head North. After Emman who is 6 years old,Yousaf & Tanzeela were recently blessed with theirsecond daughter Amal who is now six months old.AAmmiirr SShhaahh is now well settled in Ottawa, Canada withwife Julie. He works for Bell Canada as Associate Di-rector – Business Planning. Amir & Julie have two

daughters aged 14 & 12. It has been a long time sinceAmir visited Pakistan & friends from LUMS and hopesto see everyone soon.

The following have not written back with their latestinformation hence I will post the last news we hadfrom them or heard about them:

FFaaaaiizz HHaassssaann works with HSBC Bank Middle East Ltdas Director, based in Dubai along with wife AAmmiinnaaMMuunniirr. Amina is busy settling down in Dubai withtwo kids Omer (10) & Aadil (5). The last we know ofUUbbaaiidd SSaalleeeemm is that he is in Chantilly Virginia work-ing for JP Morgan Chase. He is married to Hina andhas twins Zayaan & Zaynab aged 5 years. AAmmiirr NNaasseeeerr& AAyyeesshhaa are both in New York. Amir is the COO forFirst Manufacturing Corporation; a company ofLeatherfields Pakistan. Amir & Ayesha have threeboys Ibrahim (10), Hamza (8) & have recently beenblessed with another son. KKaammrraann KKhhaann is settled inKarachi & is currently working with National Foods asGeneral Manager Sales. He & wife Kehkashan havetwo kids; Marium (9) & Orhan (8). AAllii MMaahhoooonn worksin Jeddah as the Regional Risk Manager for Samba,where he lives with wife Fatima and their kids Aah-mad (7), Dina (5½) and Danya (4½).

The last we heard from AAzzeeeemm UUllllaahh KKhhaann was thathe has his own immigration & settlement consultancycalled “AukSun Consultants” and he operates out ofthree offices in Canada, UK and Karachi. No one hasseen much of him over the last year. Wife Sadiya anddaughter Anoush are based in Canada as well. UUssmmaannHHaassssaann heads Credit Risk Management at MCB Bankand is based at its Head Office in Lahore. Till last yearhe was involved in building his house. Usman has fourkids; two girls and two sons. MMaaiimmuunnaa AArrsshhaadd is ahomemaker living with her husband in the USA andsays that I await that time when cooking, cleaning,grocery shopping and kid's homework are not mydaily worries!!! Kids: Ahazz (9) and Mina (4). JJaayyiikkaarrVVaaiiddyyaa settled in Lalitpur, Nepal. We have not heardanything from him this year.

FFuuaadd ZZuuffffeerr lives & works in Kansas, USA where hehas stayed put for the last 14 years. He works for Al-catel-Lucent. Kids: Insia (14) and Faran (7) HHaaaarriissZZaaffaarr till our last reports was working as Directorwith RBS in London with wife Fatima and son Mikaeelwho is now 5yrs old. AAmmeerr KKaammaall has been in Dubaifor almost 9 years now. He manages Shells’s chemicalsales in Middle-East & Pakistan. He seems to be hap-pily settled with wife Gul and three kids Dua (11),Jazib (9) & Rafay (3). AAttiiff BBaaiigg heads the regionalCredit Risk Portfolio Management for Deutshce Bankin Singapore where he lives with his wife & and threedaughters. AAwwaaiiss HHaassssaann continues to do wonders atHabib Bank AG Zurich, Dubai and now heads its cor-porate zone. He & wife Qurat ul Ain have two kids;Mahnoor (12) and Hasnain (9). Those few who con-tinue to stay away from the limelight year after yearwith no news or updates are ZZaahhrraa,, SSaammaann,, JJaayyaakkaarr,,AAmmiirr CChhiissttii && BBeehhrraamm..

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MBA 1995Coordinator

Tanzeela Hussain British Counciltanzeela.hussain72@gmail.com

Sitwat IrfanKarachi Grammar Schoolsitwat.irfan@hotmail.com

The duo is back after 15 years! This time with a newprofile – we are now “TT&&SS IInnccoorrppoorraatteedd” and ourfirst assignment is this – trying to find out whateveryone has been up to for the last few years. Heregoes…and apologies in advance if we have over-looked anyone, or have gotten anything wrong.

Our deepest condolences to AAyyeesshhaa who very tragi-cally lost her husband, Raza, earlier this year. She isthe epitome of strength and courage and we knowthat you will all join us in praying for both Ayeshaand her son Ibrahim – may Allah give them thestrength to bear this irrepairable loss. Ameen.

AAsshheerr is in Bangladesh as Chief Commercial OfficerBanglalink - a telecom company. Asher, we can onlyimagine just how popular you must be over there –tall and fair in the land of the not so tall and not sofair! AAttiiyyaa and HHaammmmaadd are still in Dubai. Hammadis at Standard Chartered Bank and Atiya is teachingMBA and BBA students. They have two beautiful chil-dren a daughter aged 10 and a son who is 8.

After living in Sweden, Italy and Canada IImmrraann NNaasssseerris now based in Dubai since three years. After beingsingle for a couple of years he recently tied the knotwith his lovely Moroccan wife Sakina and is hoping toget a hang of French and Arabic! After selling TetraPak packaging solutions, Kraft cheese and Tobelerone,he is now selling BlackBerry smartphones to Africansand spends half of his life traveling to Africa (Nigeria,Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Uganda, Malawi, andBotswana). Imran visits Lahore once a month tomeet his lovely boys Shayan and Walee. Change is theonly thing constant in his life. Well said friend –surely many will agree with you!

After having been Missing In Action (MIA) for nearly15 years, JJuunnaaiidd has resurfaced! He is based in Lahoreand running a multifaceted, multibillion rupee busi-ness empire. He has a beautiful wife and three chil-dren - one son and two daughters. He also has ahouse with a swimming pool – Junaid when are youinviting us over?!! Venue for a class reunion?SSaarraahhFFaattiimmaa moved to Karachi last year and is happily set-tled there. All we know is that SSaajjjjaadd CChheeeemmaa was inAmerica two years ago.

MIA but we know that MMuuhhaammmmaadd FFaarrrruukkhh AAnnssaarrii issomewhere in Lahore or its outskirts! MMuussttaaffaa BBeegg isstill in Dubai, helping the Sheikhs with their money!MG not only tied the knot, but became the proud fa-ther of a beautiful baby girl.

Not sure where UUssmmaann QQuurreesshhii is, but he is certainlythe father of two gorgeous little girls and recentlyentered the 35+ age bracket! Congratulations myfriend, you are coming of age.ZZaahhiidd and BBuusshhrraa arebased in Nairobi soon to be relocating to Dar esSalam Tanzania. Zahid is working asthe Regional Consumer Banking Di-rector for Barclays and Bushra isthe proverbial housewife – busytaking care of the family [threeboys, Zahid aged 40 something,Murad (13+) and Raza who is al-most 11] plus doing volunteerwork in Africa. UUzzmmaa RRaasshhiidd isbusy working! - out! Aerobics! Shehas three children and like Bushra has become an-other proverbial housewife! We alwaysknew you were a fitness freakUzma. Some of us need your help.

While UUssmmaann is climbing theheights of the corporate ladderin banking, EEmmmmaa is gainingheights in the area of familymanagement! Mashallah she isthe mother of three beautiful chil-dren (two daughters and a son) withanother addition soon to come! Ourcongratulation Usman and Emma. UUssmmaannAAhhmmeedd is with Barclays Bank and is reallygoing places! He now has responsibilityfor managing several regions – notcountries! We are really proud of youUsman. SSaajjiidd RRiiaazz is still in Karachi. Herecently tied the knot and like MG be-came a proud father.

AAssiimm RReehhmmaann is also in Karachi and tilllast updates, continues to pursue his pas-sion of flying PIA airplanes. TTaaiimmuurr SShhaaiiqquuee is nowthe proud father of three; Amin (7), Wasay (5)and Laila Bano (7 mths). After 10+ years atHBL, he has recently moved to NIB Bank inKarachi. He misses the class of 1995 a lot.His wife Saima is busy in managing theKarachi branches of the LGS network. Bythe way, Taimur also has one of the bestcollections of paintings we have ever seen.ZZuullaaiikkhhaa and KKhhuurrrraamm are both well settledin Canada. Zulaikha is working for a Canadianbank and Khurram after pursuing another MBA isalso working with a firm in Canada. They have threegorgeous children – a son and two daughters.Afterhaving recently met SSeeeemmeeeenn MMiirrzzaa we can person-ally vouch for the fact that if there is anyone whosebeauty and poise is timeless – it’s Seemeen! The busymom of two, is as radiant and as charming as ever!Seemeen continues to be based in San Francisco,

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California and is working with Johnson & Johnson.She was honored to have the opportunity to moder-ate a panel discussion with Dr. Durrani (former ViceChancellor of LUMS) at the “Organization of PakistaniEntrepreneurs” (OPEN) meeting in SFO recently.AAnneeeellaa AAnnssaarrii is going strong with Nestlé and is basedin Switzerland. She and her husband Babar are fondof globetrotting and manage to visit all sorts of ex-otic places, including South America where Aneelablended in perfectly with the Brazillian beauties! Sheis another fitness freak and has recently taken partin the 20km run. Well done Aneela!

After a brief stint in Karachi, TTaaffwweeeezz uull VVaakkiill is nowbased in Lahore as Director Marketing and Sales forLakson Tobacco / Philip Morris International. NNaaddeeeemmSSaaffddaarr is in his hometown of Rawalpindi. He and hiswife Asma have three children; a daughter and twosons. Nadeem is currently working for Alcatel-Lucent.IIbbrraahhiimm SShhaammssii is still based in Karachi, but man-ages to visit Lahore frequently. In addition to in-troducing the Lahoris to the famous StudentBiryani of Karachi, Ibbi is also busy keeping allalumni connected in Karachi. Kudos to him! Bythe way he also owns a yacht…another possiblevenue for a 15th year reunion??? What sayIbbi??

UUzzmmaa AAssllaamm is based in the US close to Atlanta, GA.She has two girls and a boy aged 11, 8 and 5. I think

FFaaiissaall AAllii is the last one to bite the dust as theysay! Finally, he got hitched! And to a beautifulgirl! Congratulations Faisal – how come weweren’t invited? Furqan just missed the sta-tus of the last one to fall – he got marriedbefore Faisal! FFuurrqqaann is based in Lahore andis going places with Pepsi. SShheemmyyllaa is stilldown under in Sydney. She now has fourgirls aged 10, 6, 5 years and 11months. Wow

Shemyla you must have your hands full! Rais-ing children is no easy task and MashaAllah

daughters are such a blessing. Hint! Hint!

AAmmiinnaa and her husband Saad are happilysettled in Bahrain. They have three chil-dren, a daughter and two sons. AAllii NNaauu--mmaann has now moved to Dubai fromBahrain. He is working as a Directorwith Emirates NBD Capital and is proudfather of three sons. No news on AAbbaaiiddCChhaauuddrryy but we do bump into his wife

now and then! Abaid is still working in La-hore for a company unknown, but is the

proud father of two children. SShheeyyrrhhaarr aakkaa SShheezzii is allset to become the new “Super Store Tycoon of Pak-istan”. HKB is rocking under his leadership! He hasnot only been able to attract a number of top brandsto retail within HKB but is known to give young andupcoming entrepreneurs a platform to launch them-selves! Well done Shezi. Shezi and his wife Sara were

recently blessed with a new additionto their family– a baby girl called Inaya. AAmmiirr is now in Canada.He and his wife Humaira have two lovely daughters.

And as for the two of us:

SSiittwwaatt is in Karachi and the mother of three – twogirls and a boy. After a brief hiatus from work, sheis now teaching A- level students at Karachi GrammarSchool.

After having moved to Karachi and then to Lahore(in less than 12 months!), somehow, I (TTaannzzeeeellaa) amstill working with the British Council as their Headof HR. Yousaf and I were recently blessed with an-other addition to our family – a beautiful daughterfor us and sister for Emaan, who we have namedAmal.

AAssiimm HHaammeeeedd is in Dubai. He and his wife Samanwere recently blessed with a baby boy.

After trying very hard to do so, we were unfortu-nately not able to seek any updates on the followingwho remain “Missing In Action” (MIA): MMoobbeeeenn,,FFaarrhhaann,, JJaahhaannggiirr,, RRiizzwwaann – we think is in Lahore,perhaps “housed” in “Casa Bella?”; AAddnnaann – eitherthe “tayara” has landed or it is lost somewhere!;IImmrraann HHaammiidd – no update, only that he is based inAmerica; IImmrraann AAllaamm DDaarr – another MIA but we be-lieve somewhere in Saudi; AAllii AAssllaamm,, UUssmmaann MMiirr aannddNNaaeeeemm JJaavveedd..

MBA 1996Coordinator

Natasha AhmedMCBnatasha.ahmed@mcb.com.pk

Faaria RehmanUBLmecca_pk@yahoo.com

The stars of MBA 1996 continue to shine bright andare scattered far and beyond, climbing the corporateladders all over the world and yes getting a fewgrey’s as well… it’s been 14 years and we have allcome a long way. It’s always a pleasure to have thoseclass re-unions when a few of us can get together andit seems that only 14 min utes have gone by sincewe last met. Facebook has done wonders to re-con-nect many.

AAllii AAllmmaakkkkyy and ZZaarriinnaa have recently shifted to Lon-don from USA after spending a decade there. Theyhave a beautiful house in St John’s Wood. Ali is nowco-COO of Global Institutional Sales for Fixed Income,

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Currencies and Commodities and Equity Derivativesand that is the reason he is never to be seen at homewhile Zarina toils all day with the household choresand the two kids Adam (8) and Alina (7). NNaauummaannAAmmjjaadd along with his wife Nadia and beautiful sonZain (3) is fully entrenched in London also living inSt John’s Wood much to Ali’s delight. Nauman con-tinues to work with Citigroup and Nadia with HSBC.AAmmmmaarr AAllii QQuurreesshhii continues to trot the globe look-ing for carbon credits as Business Development Man-ager with Carbon Resource Management in London -he has tried his luck with Pakistan but to no avail. Hecontinues to be single in hot pursuit of a wife. Anysuggestions??? FFaarrhheeeenn has also been in London forquite a while now living a good life with husbandShahzad and two daughters. NNaaiimmaa with her husbandAmin and 3 kids (two girls and a boy) is in Hamp-stead Garden in London. These days she is in Pakistan,busy in her village trying to provide relief to her peo-ple after the devastation of the floods. UUmmaarr KKiittcchh--lleeww (Kitch) has been recently blessed with a thirdchild - a beautiful baby girl who takes after the dad– yes the pink cheeks and all. He is in Manchesterthese days with his wife Hina and 3 children (2 boysand 1 girl). He continues to pursue his career in bank-ing. FFaaiizzaa FFaarriidd is also in London with her Citi Bankerhusband and two year old son who keeps her on hertoes all day – chup sha mara! OOmmaarr FFaarrooooqq with hiswife Fatima, a son and a daughter is also in Londonbusy in the financial world of HSBC on the LeveragedFinance side.

SSaalleeeemm AAhhmmeedd is busy in NYC and loves his very verysingle status in the Big Apple ;). He remains active inthe Investment Management sector. NNaauummaann MMuuzzaaff--ffaarr moved from Toronto and is currently based in NewYork - working with JP Morgan. He is enjoying theBig Apple with his wife Mona and their three kids.SSoohhaaiill KKhhaann is still with the CitiGroup in StructuredCredit. He has finally changed his DP on Facebookafter what two years?! Wife Zahrah and two boysRaaid and Ahmer keep him busy when he is not en-gulfed by the financial world. QQuummbbaarr HHaassssaann aakkaaQQuummbbeerr NNuummbbeerr is braving the finance market withBank of America, his eldest son made it to collegethis year. AAbbiidd ZZaaiiddii is an ardent fan of Coke Studio.When not listening to music he is busy along-with hiswife working at Microsoft and is settled in Seattle.They have three kids including twins. SSaaaaddiiaa MMuunniirrHHaammmmaadd is located in Winter Springs in Florida and isbusy raising her three offsprings. KKhhuurrrraamm BBhhuuttttaa isan Associate Professor at Ohio University living inAthens Ohio with his three kids. AAjjmmaall SSaaeeeedd aakkaaBBaabbaa--ee--MMBBAA is based in Sacramento, California work-ing with a Utility Company. He has three children.FFaawwaadd RRaazzzzaaqquuee lives in Seattle with his wife Zaraand 8 year old son Momin. He works for Russel Invest-ment Group as a Research Analyst. AAaammiirr KKhhaann is ru-mored to be settled in Houston working for theEnergy and Infrastructure Advisory Group with RBS.AAbbiidd BBaalloocchh lives in DC with his wife Amber and son. OOmmaarrSShheeiikkhh also settled in DC is working with Fannie Mae in theRisk Management area. He has a four year old son. OOmmaarrSShheehhrryyaarr is in the USA pursuing his teaching ambition with

his wife Wilma and daughter Asha. TTeehhmmiinnaa SShhaahh is Managerat MIS Projects, Business Analysis and Quality AssuranceCompany, CIBC, Toronto. KKaasshhiiff SSaarrffaarraazz lives in Toronto,Canada. He has been with J&J close to seven years now,working on the sales & marketing side with the medicaldevice division - therefore, he won't be able to help withany requests for baby powder or shampoo, or Rogaine andSplenda - what many of the gentleman and FBG probablybadly need to help their sharply receding hairlines and outof control waistlines:). He is happily married (some mayargue with the oxymoronic nature of the phrase - certainlynot applicable in our case) with fourlovely kids Haaris (11 yrs), Fatima (7yrs), and Maryam and Zara (2.5 yr-old twins).

TTeehhmmaassiipp KKhhaann with wife Amna and4 year old son Mustafa is settled inSydney. JJoohhnnnnyy is in Brisbane wherehe lives with his wife and two sons.NNaassiirr MMiiaann is in Uganda working forCitiBank as Treasurer. He has been in Kam-pal for the last four years with his wife Raana, a beautifuldaughter Khadija and son Ibrahim. AAyyeesshhaaAAnnssaarrii and SShhaazzaadd AAllttaaff along withtheir daughters Aiman and Amani arein Accra Ghana. Shehzad works forFriesland Foods West Africa andAyesha is a Marketing Consultantworking from home. AAhhssaann MMaassuuddmarried with two kids (Mustafa andAbdullah) is settled in Singapore. Heworks for Bayer Consumer Care. NNiiss--hhaanntthhaa has been in Colombo Sri Lankaever since he left LUMS after graduation. He is Director Mar-keting of the largest stationery business in thecountry. He is married with three beautifuldaughters. AAttiiff HHaassaann has been with BAT forthe last 14 years and still going solid – hehas recently moved to Colombo as Fi-nance Director at Ceylon Tobacco Com-pany. Atif takes with him his new brideAman. Congrats Atif! NNiinngg RRoonngg along-withher husband is in Shanghai and is busy inBusiness and HR consulting. AAllii KKaazzii and FFaa--ttiimmaa moved to Riyadh last year. Ali is workingthere with Banque Saudi Fransi. Fatima and the twoboys are well, and they are looking forward to wel-coming another baby in the near future. UUssmmaannSSiikkaannddaarr is still in Saudi Arabia with CalyonSaudi Fransi (since May 2006) working as co-head of its investment banking business inSaudia. Just one wife. He has one son who heturned one year last month. Omar Samee withhis wife Afshan and two lovely daughters Anusheand Mahe live in Dubai. OOmmaarr is working withHSBC in their global banking group. SShhooaarr HHaassaann isalso in Dubai working for BNP. He has two kids -a boy anda girl. SShhaahhaabb FFaarraazz MMiirrzzaa is also part of the Dubai-basedclan where he is Sales Director at Reckitt Benckiser ME. Sha-hab is happily married with four children. His Facebook DPshows him with white hair in his beard – yes we surelyhave come a long way. AAbbdduull RRaahhiimm BBuutttt aakkaa DDaaddaa hasbeen loyal to Standard Chartered and is currently Head of

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Strategy in Qatar. He is stationed in Doha with his wife andtwo beautiful boys. IImmrraann CChhaauuddhhrryy is working with ABN inDubai and is blessed with 4 kids. FFaarraazz IInnaamm YYaahhyyaa (in hisown words) still in Dubai, still in Corporate Banking, stillmanaging a Corporate Business Unit of the Bank, ADCB. Stillmarried to Mariam and still father of three. So he is stillthe same guy he was five years back. No development onany front. UUssmmaann SSaaeeeedd KKhhaann has also been in Dubai for aslong as anyone can remember, he continues to work forHSBC in Corporate Banking. SSaajjjjaadd LLaagghhaarrii works with acompany called Fonterra and is in Dubai for the lastcouple of years with his wife and daughter. FFaaiissaallBBaasshhiirr GGiillll aakkaa FFBBGG is married to Zulekha with twoboys Shahmir (12) and Shahzain (8), and a daughterEshaal (3). He has been working with Blackberry forthree years as Director Sales & Marketing - ME, based

out of Dubai. TTaauusseeeeff FFaarrooooqqii is still with the Power andWater Industry. He is working with Marubeni of Japan asCommercial Director. Even after 10 years living with Arabs,

never got attuned to their culture and society, proofbeing still with the same old wife, Erum. Enjoyingevery moment with God's best gifts, Laaibah (5.5)and Alveena (1.2). “Having spent 10 years out-side, now I really feel like coming back home tomake my little contribution!” he is ready to startexploring the possibilities! – ANYONE? FFaarraazzKKhhaann aakkaa SSDDGG (never did figure out what it really

stood for) has moved from London to Middle Eastwith his wife Samina and two children Maair and

Manal. SShheerrbbaazz SSaalleeeemm JJaann is working as General Man-ager Pepsi Bottler West Iran and is blessed with two

children a boy and a girl.

SSaaiimmaa IIrrttiizzaa after being associated withPrinceton Review for over a decade joinedAcumen Fund early last year and is loving it.NNaaddiirr JJaaffaarreeyy is working as Head of CashManagement and Trade at Dubai Islamic Bankin Karachi. He is married with 3 children. MMaajjiidd

MMuunniirr has been with Credit Suisse for the lastfew years with their Equity Research Business. He

and his wife Sara have a baby boy. FFoouuaadd FFaarrrruukkhh is Headof Islamic Banking Faysal Bank Limited inKarachi. He is the proud father of twodaughters Rahma (13) and Hannah (4) andis looking forward to celebrating his 15thwedding anniversary.

SShhiirriinn SSaallaammaatt lives in Karachi with herson and hubby after 6 years of being a'home maker' she can actually proudly

state that she is engaged in something pro-ductive and challenging. She has had a change

in career though, along with a shift in her field and scopeof interests, from banking delving deep into education. Inspecific, teaching children with Learning Disabilities. Shehas successfully completed an intensive one year diplomacourse in the latter and is currently working towards a Mas-ters in Education with a specialization in Learning Disabil-

ities. HHaabbiibb HHaaiiddeerr continues with Shell Oil in Karachi look-ing after their Marketing and Sales. He has two boys Rayanand Aliyan. AAqquueeeellaa MMuummttaazz is back from Almaty and is inKarachi as CFO Tameer Bank. Currently she is busy with herdrive to collect funds for the flood victims under the bannerUM Healthcare Trust. Pls go to www.umtrust.org for moreinformation. AAyyeesshhaa PPeerrvvaaiizz after the raging success ofMausummery Lawn for over a decade has ventured into thebusiness of Pret wear under the brand Origins. TheFlagship Store is located at MM Alam Road. MMaannssoooorrNNaawwaazz after a brief stay in Islamabad as RegionalSales Manager Coke has moved back to Lahore andengaged himself in the education sector as DirectorI.I.U.I School in Lahore. Ayesha and Mansoor have twobeautiful boys Ibrahim and Ahmed. HHuummaa JJaavveedd con-tinues to brave the lawn market with Ayesha P man-aging Mausummery Lawn. IInnaamm uurr RReehhmmaann continuesto teach at LUMS and run his consulting and trainingcompany. He has a son Danish and daughter Hajra.SSoohhaaiill MMuugghhaall is also in Lahore and busy consulting inthe development sector. KKhhuurrrraamm KKhhaann is workingwith the Government of Punjab and has a 4 year olddaughter.

SShhaahhzzaadd CChhaauuddhhrryy, after his continuous efforts to beassociated to the medical sector, is now in Lahore asDirector Projects & Admin at Fatima Memorial Hospi-tal. He has nothing to do with saving lives. I wonderif he still has that grey tee of his? SSaaiirraa MMiiaann is run-ning a school system in Lahore and has two children.KKiirraann ((QQuurraatt--uull--AAiinn FFaarrrruukkhh)) continues to follow herteaching ambitions by teaching A-level Business Stud-ies at LCAS. She has recently moved to her own placein Defence. When she is not teaching other people’schildren she is busy with her three boys (hubby + twosons). SSaaiimmaa RRaannaa following in Kiran’s footstepsteaches marketing at BNU and PSFD and looks afterher three boys. DDrr FFaarraahh, after spending some timeworking in Toronto with Maple Leaf Foods is back inLahore managing Route2Health Pvt. Ltd. Her daugh-ters are both studying in Toronto while Faris (her hus-band) and she keep busy with work and life inLahore. AAmmiirr SSaalleeeemm, another of the leading entre-preneurs of our class is owner of Chimera Pvt Ltd isin Lahore with his wife Zara and kids.

AAaammiirr AAmmjjaadd is with HBL looking after CommercialBanking Lahore. SSuullaaiimmaann KKiiyyaannii is also in Lahoreworking with Nishat Textiles as their GM Marketing.He has a son Taimur and daughter Aleena. KKaazziimmNNaazziirr is also in Lahore and works in the textile sector.SSaaaadd ZZaahhuurr KKhhaann another one of our gray hairedfriends lives in Lahore with his wife Zainab and boys.MMiiaann HHaassssaann JJaavveedd works with his father in theirfoam business and is married to Fatima with a lovelydaughter Hamna. FFaaaarriiaa RReehhmmaann is still with UBL asthe Regional Corporate Head for the Lahore Regionand continues to trot the globe pursuing her

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travelling ambitions – but not alone anymore! Yes,she tied the knot earlier this year. Congrats Faaria!BBaabbaarr HHaammiidd is in Lahore, doing his own business SignSource Limited, the first limited company in the ad-vertising industry in Pakistan. Apart from that he hasa manpower marketing company and sends labour todifferent parts of the world. He has just started a newventure of social media marketing by the name ofMedia Worx. "Bachay du hee achay"; Malaika is now11 years and Meekael is 7. AAwwaaiiss BBiinn NNaassiimm is at TETRAPAK. He is Director Technical. NNaattaasshhaa has now beenwith MCB for 4 years and looks after the CorporateBanking Unit for the Islamabad Region as CorporateHead. She has a son Daryus (10) and a daughter Duaa(8). SSaaddiiaa AAnnwwaarr continues to climb the corporateladder at Mobilink Islamabad where she is DirectorMarketing. She has a beautiful son Raamiz who is 7.UUssmmaann JJaavveedd joined Telenor as Director Marketing lastyear and is in Islamabad with his wife Maryam (“stillone wife”) and two lovely boys.

MBA 1997Coordinator

Aamer ManzoorMobilinkaamerm@cybersoft-tech.com

AAaammeerr MMaannzzoooorr is working as the Head of Commer-cial for the Broadband & Carrier Division (BCD) divi-sion of Mobilink. On the family front is living inLahore along with his wife Beenish and 5 year olddaughter Maaha. AAbbdduuss SSaammii was last seen some-where in Karachi walking between a PSO and a Shellpetrol pump. AAddeeeell UUmmaarr FFaarrooooqquuii is working withProcter & Gamble in Belgium, Europe. AAhhssaann AAffzzaaaallAAhhmmaadd is doing the same at Engro Foods and havinga blast. After a few successful psychotherapy sessions(for the therapist) he has now completely lost hismarbles and is not rowing with both oars in thewater. AAllii HHaammeeeedd is in USA and is working on a topsecret project as we haven’t heard from him since hewent to the US. AAllii TTaarriiqq has finally realized hisdream of making it big in the intoxicating world ofinternational high finance. He is living in Middle Eastand working for Bank Muscat. The last update fromAAmmiirr MMaassoooodd was that he was working for someleather export company. All is well with AAmmiirr IIqqbbaallKKhhaann,, CChhaauuddhhrryy TTaahhiirr MMaassaauudd,, MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAllii,, MMoo--hhaammmmaadd OOmmaarr FFaarruuqquuee and AAqqiibb SSaallaamm. AAmmnnaa WWaa--hheeeedd KKhhaalliidd and ZZiiaa AAkkhhtteerr AAbbbbaass are still togetherand living in Karachi. Zia is working with NIB Bank.Last we heard, AArreesshh MMaanneekk MMeehhtta was working for3M in Karachi. AAssiiff UUmmaarr SShheeiikkhh is working for hisfamily construction business and is seen shuttlingbe-tween Lahore and Islamabad. He is residing in Lahore

with his family and is very active in sports.

AAttiiff IIsshhffaaqq EEllllaahhiiee & HHiinnaa BBaaiigg are based in New Jer-sey, USA and are happily married. AAzzhhaarr SSaaeeeeddis based near the mountains and has made huge prof-its working for the non-profit sector. AAmmiirr SShhaaffiiis still working at one of his family concerns i.e. tex-tile weaving company Texcel as Executive Director. Heis settled in Lahore and has two lovely daughtersEmaan and Eshah. DDiillaawwaarr KKhhaann BBaajjaauurrii is living aplush life in the US and working with theIFC. Between the two, DDuurraaiidd QQuurreesshhii& MMoommiinnaa AArriiff have cornered all an-gles of the media industry and havebecome the leaders of entertain-ment media in Pakistan. They have5 beautiful children. FFaahheedd AAmmjjaaddKKhhaann is working at MCB Bank asUnit Head in Corporate Banking forthe last three years. He got marriedwhile at LUMS so it’s been 13 yearsnow. He is proud father of 3 kids (2 daughters and ason). FFaaiissaall AAkkhhttaarr RRaannaa is still loyal toNestlé and heading their CCSD depart-ment. He is living in Lahore alongwith his two sons and wife. FFaarrooooqqAAhhmmaadd SSaaeeeedd is working for hisfamily business. FFaattiimmaa AAssaadd--SSaaiidd isback in Lahore working at AbacusConsulting as HCS Director and alsomanaging the Internal HR and Cor-porate Communication portfolios forthe firm. A proud mother of two beau-tiful sons MMoohhaammmmaadd GGhhaazzii SSaaiidd and MMoohhaammmmaadd HHaass--ssaann SSaaiidd, life is wonderful and hecticespecially the days when she finds a happybalance between home and work.

HHaaffiizz MMuuhhaammmmaadd ZZuubbaaiirr NNaasseeeemm is atan undisclosed location in the US.HHaammeeeeddaa JJaammsshheedd & KKaasshhiiff RRaasshheeeedd arehappily married and living in UnitedKingdom. Kashif is working as GlobalBusiness Manager at Shell International.HHaassssaann AAhhmmaadd is working with Engro and has2 daughters. In his spare time he plays hopscotchwith them and spends 4 hours a daydropping/picking his 2 daughters up fromschool. Last we heard from HHaassssaann JJaawweeddAAhhmmeedd was that he was working for Chevronin their LPG group in Karachi. HHaassssaann YYoouussaaffSShhaahh finally got married! Patience pays offand Shahji strikes Gold. HHaassssaann ZZiiaa is workingas Vice President at Credit Suisse in the greaterNew York area. After 12 years with Shell, IImmrraannAAlliimm MMuuffttii left and joined Petromin in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia. He is there with his wife Fouzia andone year old son Abdullah. Life’s busy in his new jobbut the good thing is that he is in Mecca almost everyFriday.

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join SAP (German software company) in their GlobalValue Management function. He is currently responsi-ble for Value Management for Financial Services (fo-cused on top 5 East Coast banks, insurers plus allPrivate Equity firms in the US). He is still based inWashington DC area. On the family front, Aslaan isnow 9 and Iliyaan is 5 and he is eagerly awaiting hiswife to finish her Residency. IIsshhrraatt KKhhaann is living inLondon raising her kids. KKaasshhiiff RRaahhiimm SShheeiikkhh isbased in Dubai for the last three years workingfor a Telecom Solution & Equipment manufac-turer. He has two children, Zainab (8) andMustafa (5). KKhhuurrrraamm JJaavveedd MMaaqqbbooooll is work-ing for Nestlé in Lahore and is responsible forall the good marketing work that you see fromthem. KKhhuurrrraamm ZZiiaa is working for Nestlé in La-

hore and is responsible for their dairy/milk busi-ness. MMaalliikk FFaaiissaall QQaayyyyuumm has completed five years

with Telenor Pakistan and is currently based inIslamabad, looking after the countrywidesales of Telenor Pakistan as Director Sales &Distribution. Faisal has two kids; Abdullah(7) and Zainab (5). MMuuhhaammmmaadd HHaammaayyeettHHoossssaaiinn is working as Deputy ManagingDirector of a big sweaters manufacturingcompany in Bangladesh for last 7 years.He is a father of two daughters and one

son.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd OOmmeerr GGaajjjjiiaall is working for Pepsi in NewYork as Director Corporate Strategy & De-velopment and has been with Pepsi forlast 10 years. He has 3 kids; two girlsand a boy. After destroying the currentgeneration with his escapades, MMuuhhaamm--mmaadd SSaalliimm is working on the next oneat Makro and that too in HR.MMuuhhuummmmeedd TTaarriiqq SSaaaaddaat is CEO of Aca-mar Textile, which was started by him 2

years back. In a short span of 2 years hiscompany has done millions of dollars worth

of textile exports to major brands in 6 Europeancountries. He has also opened 3 officesabroad in Italy, Turkey, and Spain. Onpersonal front he is married and hasa 4 year old son. He travels a lot toEurope and is spotted at all exclu-sive events. NNaaddeeeemm--uuzz--ZZaammaann hasfinally decided to move out of Pak-istan and is working for Coke inTurkey. He is married to Ambreen and

has 2 kids, a boy and a girl. NNaajjeeeebbAAhhmmeedd HHaasshhmmii is in the San Jose Area

working for some technology company. He has twokids; Farzan (6) and Taha (3).

NNaajjeeeebbaa KKhhaann has washed away her academic sins bygetting a degree in law. She is settled in Dubai. NNaassiirrMMoohhaayyuudd--ddiinn is running a small operation refining,

packing, branding, transporting, distributingAfghanistan’s best known export. OOmmaarr KKhhaalliidd is mar-ried to Juwayria with two kids; Minahil (8) and Saad(5). He is residing in Karachi and working for a Sin-gapore-based company Meinhardt as Project Director.RRaannaa TTaarriiqq HHaabbeeeebb is working at Nestlé Pakistan HeadOffice in Lahore as Sales Automation Manager. He ismarried with two kids aged 5 and 2½ yrs. Shafi Grouprecently started a new setup in the dairy/milk indus-try and RRaasshhiidd HHaalleeeemm is leading this new unit. He isliving in Lahore with his family. RRoommaannaa MMaalliikk is set-tled in Dubai and working as Director Planning &Budgets at Dubai Petroleum. RRoooohhiinnaa JJaammsshheedd quitChevron around two years back when she had twindaughters, Anya & Zara. She has just finished buildingher house in Lahore with her architect husband Imranand plans to start some venture of her own in thenear future.

SSaaaadd PPaarrvveezz AAssllaamm continues to work in the financialservices sector in New York. He recently joined Mac-quarie Securities Group, a mid-sized Australian invest-ment bank, and is heading the Traded Markets CreditRisk function for North America. On the personal fronthis daughter started 3rd grade in September and heis expecting a son end of October. After completingher PhD, SSaaiirraa LLaattiiff has started teaching in a univer-sity. SSaajjeeeell BBuutttt is working as National Project Man-ager at UNDP in Pakistan. SSaajjiiddaa AAllii & YYaahhyyaa IIqqbbaallstill live in Dubai and have a lovely son, Mustafa.Yahya continues to work for ABN AMRO while Sajidais brewing some interesting entrepreneurial ventures.If you guys are in/around Dubai do look them up.

SSaallmmaann BBeegg continues to be with Aga Khan CulturalServices Pakistan with projects in Hunza, Baltistanand in the Walled City of Lahore. He has a grandsonSalaar who is the light of his eyes. SSaaqqiibb AAhhmmeeddBBuukksshh is still managing his family empire and sellingyou boxer shorts that send you back by a week’ssalary. SShhaahheeeerraa IIkkrraamm is based in US & Switzerland,and cloned her husband successfully through their sonBilal. Do look them up if you happen to be in eitherof the two countries. SShhaahhiidd RRaasshheeeedd is settled in Cal-gary, Canada along with his wife and 3 boys. He isworking as a Logistics Specialist in the Supply Chaingroup for Talisman Energy Canada. SSyyeedd AAllii SSaarroosshhwas last seen working for a financial institute inCanada. SShheehhrryyaarr KKaassuurrii is often seen shuttling be-tween Lahore and the Far East giving legal advise toBeaconhouse School System worldwide. He is residingin Lahore with his 3 lovely daughters and wife. SSiikkaann--ddeerr MMaalliikk is based in Islamabad and is working for USAID. SSoohhaaiill NNaawwaazz AAwwaann is working for a financial in-stitute in Saudi Arabia. SSyyeedd MMoohhaammmmaadd AAllii AAbbbbaass isworking towards his third PhD after realizing that thefirst two did not help him even a little bit in teachingon virtual university. Has joined IFC in Washingtonand is living there with his family. SSyyeedd NNaajjaammAAhhmmeedd SShhaahh resides in Lahore and continues workingfor the Master Group. SSyyeedd UUzzmmaann AAkkhhttaarr JJaaffffeerryy waslast seen working for Geo TV. After the

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launch of AAG channel we haven’t heard from him.SSyyeeddaa NNaahheeeedd JJaalliill is working and living in Canada.

Of all the people, TTaarriiqq JJaammiill SShhaakkiirr is managing riskfor a local bank in Karachi! He is married again.UUssmmaann HHaayyaatt is working as Director Islamic Finance& ESG Investing for CFA Institute in the UK. He istraining the world on virtues and vices of Islamic Fi-nance and Ethical Financing. He is really a test invig-ilator who is sent to places like Pakistan where noone else would go. No news from AAhhmmaadd IImmrraann uull--HHaaqquuee,, MMiirr FFaarrooooqq MMaazzhhaarr,, SSoohhaaiibb AAhhmmeedd,, MMaassoooommZZeehhrraa and SShhaahhzzaadd AAhhmmaadd..

MBA 1998Coordinator

Ahmed JahangirNishat Mills and MCB Asset Management Companyajelahi@nishatmills.com

I must say it has been an interesting year. I got totalk to so many of my classmates this year becauseof the Class Rep election. The funny thing is that ifyou asked me to recall what all of these people aredoing now days (and where), I would be at a loss onmany counts. It was really surprising to see the sheernumber of our class who are based outside Pakistan.Thanks to Rizwan Sb, lums98@googlegroups.com hasbrought many of us a common platform to reconnectand just plain talk to each other again. Ok, so I amwriting the class notes for this year, any mistake ininfo is regretted, but hey, I was never known for myCP being totally based on actual facts! Here goes…AAbbbbaass BBookkhhaarrii is living it large in the land of 14course meals (Italy) and the model of closed knitfamily business (Mafia). He is STILL with Maersk(Damco Italia) as CFO Mediterranean Europe. AAbbdduussSSaammaadd GGoorraayyaa is now the CEO of Presson-Descon, anengineering company. He is based in Lahore and hastwo sons. He still as formal with me as he alwayswas. AAhhmmeedd JJaahhaannggiirr was forced to stop watchingcartoons (WASIF SPEAK) and landed a position as Di-rector MCB Asset Management Company. He runs theHome Textile Division of Nishat Mills as well. He hasfour kids (Mashallah); 2 boys, 2 girls. He still lives inModel Town, Lahore. After all these years, can youbelieve that we still could not find AAhhmmeedd NNaawwaazz!! AAhhmmaadd SSaallmmaann is still the charmer he always was, ina dry, serious kid of way…Ha ha ha don’t mind me,I am just writing. He is CEO of his company SigmatecSolution in Lahore and is married to another class-mate of ours SSoobbiiaa HHaaqqqqii. I don’t have words to de-scribe AAhhssaann SShheeiikkhh. He is still the riot he always was,life of the crowd. He is working at Media Logic part-nered with SSaallmmaann DDaanniisshh doing things only knownto him. Truth be told, he is always doing more thingsthan one, so I am sure he has something else going

on too. Still in Lahore and I am pretty sure he didnot go beyond 2 sons or did he? AAkkbbaarr AAyyyyuubb, the to-bacco man, is with British Tobacco Company butI hearhe is moving to Japan, where the real smokers liveoutside of France. After he got married, AkbarMoghal is finally settled. Still at Atlas Bank, doingGod knows what with eBanking of that place. He isbased in Karachi. AAll--HHaannii KKhhaawwaajjaa is based in Karachirunning his own family business. AAmmiirraa SSaalleeeemm, theemotional one, is still set in Dubai. She started thisclothes and accessories biz last year in Pakistan. Ineed to find out what happened there.Last I know, she wanted to comeback to Pakistan, her husband Ha-roon was travelling like a madman and she had a son and akiller back ache. AAoonn MMeehhddii isteaching at UET, God help thosekids! He has found this socialwork side of him that has takenhim over. I wish him the best ineverything! Aon has a set of twinsand just had a baby daughter born this year. AAssiiffHHaabbiibb is in Dubai (another one inUAE) working at Habib Bank AGZurich. AAssiimm HHaaffeeeezz is based outof Jeddah, Saudi Arabia and hastwo sons and a daughter. He isstill at the National CommercialBank doing something with theirCARDS as a VP. (That just soundedwrong; I do apologize).

After a long time at chicken land(KFC) AAssiimm HHuussssaaiinn has moved to KansaiPaints this year (He markets paintedchicken wings now!). He is still the coolcat with that meaningful smile (He al-ways knows). AAttiiff QQaayyyyuumm is still inDubai doing his thing, partying withhis son as per his FB profile pic. I amsure his entertainment streak is just inthe infancy stage. The world will see alot more in the future! AAyyeesshhaa BBaaqqiirr aakkaaCChhaannddii is spreading the ray of hope withher candles and craft shops called Kaarvan. Go getsome now! AAyyeesshhaa KKaarraammaatt lives in the land ofthe viet-com or Charlie as the Americanscalled them with love; yes I mean Vietnam.Samie, her husband, is bent upon workingin the strangest places on earth. Vietnam!Seriously! She has three adorable children,as if Samie and Ayesha could have anyother kind. Or is it four? I don’t know re-ally…She is lecturing or was lecturing; wellaccording to Samie she is still lecturing …HIM.AAyyeesshhaa NNiiaazzii lives in Model Town Lahore. She hasthe hardest job in the world; fulltime MOM! AAzziimmAAbbbbaass RRiizzvveeee runs his real estate business in Canadacalled MinMaxx Reality Inc, Life set hey bhai. He hasthree kids. FFaaiissaall NNiiaazz is running his family packagingbusiness...No that came out wrong also. His familybusiness which is packaging called “Anipack”. He livesin Model Town, Lahore and is married to

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Beenish. They have two kids. FFaaiissaall SSaalliimm has beenliving in Lahore for a while now running his ownbusiness by the name of Pak Machinery Internationalas CEO. He lives in DHA Lahore and has two sons.FFaarraazz KKhhaalliidd is still in UAE with Standard CharteredBank. He is another one of our international classcharacters. FFaarriidd AAhhmmeedd is based in Islamabad work-ing as Director Business Analysis and Planning at Mo-bilink. (What that actually means, I have no clue).FFaawwaadd HHaaiiddeerr did actually get married, finally (al-though some still show doubt). To set the recordstraight he is married to Naina. Fawad is still withWateen Telecom and is based in Lahore. GGuu--nnaasseeggaarraann; we miss you man! Well, we still have noidea what happened with him after so many years.

To my best knowledge, HHaajjiirraa BBuuttttaarr is in NorthAmerica, Vancouver, Canada I think. Last info… shehas a cute princess daughter named Hadia. HHaasshhaaaammAAsshhrraaff is still living life the way we should all be;“adventurous”! He is based in UK and havingfun! HHaassnnaaiinn AAllii - the man with the specialsmile. The most relaxed posture of a humanbeing I have ever seen. He is still in Lahore,has three kids and is busy with various thingsrelated to the business of life. All the success toyou my man! He is Project Director withwww.volume-ce.com, i.e. Volume Creative Ele-

ments. IImmrraann GGiillaannii, I believe no relation to ourbeloved PM, is based in Multan where his main pass

time is teaching and preaching. IIrrffaann AAhhmmeeddKKhhaann is Head of Investment Banking at FaysalBank. He is based in Karachi and is marriedto Fatima. They have a son named Ayaan.IIssmmaaiill AArriiff aakkaa IIssssyy, the dude of the classloved by all, especially the ladies…oops!married guy!!! He is running his own busi-ness of Textile Spinning and has become amean futures trader on the side. He is mar-

ried to Hina and has a son and a daughter.

Not sure where IIrruumm AAffttaabb is. My best guess is US. Shehas been working with Naya Jeevan, a non-profit social enterprise working to helpthe urban poor, as COO. JJaallaall KKhhaalliidd, ourvolleyball striker, is still with Citibankin Dubai. He is married and has a son.He is still his sporty self as always.KKaammiill JJaammsshhaaiidd is in UAE, working forEmirates Bank, I think. He has two kids.KKaazziimm MMuujjttaabbaa is the one man who

knows everything about telecom or doeshe? He is currently Director of Strategy at Te-

lenor Pakistan and is based out of Islamabad. Kazimis married to Maham and has two kids. We all knowhim and love him and he hates us all (sort of…!).KKhhaalliidd KKhhaawwaajjaa is based in Karachi running his familytrading business. KKhhaawwaarr KKhhaann is based in Lahore andis President at Descon in their integrated systemsside. Mansoor Siddiqui is still with the State Bank of

Pakistan and is based in Karachi. To the best of myknowledge he has a daughter. MMaannzzeerr NNaauummaann hascontinued in his business in the medical transcriptionworld. So far he has helped transcribe every diagnosisand treatment known to man and is slated for theGuinness Book of World Records. I have no idea whatI am rambling about! He is based in Lahore and hastwo sons (Mashallah) as far as I know. MMuubbbbaasshheerrOOmmaarr is based in Karachi, still with Shell Oil. He isleading the streamlining efforts in the retail side. Hehas two lovely daughters; Eemaan (8), Alizey (6) andrecently had a baby boy. Well done my man! MMuuddaassssaarrGGoonnddaall is in Multan, happily married and has threekids. He works for Maqbool Textile as GM Marketing.The group has a large spinning business. MMuuhhaammmmaaddRRiizzwwaann is running his own textile trading and sourc-ing business called BusinessOne for a few years now.He is still based in Lahore and his Alpha ness has onlyimproved (was there any doubt?). From what I re-member, he has three daughters and a son. MMuujjeeeebbAAhhmmeedd decided to break his set ways and created anemail address this year. He is still running his dairyand ice cream distribution business. He says once hecompletes his house, he will concentrate on startinghis own brand for dairy products. Good Luck! MMuuzzaaffffaarrAAhhmmeedd; where are you man? Drop me a note! Basi-cally I have no idea where he is except somewhere inNorth America.

NNaaeeeemm BBuutttt is in Canada. NNaauummaann KKhhaawwaajjaa is jug-gling two businesses these days; his textile sourcingoutfit Express Enterprises and a poultry farm. He ismarried to Sonia, has a son Taimoor and still lives inLahore. NNaauurreeeenn AAkkbbaarr and her husband have movedback to UK after a trial shift to Dubai, I think. She hasbeen working endless days and continues to hatework. You go girl! OOmmeerr CChheeeemmaa has been with Eric-sson forever. He is currently based in Islamabad astheir Director Strategy for Middle East. OOmmeerr SSbb ismoving to Dallas Texas to the Ericsson Head Office ina matter of days. Good Luck to him! He has two kids;son Zain and daughter Noor. OOmmeerr TTaarreeeenn is in SaudiArabia. He is Head of Fixed Income and StructuredProducts at SAMBA Capital and Investment CompanyLimited. QQaazzii JJiibbrraann is well set in Karachi with HabibBank Limited. RRaaaannaa OOssmmaann is married to Nasir(lums96). They live in Dar e Salam in Tanzania. He isworking for Citibank and Raana does volunteer workwhen she is free from the most important things inher life; her kids.

RRaabbiiyyaa AAllii is in Limerick, Ireland. She has two kidsand works with a place called Doras Lumini. Not surewhat they do. RRaajj MMaahhaalliinngghhaamm resides in Malaysia.He is supposed to be in the education business; I thinkhe owns a school there. RRiizzwwaann FFaazzaall is inRawalpindi. He is working with Mobilink as Directorof Business Intelligence. He agrees with the Farid reg-ularly. RRiizzwwaann YYoouussuuff, the DOC, is located next to thestatue of sphinx. Well sort of, this guy lives in theland of the Egyptians. He is still with Nestlé

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masterminding the sale of nutritious goodies (I havenot seen a single free morsel yet). He is cool as ever,Ayesha his wife still manages to stay with him (you gobhabi!). She keeps him SANE. SSaaaadd MMaahhmmuudd joined upthis year with Media Logic and started a business calledActive Media. It is a brand activation outfit. He is in La-hore and has two kids; a son and a daughter. SSaaiimmaaSSaannddhhuu is still with Standard Chartered Bank, AbuDhabi. Corporate banking has really agreed with bothSaima and her hubby Montesir. They have a son and noadditions to the family have been reported so far.SSaallmmaann AAmmjjaadd is with Mashreq Bank, Dubai on the in-vestments side. He has been with the bank for a longtime now. He has ONE wife (as he wanted me to write)and two sons.

SSaallmmaann DDaanniisshh, a regular charmer, is running his ownbusiness called Medialogic a full on media marketingcompany with Ahsan Sheikh. He is the guy who spies onwhat we watch on TV and tells companies how andwhat to sell to the unsuspecting consumer, ‘the couchpotato’. He lives in Lahore with his wife and two sons.SSaallmmaann IIsshhttiiaaqq is another UAE boy. He has been theretoo long, since 2002 I think. Salman is with GASCO,Abu Dhabi as Head of Planning. He has two kids. SSaammaannJJaawweedd has moved to Dubai and got her driver’s licensein the first try, God help all the pedestrians of Dubai!I am not sure if she is working there yet. She has a sonSalman aged 4. SSaammaann JJiillaannii is also in Dubai. She isworking with Standard Chartered Bank as DirectorGlobal Corporate Origination & Client Coverage, Whole-sale Banking. That is a mouth full. What it actuallymeans is what she is still trying figure out. She is hav-ing fun while at it. SSaammaarr HHaayyaatt is still with P&G, butnow in Switzerland. He is responsible for quite a fewthings; obviously details are not suitable for all audi-ence. He was rocketing through Dubai last time I gothold of him. He still has not changed, en’uf said. Themild manner fellow, SSaaqqiibb SSaallmmaann, is still in SaintLouis, Missouri. He is with Bank of America on its Mort-gage side. He lives there with his wife Fatimah anddaughter Dania. SSaaqquuiibb KKaarraammaatt is in Karachi with UBLas VP Risk. He is married to Sabeen. Quoting SShhaaffaaqqJJaavveedd, "I am HR Manager at Engro Corporation whichis the holding company. I have 2 naughty boys, live inK town, and am still as witty as ever ;) Am singing gigson and off and cycle with my kids whenever I get time(on my very own pink racing bike of course!) I thinkthat's more insight than you needed so just cut andpaste :)” end quote. TP I did what you asked!

SShhaahhaabb AAsshhrraaff is still working with Strategic SystemsInternational. He resides in Lahore with his wifeNatasha and two kids. SShhaahhzzaadd BBaasshhiirr is also in Dubai,working with Barclays Bank in Corporate Banking. Heis married to Saira. SShhaazziiaa IIffttiikkhhaarr and her family haverecently moved to Johannesburg, South Africa. Sheseems to like the place. She recently had a son namedAhmed, takes her tally up to two. Everyone has anopen invite to go see and live with these guys. I under-stand SSaammaann JJiillaannii already did that, which means Shazwill not throw some of us out. SSoohhaaiill HHaassssaann MMiirrzzaa ismarried to Ayesha. They live in Jeddah, Saudi Arabiawhere Sohail is working with National Commercial

Bank. TTaahhiirr MMaassoooodd is in Islamabad running his healthcare trainings facilities. He is the one training para-medic staff in the city now-a-days. Tahir has twodaughters and a son.

TTaarriiqq RRaazzii is Head of Unsecured Financing at Dubai Is-lamic Bank, Dubai. Sherry, his wife, is working withNoor Islamic Bank. They have three kids. TTaarriiqq ZZaammaannis involved in his family business, commonly known asBareezé, but we all know it is a multi faceted business.He has also ventured into thedairy business and is as alwaysvery active in social workalong with the rest of hisclan. He is married to Uzmawho is in Switzerland thesedays. UUmmaarr JJaavvaaiidd;; Joy Foamthy name is OJ, but then whyI wrote his name with a U? Idon’t know. He runs his ownfoam business JOY and lives in Lahore with wife andtwo kids. UUmmeerr SShhaammii is themedia baron who is running hisfamily newspaper called DailyPakistan. He lives in Lahoreand has two kids. UUssmmaannHHaammeeeedd is Head of ProjectFinance and InvestmentBanking at Habib Bank Lim-ited. From what I remember,he has two kids. UUssmmaann RRaassuullwas running his food business called Mahi Foods lasttime I checked. He likes golf and hasa daughter. More recent and uncon-firmed news says that he hasmoved to Norway. I am not toosure on that though. UUzzmmaa BBuutttt isa true Nestlé girl. She is marriedto Tariq Zaman and they are thecoolest couple I know. Recently shehas been moved to Switzerland within Nestlé. Both husband and wife areregularly travelling to see each other. I hearthe company pays for some of that trav-elling. That is cool, but being together isbetter. WWaaqqaass KKhhaann is with Shell Pak-istan in Karachi. WWaasseeeemm AAkkhhttaarr stillsupports a full head of salt n pepperhair. He is going strong in his denimgarments business called Cotton Web. Helives in Lahore and has three kids. WWaassiimmAAhhmmeedd SShheeiikkhh is running a capital asset bro-kerage business called Fairway. He lives in Lahore withhis wife Nadia and two kids Maryum and Ali. YYoouussuuffYYaaqquubb is with Standard Chartered Bank in Abu Dhabi.He is Head of Sales and Consumer Banking. ZZeesshhaaaannSShhaammss is in Ontario Canada. He is still with Procter andGamble (P&G) there.

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MBA 1999Coordinator

Khurram Jamil Butt (aka Uncle KJB)Banque Saudi FransiKButt@alfransi.com.sa.

DDiissccllaaiimmeerr::Ladies & gentlemen, I write this stuff AFTER switching off my brain...so I can’t take responsibility for what comes out.In any case, the last time I tried my hand at this,at least 30% of the class got seriously offended. If

I can achieve at least that rate this time, I've stillgot what it takes. You're on, but no guarantees, and

my complaints office works out of Akholi inBangalore.Love you all,KKJJBB

SShheerraazz KKhhaann’s tryst with tobacco continues.No, he’s not a smoker; he’s the guy who en-courages YOU to smoke, and has been richlyrewarded by PTC/BAT for doing that for over

10 years now. He’s been moved to a sister com-pany that has a mouthful of a name "PT Bentoel

Internasional Investama Tbk." where Sheraz is man-aging change. All sorts of change. Who knewthat he'd end up using ZIQ's courses morethan Wasif's or Ehsan's? But his favouritearea of functional expertise remainsmarketing strategy and is still a big partof his job. Personally, he is loving In-donesia and Jakarta. He has a guestroomthat MBA 99'ers are always welcome touse. His kids are growing up and taking

over all his electronic gadgets and toys,which means he should be growing up too. So

he just has to buy more... :) Which meanshe’s NOT really growing up at all! Hiswife, our classmate SSaaiimmaa KKhhaalliidd who,in the PG version of the story married“just by chance”, is thoroughly en-joying every bit of Indonesia, its is-lands, its wonderful people, itsweather (thanks for the travel advi-sory). She’s also, ostensibly, enjoying

playing mom to her two beautiful kids,6 and 4, and planning their activities,

but moms of 10/11 yr olds think Saima needs to readcases B, C and D as well before handing in her caseanalysis. She is threatening to “have some intellec-tual stimulation” (isn’t Sheraz stimulating enough(conversationalist! what were you thinking, Talal?).Having made some hard choices, she is now trying tobecome a better cook – which to her means cooking

without measuring the onions and tomatoes! And yetSheraz remains overweight.

The first contender for the title of multi-taskingqueen is NNaavveeeenn KKhhaann, whose husband Nik has nowtaken her to Germany, where she manages to run ahouse, look after her 2 yr old son, take lessons inGerman, pursue her interest in pottery, take sitar les-sons, entertain guests, and look smashing for Nik by5:30 pm. This act is going to be difficult to beat!

Despite spending most of his office hours reading andreplying to Asad and Khurram’s e-mails, AAllii BBuutttt hasmanaged to complete two years as the Finance Direc-tor at the unpronounceable Givaudan's IndonesianOperations. Although this still counts as only half ayear in terms of experience, it is a notch better thanlast year, now that Murad has gone into hibernation.Ali has moved his family temporarily to Canadawhere wife Enza is starting her Master’s in Educationat the University of Toronto, and will soon surpass Aliin terms of years and overall quality of education,something that weighs heavily on his Pakistani maleego. Otherwise, he’s very proud of her. Their life con-tinues to revolve around Raiyan (7) and Raahim (2)who, being the brats that they are, don't seem togive a damn about how much their parents careabout them.

What is it with intellectual stimulation? ZZeeyynnaabb ZZaaiiddii,another contender for the crown of multi-taskingqueen, is doing a 9 to 6 job at Engro Food (she beatDolly Parton by a whole hour there), managing twochildren aged 5 and 3 (why do kids of parents withMBAs suddenly need “management”?), golfing week-ends and volunteering for TCF. Tucked neatly some-where in her File’o’Fax is time spent with a guycalled AAnnwwaarr SShhaammii, known otherwise as Zeynab’shubby, and our too-handsome-to-look-at classmate.Anwar is rapidly hopping the corporate ladder atShell. He is reportedly “the best boss in the world,nay, the universe!” We spied one of his erstwhileteam members waxing eloquent about Shami -- TheBoss. Wow! Please share the magic formula -- wecould all use it. Or tell us where we can send our ré-sumé’s.

AAffffaann HHaassssaann KKhhaann LLooddhhii has found the secret of notbeing bogged down by monotony even after spend-ing five years in the same industry. According to him,the work doesn’t really bug you. It means you canhave more time with family (and maybe your ownbusiness). Alizeh and Khan Mohammed (4 and 1.5 yrs)are pure fun and perfect company to spend your timewith. His wife Sabahat (when she finds time fromkids) is busy planning their "Dream Home" (finally ahome in Islamabad). Life is MashaAllah overall - verygood. AAssaadd MMiirr, the jolly giant of MBA ’99, is still inthe land where men wear long dresses and kiss eachother as greeting, and is still working for a telco. Hehas been known to have repeatedly expressed hisjealousy for KJB’s perfect head (no hair). On the fam-ily front, he is fast learning teenage lingo andlifestyle (as if such a thing is possible after 40)

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to keep himself compatible (what does he think heis, a computer?) with the two bullies at home, whoare 15 and 12 now. The scope of learning ranges frombasic FB language to quick-scope kills on CoD6. Andtogether they are collectively training his sweet 4 yrold princess, Saniya, to become a super tom boy. Wecan already foresee another Burki in making for classof 2026.

Life for KKhhuurrrraamm JJ.. BBuutttt in Saudi Arabia is GroundhogDay (the desert version), and KJB is Bill Murray (badhair, thick nose, bleary eyes), but without an AndieMacDowell in sight. If he was a sweatshirt, it wouldread “Midlife Crisis”. Predictably, therefore, he hasbought a bicycle (couldn’t afford the Harley, darling),and wobbles around his so-called "Western" com-pound in Riyadh at all hours of day (or night); swimsin fluorescent shorts; sucks in his abdomen when agirl passes by; and strums tunelessly on his cheap gui-tar till his kids threaten blue murder. Already brownbelts in Tae Kwon-Do, there’s every chance they mightdeliver! His employers at Banque Saudi Fransi remainby far too generous and have rewarded his thinly dis-guised incompetence with a promotion to DeputyHead of Project Finance & Syndications, and a wrist-watch (richly undeserved) for five years of loyalty.KJB continues to be overtly jealous of any class-fel-low with a British passport, and continues to dream.MMuussttaapphhaa TTaallaall MMaahhmmoooodd has been bumped up by SCBto Operational Risk in Singapore, Dubai having hadenough of him at Corporate Banking. As he’s going tobe responsible for OR for the whole bank, look for hisname on Fox News when the next global financialmeltdown strikes. His wife SSoopphhiiaa TTaallaall, who in a pastlife was our classmate Sophia Kamal, is now full-timehands on Director of Research on Child Developmentand Human Relations aka mother and housewife.Conventional Wisdom has it that while there’s no fu-ture in directing children, her notes on how she man-ages Talal may someday be read along with Darwin’s“Origin of Species”.

MMuurrttaazzaa MMaannkkaannii remains loyally with British Amer-ican Tobacco, all these years after graduating fromLUMS! Murtaza moved to London, UK in November2008 to continue working for the Africa Middle Eastteam based there. In the bargain, he’s also earnedKJB’s jealousy. This is the 7th country he’s moved toin 10 years since graduating so packing and movingat short notices is fast becoming second nature. “I fi-nally traded my long run as a bachelor last year afterI met an amazing woman who is now my wife andwe are approaching the anniversary of our first yeartogether. All in all, life is great and I count my bless-ings every day!”

After returning to Pakistan from UK in 2005, with asnazzy Master’s degree in “Digital Media: Technology& Cultural Form”, ZZiiyyaadd KKhhaann has been associatedwith Information Technology sales. After completingrigorous sales quota driven stints of 2-years at Mi-crosoft, a pit-stop of 7-months at Oracle and now 3+years at SAP, the cushy marketing career at Unileverseems like from another lifetime! On the family

front, he has a 6-year old son Zammad and 3-yearold daughter Zara. The passion for sports is still aliveand kicking, with regular volleyball and football dur-ing the weekdays and golf over the weekend. Despiterunning and completing the 42-km Lahore Marathonin 2007, he still feels inadequate to challengeMehrukh in a 100-meter dash and doing cartwheels!(Don’t worry Ziyad, we have it from very good au-thority that Burki hasn’t run in years. Though afterreading this, she’ll step up to the challenge and atleast take out those sneakers that have been gather-ing dust.)

Some of us still don’t know whyRReehhaann SSaaeeeedd AAkkhhttaarr is called Com-mando. KJB thinks it may havesomething to do with “going com-mando”, but then KJB always hada sick sense of the absurd. Well,Rehan has been with Telenor in Is-lamabad for 4 years now, and he’ssimply got to have had something to dowith the success of that company. SSaaaadduullllaahh BBaasshhiirr isstill where he was 11 (or more) yearsago; still at a university, still free asa bird, still reading, writing and at-tending classes, though hopefullynot sleeping through them. He’s inthe 3rd year of his Ph.D. in Econom-ics, and has once again earned theeternal admiration of KJB. AArraasshhAAbbbbaass SSiiddddiiqquuii is in sunny Riyadh,stuck in a sea of black abayas andwhite thobes, along with 2 kids, one wifeand a growing paunch, trying to fight offlocal societal pressure to expand on allthree fronts. He has recently been trans-ferred from Samba Financial - the bank,not the dance - to Samba Capital wherehe continues to be involved in CorporateFinance transactions. His colleagues atSamba raised serious doubts about howsomeone as old looking as Arash could beclassmates with someone as young lookingas KJB. For elaboration on this, seeMehrukh’s note. RRaabbiiaa EEjjaazz wants to smuggle aPilipino maid into the US, when its actually aMexican maid she should be trying for. After 2kids and 2 years of managing her home (justtwo, Rabia?), she’s raring to get back in heronline marketing role with Dell.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd MMaannssoooorr MMuurraadd has finally leaptover the edge of the cliff. Just three kids, andhe’s already thinking of the afterlife. Havingmoved to his new job with Qtel in Qatar only inDecember 2009, he’s already so wound up by thedesert life that he’s planning early retirement and isdesperate to start preparing for the afterlife. Thismetamorphosis seems to have occurred after hestumbled upon “the Angle of Death” (the Evil OneHimself, or the book, or knowing Murad’s short at-tention span, the movie?). He’s had enough

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of the Web of Materialism (moh maya ka jaal) andfeels he urgently needs to catch up on lost time. Andin the meanwhile, the dollar pegged salary from Qtelcontinues to miraculously appear in his account every30 odd days. AAhhmmaadd ZZeeeesshhaann is still in the UK (KJBjust had another heart attack), working as a contrac-tor in the SAP area, and working with the same client(Coca Cola) for the last two years. Family is Alham-dolillah doing great with the little one startingschool soon. UUmmaaiirr HHaammeeeedd says that after almostfour years in Saudi Arabia, he is still here withthe same company!!! We’re not sure if that’s acomment on his tenacity, the company’s inabil-ity to get rid of him, or Saudi in general. He is(remember, “still”) working as a Project Devel-opment Manager in the Strategy and PlanningDepartment of Tasnee, the 2nd largest petro-

chemical company in Saudia. Life has a chilled outpace in this country so it does give him time to

enjoy the finer side of things. Although, afterhis Hajj a couple of years ago, thereshouldn’t be many of the “finer things” leftfor him to enjoy. An interesting out of of-fice activity that has been taking up anincreasing amount of time for this goldencouple has been planning their next vaca-tions. This couple is travelling so fre-quently they’re on first name

tea-and-samoosa terms with the immigra-tion chaps at Riyadh International Airport.

Overall, by the grace of Allah, life is good, with hisson’s (4) antics the highlight of his days.

What is it with the year 40 that makesyou want to try the impossible one lasttime before arthritis strikes? BBaassiittAAmmiinn has turned forty this year and isplanning to do a “Cliffhanger” bygoing on an Antarctic or Arctic expedi-tion soon InshaAllah. Surely, there are

better places to visit! Despite this impend-ing lapse in judgement, he is doing very

well at Telenor Pakistan, Islamabad in a new role,managing the supply chain, retail dis-tribution and warehousing. His sonOva (10) and daughter Basara (3)are now both in school and workout with him in the Northern areasof Pakistan as time permits. WatchNatGeo Adventure for the next noteon Basit (or what’s left of him afterAntarctica).

MMeehhrruukkhh BBuurrkkii has ulcers. Lots of them.By her own admission, all of them seem to have beencaused by that “constipated bureaucrat”, the one andonly Khurram Butt. Starting from the fact that he gotan HP all of those 11 yrs ago in Govt. Business Rela-tions and she got a P+ despite her M.Sc. in Econ (herwhispery voice was no match to KJB’s baritone), to

his tax free dollar-pegged salary, to his watch (no,silly, it’s not a Patek Philippe), to the fact that hesome how seems to have temporarily reversed hisaging (at least long enough to make her seethe) and,according to her, has lost 40 pounds and is a hipperversion of himself. For the neural reader, all of thisshould be ample proof that she’s definitely goneround the bend. But this note is not about KJB butMehrukh, who has done wonders at HBL CorporateBanking in Lahore and, hold your breath, has herclients eating out of the palm of her hand. Now, ifshe would just get someone else to eat from theretoo, global warming would increase by a Celsius ortwo.

KKaannwweerr AAnnwweerr SSaaeeeedd, MBA’99’s class rep., lives inKarachi with his lovely wife Farah and three adorabledaughters. The only person to have deciphered themysteries of OB after ZIQ himself is now the GeneralManager of Human Relations at Engro. If anyone canserve a sentence on you and make you feel it’s an ho-nour, it’s good ole Kanwer. We fear for the employeesof Engro. The amazing thing is that after 11 years, hestill has the ability to make Burki jump throughhoops. “Larki yeh tum ne karna hai.” And she actu-ally complies. Will wonders never cease!!

We hear SShhaaffaaqq RReehhmmaann lives in Karachi, but is miss-ing in action. On the other hand, WWaajjeeeehhaa NNaabbii MMaalliikkis surely doing the Lord’s work by improving the hy-giene of the hoity toity of Karachi, where she contin-ues with her business of handmade soaps andcosmetics, which she now plans to scale up, whatwith her youngest going to school now. DDaannaayyaall ZZiiaacontinues to remain loyal to SCB (and, in these tryingtimes, SCB to him). Although, he has recently relo-cated from Karachi to Kuala Lumpur on a new assign-ment. We hear that he and the girls (wife Aiza, andtwo beautiful daughters) are thoroughly enjoyingtheir life at KL. And any 99er who happens to popin, will find himself/herself very welcome to theguest room. There Danayal, we've extended the in-vite on your behalf.

HHaassaann RRaazzaakk abruptly left Pepsico Pakistan forgreener pastures, read Toronto, without even a phonecall. (Why is Mehrukh still reeling over it?) The Burkiis definitely loosing her touch as her threats on FBhave not made any dent. So Hasan remains elusive.Mehrukh is now threatening to use the ultimateweapon: a tete-a-tete with Saadia (Hasan's wife) toget the lowdown. After soap from Wajeeha, we haveAAaalliiaa LLooddhhi thriving in her socks manufacturing busi-ness in Lahore. That is, until her green card materi-alizes, and she flies back to greener pastures, andtakes her very beautiful daughter with her. AAssiimmNNaasseeeerr’s life is a page out of Hollywood script. He isworking with Total Parco but, and hold your breath,is married to a very dynamic young woman, who isa scientist (a far cry from a miserable banker), andflies planes in her spare time. At least Asim will beable to get to the Tibetan plateau in December 2012.Great going, Asim!

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AAaammiirr MMaassoooodd is reportedly living it up in Boston USAwith his gorgeous Turkish wife, who he wooed duringher business trip to Lahore some seven years ago. Yes,love happens!! (Take note, Mehrukh). He hasn't comeout of hibernation since. He’s still doing what he doesbest, i.e., sell software, still looks as young and ef-fervescent as one of the guys in “Dil Chahta Hai”,and still talks in hyperactive staccato. His daughter isgoing to a pricey prep school in Boston, and will bethe Princess of the class of 2026. HHaarroooonn KKhhaannPPaanneezzaaii, probably one of the classiest 99ers alongwith Salman Irshad, lives in Limerick, Ireland withhis lovely wife, Rabiya Ali (MBA 98), and two beau-tiful kids. He continues to work in IT. Whenever hevisits Islamabad he throws a huge open house GT, andis roundly loved for that. DDaanniiyyaall FFaarriidd MMaalliikk is ourvery own tycoon, of whom we are very proud! Whennot globe-trotting, and when not having long siestasat his villa in Madrid (his second home), he is busyoverseeing the exponential expansion of his com-pany, Cotton Web (Pvt.) Ltd. The latter makes the bestfitted jeans, which are supplied to the four corners ofthe world. And to MMooaazzzzaamm AAllii AAnnwweerr -- we hear iswith 3M --- who gets them custom-made, and forFREE! No fair, Daniyal!

ZZeeeesshhaann MMaalliikk did us proud by actually putting hismoney where his mouth is. He volunteered atCharsadda for protracted stints to help in the reliefwork for the flood victims. Besides being a GoodSamaritan, he continues to be involved in his busi-nesses, which among other things include Hallmarkfranchises. So all of you who intend to send seasonsgreetings can get 75% off on your purchase of a hall-mark card. Provided that Zeeshan doesn't do a“Gajni” and lapse into “short term memory loss”!

After spending eight years in Denver Colorado work-ing for Qwest Communications, WWaaqqaass KKhhaann has fi-nally decided to leave the mile high city and moveto the east coast. His family (Saadia, Palvasha andZermina) are currently en route to New York City tostart at the consulting firm AT Kearney. Waqas is look-ing forward to the fast paced life of NYC. The parthe’s not too thrilled about is getting used to living inthe restricted living spaces of the city :-) He will cer-tainly miss the hiking, skiing and golf of Denver.Hopefully will be able to reconnect with the LUMScrowd in the New York area. After enjoying the sunand sands of Dubai for 5 years and blowing away hismoney on cars, golf and real estate, Nestlé has finallydecided that enough is enough. Starting 1st NovemberAAbbdduullllaahh JJaawwaaiidd is rejoining Nestlé Pakistan in Lahoreto head the same business that he helped launch 10years ago. As they say... what goes around comesaround. He and his wife are looking forward to re-connecting with family and friends back home. Theyare both very excited to go back to the real worldand feel the warmth of its people and itsweather...without electricity of course! :)After ven-turing with his own business, pioneering the 1st Inter-national Sports Channel - Ten Sports Marketing inPakistan, AAllii FFaahhdd has recently relocated to Islamabad

and is now days trying to decipher the intricacies ofmarketing Wimax Internet as Director Marketing, Wi-Tribe Pakistan. On the family front he is the father ofa 7-year old daughter, Ansa, and a 4-year old bud-ding golfer son, Musa. In his spare time, he is seen so-cializing with animals in his home zoo, as peoplesomehow just don't have the right wavelength andobedience levels. NNaaffeeeess BBaarrrryy graduated as the sonof a seth and in the last 10-years has become a sethhimself! His self-sustaining business ventures of Tele-com franchise, Cheese/Margarine/Yogurt distributionhas earned him the luxury of play-ing polo everyday! His time isnow spend landscaping his Be-dian Road farmhousehome,rearing cattle /birds/horses and social work in hislocal thater pind. On the familyfront, he has 3-daughters,Leenah (6), Mahnoor (5) andSophiya (8-months).

Honourable mention in UAE forSSaallmmaann IIrrsshhaadd (Citibank), ZZeeeesshhaannSSaalleeeemm (Barclays) and AAmmeeeerrzzeebbAAmmjjaadd (HSBC) who only respondto the HBS Newsletter. Anyonewanting to get in touch withthese gentlemen needs towrite to the dean of Harvard,who will forward your corre-spondence to them. But don’twait for a response if you try to re-mind them you’re from LUMS MBA 99. NNaauummaann MMaalliikkand SSaarraahh AAssllaamm are in KL, where Nau-man is working with ICI. SSaarraahh KKhhaann isworking with Nestlé, SSiiddrraahh JJaawwaaiidd iswith Orix Leasing, NNaasseeeemm AAffttaabb iswith PSO, AAmmeerr KKhhaann is with Wateenand HHaasshhiimm NNaawwaazz is working for aninsurance company in Florida.

MBA 2000Coordinator

Sabeen Aameir sabeenaameir@gmail.com

Maryam Afnan Ahmadmaa.zaman@gmail.com

2010 is the tenth year since our graduation and weall hope to have a reunion soon, InshaAllah. For thetenth year milestone, we thought it would be appro-priate to have most of this year’s notes in everyone’sown words. They ended up being longer but alsomuch more fun to read!

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IIrrffaann AAhhmmaadd: After working for 4.5 Years for Mayfair,I am going to join (InshaAllah) IFFCO in their market-ing dept. Feeling excited about the new job and newcountry. On the family front my daughter is 2.5years. Still same wife.

MMooeeeezz KKaarriimm: I am still a bachelor and working withPackages. Currently, I am working as the MarketingManager for Consumer Products. My passion for pho-tography continues!

YYaasssseerr EEffffeennddii: I have just been transferred back toLahore by Shell as Regional Manager Sales (North)for Lubricants in the Direct Channel. I had spent thelast 6 years in Karachi with Shell so it’s good to beback in Lahore after my stint here during the LUMSdays. I have one son Amaan who will turn 3 in Octo-ber and will start playschool in September.

WWaassiiff SShheeiikkhh: I am working with HSBC as SeniorRelationship Manager, Corporate Banking North,based in Islamabad. I’ve spent all 10 years afterpost-graduation in the financial services indus-try starting from Habib Bank on to StandardChartered and now HSBC. My wife, Maryam,teaches Business Communication at EME Col-lege. We are both enjoying bringing up our 2year old son, Abdullah.

SSoonniiaa KKaarriimm: I'm still with Nishat Chunian, now asthe CFO for their new power company NishatChunian Power Ltd. I’m married to NaumanKhawaja (class of '98), and based in Lahore.Our son Taimoor is now almost 3. I’m work-ing part time now and trying to balancework, home and school!

SSaabbrriinnaa AAkkrraamm and AArriif: Sabrina and Arif areenjoying life with their daughter Manahil.

Arif is currently working as Director FinancialServices at Telenor Pakistan, responsible for the

successful launch of the mobile banking range ofproducts under the banner of "easypaisa".They are currently settled in Islamabad.

AAddeeeell RRaaffiiqq: He has been successfullyworking on his own business for thepast three years and has recently gotengaged. The wedding will take placelater this year.

FFaarryyaall RRaajjaa: Faryal is in San Francisco, deal-ing with some health issues but enjoying life

with her husband and daughter.

JJuunnaaiidd PPaarrwwaazz: (information courtesy Zahidul Islam)Junaid is in Karachi and slowly but steadily movingtowards Canada. In the past 3 years, he has been ableto move from Sheikhupura to Lahore and Lahore to

Karachi but his final destination is Canada.Aliya Khan: I am living in London since 2008. I’mbusy driving son Adam from school to sports clubs.I’mbusy driving son Adam from school to sports clubs. Iam also working with a group of contemporaryBritish artists at the Heatherly School of Fine Arts.Have a great time hosting a live chat show at aBritish Asian TV channel based in London. Recently dis-covered Rollerblading in Hyde Park. I also finally gotto enjoy a proper summer and trips to the country-side with hubby Rahman. Looking forward to summerholidays in Nice and seeing the Matisse Museum.Adam starts full day primary school in Septemberwhich will leave me lots of time to paint, Yippee!

WWaaqqaass AAhhmmaadd KKhhaann: Joined British American Tobaccolast year looking after HR for Marketing coveringPakistan, Bangladesh & Sri-Lanka. Moved to Islam-abad after spending 10 years in Karachi and am veryhappy about that. Still married, with a 4 years oldson who is ready to set the world on fire!

SSaabbeeeenn aanndd AAaammeeiirr AAlliihhuussssaaiinn: We are settled in Chit-tagong, Bangladesh. Aameir is taking care of his fam-ily business named Bangladesh Steel Re-Rolling Mills(BSRM). I (Sabeen) am resisting as much as possible tojoin the business! We have two children.

SSyyeedd OOmmaarr: I am currently working for Pakistan To-bacco Company and believe that my working hoursare the best in the class! The good WLB (work life bal-ance) has allowed me to enjoy the real good thingsin life i.e. spending time with family, hiking on theMargallas, horse riding with my kids and skeet firing!Before all you readers start applying to PTC let mejust tell you a famous proverb we have here: youdon't get into PTC because of your competence, youget in only if you have your mother's prayers!

ZZaahhiidduull IIssllaamm: I am going back to school after adecade. Leaving UAE and will start MFA (Master in Fi-nancial Accountability) at York University from Sep2010.

AAllii TTaahhiirr KKhhaann: I have stuck to banking...currently withStandard Chartered in Treasury Sales. I came back toIslamabad in May this year, having spent 3 years inLahore.

KKhhuurrrraamm SShhaakkeeeell: I’m working for Standard Charteredin corporate banking in Dubai. We had our sonMustafa last year, who is our main update!

SSaarraahh LLooddhhii && SSaaaadd KKaarriimm: Saad & I have two chil-dren, Mahdiya is 3 and Shaheer is 1. So life is quite arollercoaster ride at least for the last one year sincemy son's birth.

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OOmmaaiirr AAhhmmeedd: I am in Dubai working for a NewZealand Dairy company Fonterra. I am the MarketingManager for their Food Solutions Business. Have 2daughters now, Reem is 5 and Ranya is 3...both arequite a handful.

AArriiff JJaalliill PPiirraacchhaa: Nayna is now MashaAllah among theleading designer labels in the country. I also have anevent management company called Evenement, andrecently started a test prep organization with anotheralumni partner, called Smartprep. Have 2 kiddies!

NNaajjiiaa aanndd WWaassiiff MMuussttaaffaa: Wasif is Director VAS, IR, Prod-ucts and Platforms and he is heading the rural segmentas well. Najia is teaching English Literature. Theirdaughter is 5 now mashaAllah.

LLeeiillaa OOmmeerr ((SShhaammiimm)): Can’t believe it has been 10years already!! It seems that these years passed in aflash. Immediately after my graduation (2 or 3 daysafter the last day of MBA) I got married. After a briefstint at United Bank Limited I moved to ABN-AMROBank where I worked for almost 3 years. End-2004, Imoved to Bangladesh (Dhaka) due to Omer’s (my hus-band) posting. In 2006, my son, Teimoor was born. In2009 we moved to Canada (Omer’s job posting) and in2010 we moved temporarily to Egypt (Cairo) due toOmer’s work. I had to change jobs after my son wasborn. For the last 4.5 years I am his Chief Operating Of-ficer, looking after various aspects of the business suchas academics, extra-curricular, nutrition & security. Thistruly is the toughest job in the world! Besides that, dueto my interest in languages I picked up some verbalBengali, and am now trying my hand at Egyptian Ara-bic. But I still hope to come back to mainstream pro-fessional life after a couple of years. For me, life postMBA has been sort of a roller coaster ride, and I hopeit continues.

MMaarryyaamm AAffnnaann AAhhmmaadd: Spent my last year in Beijing;different experiences, mostly voluntarily, since my twokids are older and I had more time. I was MembershipLiaison for a Professional Women's Network; becamethe first ever Secretary for the Pakistani Women's As-sociation; and began Pakistani Cooking Classes at anexpat community center. Have also trained as an In-structor for two personal development courses and rantwo courses in BJ of the same. I’d found my bear-ings in Beijing and then, given my usual post-MBA-life pattern, we’ve moved again!Fortunately, we’ve moved back to Lahore andfamily. The kids and I are happily looking forwardto settling in and starting afresh!

SSaaaaddiiaa WWaaqqaass KKhhaann: Waqas and I are still in Denver.I have two girls and I recently started my MS inMarketing at University of Denver. I am also doinginternship at a start up coffee roasting company.Life is busy with two kids and studies.

SSoohhaaiill IIffttiikkhhaarr: Still living in Houston, still with Sensysas the Sales Director of the US Division, also serve onthe board of the International Society of Automation

as their Membership Director. Nothing much haschanged, except for road running the entire gulf coastevery couple of months. Try to write every now andthen, and do have a pretty high traffic on my blog site.One of these days, will pull away and publish a book…always nice to have a dream!

ZZuubbaaiirr KKhhaann: After spending 8 years with the Tobaccoworld, I finally decided to move to the other side ofthe health industry i.e. Food. Imoved to Danone (rememberthe case on Danone Yogurt -with Waseem Azhar) as Fi-nance Director looking afterthe finance function of theDairy Business in Iran.Its a bitchallenging, looking at thesanctions situation, but is ful-filling in the sense that it is a dif-ferent work environment and with a verydiverse team. My wife and sons are happy and learningPersian with great interest.

HHaammiidd SSaaeeeedd: After being atBSF (Calyon, Saudi Arabia) for2.5 yrs, I've moved to Stan-dard Chartered Bank as Direc-tor Global Corporates,Origination and Client Cover-age in Bahrain.

KKaammrraann MMaannssoooorr: I am in still in Jeddah,Saudi Arabia working as Marketing Di-rector for a Local Group of Compa-nies. My wife (Faiza) and I had our3rd child (son) this year and wenamed him Aayan. My other teammembers include daughter Zoya(7) and son Salaar (4). So things arepretty well by the Grace of Allah.

AArrsshhiinnaa NNaassiimm KKhhaann: I’ve moved to Leeds, UK with myhusband. I’m working in Barclays and havea daughter, MashaAllah.

FFaaiizzaa KKaazzmmii: I’llshare what I’vebeen up to profes-sionally since thelast ten years. Ispent the first fiveyears after MBA, in HBLin Commercial Relationship Man-agement. Then I moved to Corpo-

rate Relationship Management at HSBC in 2005. I’vebeen handling Risk Solutions/Treasury (InvestmentBanking) at Barclays Capital from 2007 to date andam settled in London.

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FFaarreeeesseehh CChhaauuddhhrryy:: The last year has been all aboutmommy-hood for me. I am still living in Stockholm,Sweden and am still working for P&G as the ExpatCompensation & Policy Manager for the EMEA region.

However, I took a break from work when my 2nddaughter (Emaane) was born in Sep 2009. I’ve beenon maternity leave since then and will return towork next month!

MBA 2001Coordinator

Amer FarooqAskari Bankamerfarooq@yahoo.com

Once again the time has come for me topresent the latest updates and news of myfellow batch mates from MBA 2001. Anotheryear seems to have passed by and yet whenI was writing the notes for 2009, it does not

seem that long ago. Time flies by. We are surelyliving in a world of change, uncertainty, pressure and

stress and of course a busy one. This shouldmake us appreciate how important it is tokeep up to date with our fellow friends. Ihope that by writing these notes, I mayhave helped to achieve that objective.

I will go through the class list in thesame sequence as last year.

AAssaadd AAmmaann was completing his PhD in Mar-keting at Lancaster University Management

School, UK last year. We hope that he has successfullydone so which would allow him toproudly use the title Dr before hisname. Who knows, he perhaps couldbe the next Professor at LUMS!AAssaadduullllaahh SSaalleeeemm is at Atlas BankHead Office in Karachi as Head ofCompliance. We of course keep inregular touch with each other. AAqqeeeellHHaayyaatt is presently at Askari Bank Head

Office in Rawalpindi and has recentlyconstructed a house for himself and family

in Islamabad. Congratulations to him! AAzzaamm HHaaqq isstill with Gulf International Bank, Bahrain and hasnow been there for the last nine years. FFaaiissaall WWaasseeyyis with Samba Bank. I (AAmmeerr FFaarrooooqq) am working forAskari Bank in Corporate Banking in Lahore and hasbeen here since 2006. This has been his longest stintat any job since leaving LUMS.

AAddnnaann CCyypprriiaann is in Riyadh and a regular film con-tributor to Facebook. Keep it up mate! OOssmmaann MMaaqq--bbooooll is successfully running his own Subway franchisein Defence, Lahore. I met up with him about a fewmonths ago and we caught up on the old times atLUMS. AAhhmmaadd NNaaeeeemm BBaajjwwaa is the Managing Partnerin a Consultancy called Supply Chain Business Solu-tions. AAhhmmeedd UUmmaaiirr is still running his own businessof manufacturing agri-chemicals. We don’t know ifhe is still teaching at Punjab University in theevenings.

From last reports, SSaallmmaann AAmmjjaadd was working inNestlé, Lahore along with FFrraazz PPeerrvvaaiizz and IImmmmaaddAAllii MMaalliikk.. Guys do send in your latest updates.

AAaammiinnaahh SSaaeeeedd is with Pepsi Co. AAbbdduull MMaalliikk is work-ing for Agha Khan Foundation. AAllii ZZaayyaadd is with Stan-dard Chartered Bank in Lahore and we got to talk toeach other a few months ago which was great. AAmmnnaaSSaajjiidd is still with World Call Group and has been loyalto them since 2001. Not bad! AArrsshhiiaa HHaassssaann is inDoha, Qatar.

AAssgghhaarr HHaayyaatt KKhhaann is working for BHP Billton. FFaaiissaallSSaaiiff is at BAT.

FFaaiissaall WWaahhaabb is still working for his own pharmaceu-ticals business in Karachi. We chatted on the phone afew weeks ago after a long time. FFaarrhhaann AAhhmmeedd KKhhaannis in Jeddah working for a multinational. We stilldon’t know which one. JJaavveedd IIqqbbaall was last heardworking in Karachi with Engro Foods. KKhhaalliidd AAbbdduullllaahhis in Vancouver, Canada. KKhhaawwaajjaa BBiillaall HHuussssaaiinn waslast heard in the UK. Khurram Sarfaraz is working forPepsi Co Snacks in Islamabad. MMaarriiaamm ZZuubbaaiirr KKhhaann isreported to have left Pepsi Co and now started herown business. MMoohhmmmmaadd HHaassssaaaann IIddrriissss is in the UAEwith Reckitt Benckiser, whilst wife SSaammiiaa SShhaahhnnaawwaazzis with Citibank. Samia is perhaps the most regularcontributor to Facebook.

MMoohhaammmmaadd SShhaaffiiqq--uull--IIssllaamm is working for BanglaTelecom in Bangladesh. MMuuddaassssiirr SShhaaffiiqquuee is stillworking with Engro Chemical in Karachi since 2001.MMoohhaammmmaadd UUssmmaann BBaajjwwaa has been working as Direc-tor Treasury, Mobilink for the last 6 years. MMoohhaamm--mmaadd UUssmmaann KKhhaalliidd is in the UK with StandardChartered Bank. MMoohhaammmmaadd JJaauuddaatt AAmmiinn is inKarachi and is at Bayer. AAyyeesshhaa AAkkmmaall is with Shell inKarachi, whilst we have no reports of husbandOOmmaayyeerr AArrsshhaadd (Captain Sb). SSaaaadd AAllii is running hisown business in Lahore. SSaabbhhaa QQuurreesshhii is now livingin Beijing, after spending one year in Jordan and Is-lamabad. SShhaahhaarryyaarr AAllii is still with Army Welfare Trustin Rawalpindi. SShhaahhzzaadd NNaazziirr returned from SaudiArabia and is hunting for a suitable job. Best of luckto him!

From last reports, SSyyeedd AAllii AAbbbbaass is with Nestlé inDubai.

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AAllii MMuurrttaazzaa is with Citibank, London. AArriiff RRaazzaa, re-cently switched to Citibank and is still in Egpyt.KKaasshhiiff RRaazzaa BBuukkhhaarrii is working in Standard CharteredBank in Lahore in corporate banking. TTaahhiirr EEjjaazz iswith Habib Bank, Islamabad and is well settled there.

WWaaqqaass JJaavveedd is still with Unilver in Dubai. SSaaiirraa KKhhaannwas last heard having moved to BP. AAhhmmaadd SSaallmmaannwas also last heard working for Unilever. As forNNaaddeeeemm CChhaawwhhaann we have no update although hehas a staggering 2800 friends on Facebook! SSaallmmaannAAllttaaff is at Telenor. RRaazzaa MMooiinnuuddddiinn is at Mobilink inthe Customer Retention Department. NNaavveeeedd KKhhaalliiddCChhaauuddhhrryy is still running his family business Medipak.KKaasshhiiff HHaabbiibb MMeehhddii is working with IBM, Lahore. MMuuss--ttaannssiirr SSaalleeeemm is now in Dubai working for a localfirm.

Unfortunately we have not heard from our followingbatch mates for ages, AAaammiirr SSaagghheeeerr CChhaauuddhhrryy,, AAddnnaannKKaarreeeemm,, MMoohhaammmmaadd GGhhaazzaannffaarr AAllii SShhaahh,, RRaabbiiaa BBaassrrii,,RRaabbiiaa FFiiddaa,, CChhaammiinnddaa HHeettttiiaarraacchhcchhii,, OOmmaaiirr MMoohhssiinn,,YYaasssseerr QQaayyyyuumm,, ZZiillllee IIllaahhii,, AArrsshhaadd MMaajjeeeedd KKhhookkhhaarr,,AAddiill QQuurreesshhi and lastly AAyyeesshhaa AAzziizz. Please do get intouch whenever possible.

That more or less sums up the 2010 status of MBA2001. Dear mates, do keep sending in your updatesotherwise it makes it very difficult to write the classnotes. Until next year, farewell to you all!

MBA 2002Coordinator

Fuad GhazanfarNestlé PakistanFuad.Ghazanfar@pk.nestle.com

These class notes were authored by quite a fewmembers of the batch so this is a group effort

AAbbbbaass AArrssllaann is still with Coke but has relocated tothe Middle East region. After a brief stint in Bahrain,he is now in Dubai. AAddnnaann RRaaffiiqq is working forBanque Saudi Fransi as Vice President in its invest-ment banking division. Adnan and Uzma have twokids, Danayal and Serene. AAllii IIkkrraamm is heading thepricing and strategy division at Ufone. AAlliinnaa FFaarrhhaannis happily settled in Jeddah and has two little onesIbrahim (6) and Fatima (3). Last year she has success-fully initiated an online magazine for Pakistanis liv-ing in the Middle East and his enjoying her new jobdescription as Chief Editor. After taking up the med-ical professional again, AAllmmaass IIqqbbaall is now an estab-lished anaesthetist at Shaukat Khanum Hospital inLahore. AAssiiff AAmmjjaadd and his wife Sana recently movedto Jeddah. Asif has accepted a new position at SavolaGroup as Executive Director Mergers and Acquisitions.Asim Riffat is looking after Marketing for Nestlé Nu-

trition Middle East. Seemingly his kids (Shayan andDua) and wife are enjoying Dubai more than he is. After spending one year in Sri Lanka, AAmmiinn PPiirraacchhaa isback in Pakistan. He is still selling cigarettes at PTC

FFaaiissaall SSaabbiirr is working at Warid Telecom as SeniorManager Performance Assessment & Reporting. FFaaiissaallSShhaaffii is heading Shafi Texcel, a company producingtextile fabrics for apparels, home textiles, and workwear. He is happily married with 2 daughters and hasbeen based in Lahore since graduation.

FFaarrhhaann IIqqbbaall was last heard to be atDeloitte in Australia. FFaaiizzaa KKaammrraannBBaalloocchh has moved to the UnitedStates from Australia. FFiizzzzaa RRiizzvvii issavoring the luxuries of being ahousewife in Singapore while herhusband trots the Pacific region forwork. FFaawwaadd KKhhaawwaajjaa recently leftStandard Chartered for a more lucra-tive position as National Sales Manager,Kansai Paints. FFuuaadd SSaaqqiibb is working as a Group BrandManager in the Dairy division at Nestléin Lahore while his wife is a consult-ant with the Punjab Government.They are expecting their first babylater this year.

HHaaiiddeerr AAllii IIssaannii is with Engro inKarachi. HHaarrrriiss MMaassoooodd is Dubaiworking with Barclays Capital in theDCM division. Haaris and his wife areexpecting their first baby soon. HHaassaannSShhaahhiidd is running his business under the nameof Western Traders , a firm that is involvedin trading and indenting of textile itemsranging from commodity to specializedproducts. He has three children Ibrahim(5), Bilal (4) and Mohammad Moosa (al-most 2 years). HHaassaann RRaauuff is doing hisPhD in the US and will be defending histhesis later this year. He plans to be backin Pakistan by December.

HHiinnaa NNaajjaamm is happily settled in Dubai and is regu-larly seen traversing up and down the Sh Zayedroad. She's working in the HR division of theAbu Dhabi chapter of New York University.HHuussnn BBaannoo BBuurrkkii is based in Islamabad work-ing on trade related USAID projects. She’sbeen instrumental in formulating AfghanTransit trade agreements and frequently trav-erses the globe. She has 2 children. IIllllyyaass PPeerr--aacchhaa is managing his Arabian Delights chain inLahore in addition to taking his school to newheights.

KKhhuussrroo NNaaddiirr GGiillllaannii is still with the Engro group inKarachi. MMaahhwwaasshh RRaahhmmaann is back in Pakistan and isharnessing her new passion for professional photog-raphy in addition to bringing up her two children. MMaakkhhmmoooorr uull HHaassaann is with Shell in London workingas Treasury Manager Downstream Europe.

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In December 2009 he voluntarily gave up the exaltedstatus of the “last bachelor standing” by tying theknot with Oraina (Bsc 2007). MMaalleeeehhaa AAllii has left hersunny home in Australia for equally sunny Californiaand is busy bringing up her two boys Hamza andHamaad.

MMooaazzzzaamm AAllii KKhhaann is happy to be back in Pakistan.He and Saara Salim have 2 little ones - Ebrahimhas now turned 3 and their daughter Noor is 1. Heis working in Karachi at L’Oreal Pakistan Ltd. asMarketing Manager, Garnier. MM.. AAttttiiqquuee hasmoved through three organizations withoutbudging from his seat. From ABN Amro to theRoyal Bank of Scotland and now to Faysal Bankthanks to the series of acquisitions his bank hasgone through. NNuummaann QQuurreesshhii is with Rabea Tea

in Saudi Arabia. NNaabbeeeell AArriiff is a consultant withthe United Nations in New York. MMaarriiaa HHaammddaannii is

in Normandy (US) and is more than half waythrough with her PhD in Organizational Be-havior.

MMuuhhaammmmaadd UUmmeerr was last known to havemoved back to Pakistan after spendingconsiderable time in Dubai. NNaaddiiaa ZZaahhiirr isdoing justice to Wasif's lectures on enter-preneurship by setting up her own research

firm by the name of Eureka. She has twodaughters, Lyela and Sofi. NNaahhiidd AAhhmmaadd was

last known to be managing his computers business inDhaka. NNaazziisshh PPeerraacchhaa is a Senior Consult-ant at Sidat Hyder Morshed Associates(Pvt) Ltd in Lahore. RRuunnaaaass is with P&Gin the Middle East. Over the course ofthe last one year he has frequentlyshuttled between Jeddah and Dubai.

SSaaaarraa HHaaffeeeezz is working as senior rela-tionship manager at Abu Dhabi Commer-

cial Bank. Her son is now 3 years old.SSaabbeeeenn PPiirrzzaaddaa is enjoying being a mother

to her very active one year old daughter Alizeh,while working as a Senior Manager atan accounting Firm in Houston Texas.SSaaiimm KKaasshhmmiirrii is more than halfwaythrough a PhD in Marketing from UTAustin. He claims to be enjoyingthe thrill of working on researchpapers, presenting at internationalmarketing conferences, teaching un-dergraduate marketing at UT, and

Kayaking in Lake Austin when free. Godhas blessed Saim and Maryam with two

adorable kids, Ayrah (4) and Raahim (8 months).

SSaammiirraa MMaaiirraajj switched jobs last year and is now HRHead Consumer Health at Novartis – As she puts it, “Ilove my job, the challenges it brings plus it offers alot of flexibility and so I think I’m doing a pretty

good job of balancing my career and personal life -even if that means my two and a half year old soncoming along with me on my business trips abroad!”

SSaannaauullllaahh is looking after the textile processing divi-sion at Siddiqsons as a Director. Family consists of 2sons, Ali and Rayyan aged 6 and 4. SShheerrmmeeeennLLaasshhaarriiee is happily married and is finally availing amajor backlog of vacations - globetrotting and andexploring her beloved country - and does not expectto take a break from her break any time soon.

SSuurryyaa BBiinnaayyeeee is settled in Washington and is workingon USAID projects for South Asia. TTaaiimmuurr NNaawwaazz hascompleted his sixth year at Telenor in Islamabad,heading the VAS (Value Added Services) area. God hasblessed him and his wife Maryam with a son'Daniyal' who is 10 months old and keeping themreally busy. HE has completed his 6th year at Telenor.

UUmmeerr WWaahheeeedd is with Safola in Dubai. Usman Khalidis the Chief Executive Officer and Lead Consultant ofAspire Nurturing Potential and is settled with his wifeSobia and daughter Ilhaam in Islamabad. He splitshis time between engaging youth in social entrepre-neurship projects, heading learning and developmentinterventions for clients across the corporate and notfor profit spectrum of Pakistan and spending qualitytime with his family. UUssmmaann WWaahheeeedd has moved fromCoke Middle East to Pepsi Pakistan as Franchise Man-ager proving that the cola boundaries are certainlynot impermeable.

There is currently no update on BBiinnoodd PPrraassaadd,, RRaahhiisshhSShhrreesstthhaa,, MMuuzzaahhiidd AAkkbbaarr,, SShhuuvvaaaass SSaakkaa,, KKaammrraannAAkkhhttaarr and IImmrraann SShhaahh..

MBA 2003Coordinator

Safi MalikAl Hilal Bank, Abu Dhabisafi.malik@gmail.com

Yet another year has passed, a year in which ourcountry was in the news time again for all the wrongreasons. I hope and pray that we will emerge fromour existing situation much stronger and much bet-ter.

This year I have organized the updates based on lo-cation of our class fellows. Please accept my apolo-gies if I have missed anyone.

IISSLLAAMMAABBAADD:: DDaannyyaall continues his hard work at Citibank and hisplanning for the vacation he promised his wife lastyear. JJaawwaadd is still with the Pakistan Telecommunica-tion Authority ensuring that all of us enjoy the best

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in telecommunication services. MMaahhmmoooodd continuesto climb the corporate ladder at Silk Bank while JJee--hhaannzzeebb is still sticking to his story of a dedicated hus-band and father. JD divides his time betweenIslamabad and Kabul. With the arrival of her thirdchild, Bilal, Aabdara is back to being a stay at homemom and looking after her family. TTaaiimmuurr is still withTelenor and using his free time to write thought pro-voking articles for newspapers. SShhaarriiqq MM has movedfrom Nestlé to Telenor and is enjoying being backhome in Islamabad. HHuussssaaiinn is still with Ufone andmarried. No further information is available on Hus-sain. RReezzwwaannaa is back with FBR and now helping tomanage the country’s finances. IImmrraann SSaarrddaarr is stillwith PTCL in Islamabad and is as good as Subasan inhis ability to disappear.

SSAARRGGOODDHHAA:: SShhuujjaa is working hard to balance his busy schedule atShell and spending time with his daughter.

LLAAHHOORREE::SShhaarriiqq BB continues to travel the world with Monsantowhile his wife looks after the twins in Lahore. HHuurr isnow the Manager Central with corporate bank, HSBCin Lahore with frequent trips to Faisalabad. HHaassssaannNNaassiirr is working hard with Survier while MMuussttaaffaa con-tinues to burn the midnight oil at Nestlé. AAddeeeell con-tinues to divide his time between growing his familybusiness and his daughter. DDrr.. SSaallmmaann is working hardto sell Cerelac at Nestlé. His sightings remain as rareas ever. FFaammvviicc aakkaa AAllii IImmrraann is working to setup hisown enterprise in Lahore. ZZuullffiiqqaarr HHaammeeeedd is posted(still) as SSP Investigation Lahore fighting terroristsand other miscreants for the last two and a halfyears. He is presently living in GOR 2 with his familyhaving shifted from his cantonment residence. He wassecretary of the LUMS Alumni Association for the out-going Board and now has been elected as Director inthe incoming Board of LUMS SDSB Alumni Association.His father passed away in January this year.NNooffeell hasjoined Kansai paints as the Chief Operating Officerand is operating the company to success with fre-quent trips to Dubai. FFaarrhhaann is still at Tertrapack andis now the Director Processing there.

IImmrraann KKhhuurrrraamm continues to grow his family’s textilebusiness in Lahore. MMuuttaahhiirr is also busy with thefamily business and is second only to IImmrraann SSaarrddaarrfor his ability to disappear. FFaahhaadd is with DuPont Pak-istan and has been there for quite some time. AAhhmmaaddFFaarrooooqq continues to grow his construction business.For a small fee I can arrange a good rate from himfor anyone interested in building their own home.TTaarriiqq is busy with his telecom and textile businesses.Please feel free to contact him for free samples ofyour favorite clothes. BBiillaall AAhhmmaadd is working as Mar-keting Manager with Kayseria and is no longer a‘mistry’. AAmmiirr FFaaiizz has moved from Makro to HiraTerry Towels and is working as the Head of Marketing.Hassan Zubair is with Levi’s and I have still not beenable to use the discount vouchers that I got from him.AAttiiaa got married in January, has left LUMS and ismoving to Virginia, USA.

FFAAIISSAALLAABBAADD::ZZaaiinn is managing his business empire out of Faisal-abad where he also moonlights as a universityteacher (no, that is not a typo).

KKAARRAACCHHII::IImmrraann HHaaiiddeerr is still with Engro Foods and has movedto Karachi with his family. MMiiaann AAmmeerr is expandinghis business for industrial machinery by branchinginto renewable energy solutions. He continues to re-main available day and night for a good chat. ZZuull--ffiiqqaarr BBaarrrryy is also in expansion modethese days and is planning to branchout into fields other than expen-sive eye wear and watches. ZZaa--hheeeerr ssbb is with Bank Al Habib andstill not convinced about thebenefits for not driving to Lahorefrom Karachi.

MMUULLTTAANN::WWaaqqaass continues to build his businessin Multan and enjoy the good life.

DDUUBBAAII::AAllii SSuullttaann continues to come withnew and successful strategies forStandard Chartered Bank, UAE.He has finally given up onFIFA09 and has packed away hisPS3. He now plans to concentrateon his golf and to this end spendsat least 3 minutes staring at hisclubs every day. He and his wife wel-comed their second child, Aleeya in March.SSaaqqiibb continues to manage the RetailBank’s Risk for Al Hilal Bank while FFaarriieelland HHaammzzaa continue to manage himrather well. ZZuullqqaaddaarr and his wife wereblessed with a baby daughter, Zynathis year. He is also working for AlHilal Bank. NNaauummaann continues to growat Barclays bank UAE he now heads theCredit Policy for Barclays UAE and is asgreat a company as ever if you can gethold of him. JJaaffffaarr is directing Mashreq Bank’s Invest-ment Banking in Dubai and himself moving athis daughter Natalia’s directions.

EELLSSEEWWHHEERREE:: AAmmmmaarr is in the US for yet another degree.HHaasseeeebb continues to climb the corporateladder in the financial sector in US (stillcannot remember his employer’s name). HHaa--rroooonn--uurr--RRaasshheeeedd is still with BSRM Steel inBangladesh and enjoying the life with his fam-ily. No contact with SSuubbaassaann yet he is assumed tobe somewhere in Nepal. SSaaiimmaa is enjoying corporatebanking in Singapore and keeps vacationing in all thebest places. HHeennaa is still with Tetrapack and travellingall over the world for her company. NNaaddiiaa is in Lon-don with her family where she continues to work

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for HSBC. Her son is still not taking her seriously.FFaaiizzaa is in Canada where she is a full time mom. YYaassiirrhas moved to Khubbar from Riyadh and is lookingafter the Commercial Bank Business for Saudi FransiBank there. DDrr.. HHaarroooonn is in Riyadh looking after theIslamic Banking Business for Saudi Hollandi Bank. SSaaffiiMMaalliikk is working for Al Hilal Bank in Abu Dhabi andtaking golfing lessons from Ali Sultan.

Thank you Shuja, Aabdara and Zulfi for your helpwith these notes.

MBA 2004Coordinator

Waqar KhanStar Hydro Power Limitedhazarahills@yahoo.com

AAddnnaann ZZaahhiidd successfully defended his Ph.D.thesis, related to some topic in Consumer Be-haviour, in London and has returned to Pakistanto pursue career in academia. He is the second

Ph.D. from MBA2004 after SShhaahhiidd QQuurreesshhii, whocompleted his Ph.D. from Berlin Institute of Technol-

ogy in the area of entrepreneurship. Shahid iscurrently a Post-Doc Scholar in the same insti-tute but would be returning to Pakistan inOctober to join IBA, Karachi as Associate Di-rector for the Centre for Entrepreneurship.

AAhhmmeedd SSaaeeeedd TTaahhiirr is still with HBL Lahoreas Senior Relationship Manager and does notseem to have any plans to move anywhere

else. HHuummaa KKhhaalliidd is his colleague at the sameplace but her plans are unknown. AAllii ZZaaiiddii is also

in HBL, based in Karachi, working as Product Head,Acquisition, Loyalty and Debit Cards. GGuullBBuuhhaarr KKhhaann was last heard of lookingafter Mardan region HBL.

AAiizzaa SShhaaffiiqq is in Lahore with DWP group.

AAllii AAkkbbaarr is working in Nestlé Lahore asGroup Demand & Supply Planning Man-ager. FFaahhaadd YYoouussaaff moved to Lahore this

year and joined Nestlé as Brand ManagerDairy. SShhooaaiibb AAttaa is also with Nestlé Lahore,

working in the Sales functions. RRiizzwwaann AAzziizz KKhhaann, ac-cording to last known reports, was also a part ofNestlé team in Islamabad. Across the Karakoramranges and many valleys afar, ZZhhaanngg ZZeejjuunn is stillworking for Nestlé China in Harbin and has moved upto head the production.

KKaasshhiiff KKhhaalliill is working with Virgin Atlantic as Rev-enue Manager-Cargo Middle East and Africa and thelong list of his achievement contains hefty aviationbusiness jargon and references to football world cup,USA, Europe, India and Far East. In London resides an-other colleague from MBA2004, Tahir Shamim, whoalso supports an impressive list of professional accred-itations in HR area. Tahir is the HR Audit Manager forEurope in Unilever Global Corporate Office. Talking ofUK, BBeeeenniisshh TTeemmuurr HHaassssaann has settled in Manchesterand is working as Director Sales and Marketing forGlobal Textiles (UK) Limited.

AAssaadd IInnaayyaatt is working for Mobily, Etihad Etisalat asExecutive Manager Broadband & VAS, and is based inRiyadh, Saudi Arabia. AAzzhhaarr IIkkrraamm is also in Riyadh,working there for quite a few years now in bankingsector. He is presently with Banque Saudi Fransi(Credit Agricole - Corporate & Investment Bank) asExecutive Manager.

AAyyeesshhaa KKhhuurrrraamm MMiinnhhaass is running her own firm, withher husband, by the name of Emmaculate in Karachi,providing IT solutions to big name corporate cus-tomers. In Lahore, SSaallmmaann HHaaffeeeezz and AAbbbbaass SShhaahh arepartners in their business of imported candies and arealways looking for new ventures. Following the foot-steps of other entrepreneurs of the class, SSaaffddaarr HHuuss--ssaaiinn is soon launching his own brand of kids’ towels,by the name of Puppets, in Lahore. He is presentlybased in Faisalabad. BBiillaall AAhhmmaadd KKhhaann is in Lahore, asalways, and is working as Manager Marketing andBusiness Development with Sefam (Pvt) Limited.

FFaahhdd RReeaazz is in Dubai, working as Senior Product Man-ager - Consumer Finance, Standard Chartered Bank.Along with him in SCB, Dubai is MMuuhhaammmmaadd ZZuulliiffkkaarrAAllii KKhhaann ((MMZZAAKK)), who is working in the Retail BankingProducts Division but has enjoyed four vacations dur-ing the year to South Africa (World Cup), Las Vegas(class reunion), Saudi Arabia (Umra, of course afterLas Vegas) and Spain (family vacations). Joining themrecently in SCB Dubai is GGuullrraaiizz PPeerrvvaaiizz, who leftWarid in the early part of 2010. In other banks inDubai are our two colleagues, FFaatteehh MMuuhhaammmmaadd andSShhooaaiibb AAwwaann. Fateh is the Head of Business Credit, Na-tional Bank of Fujairah and Shoaib is with EmiratesNBD. Also in Dubai, MMuunneeeebb WWaahhaadd KKhhaann has beenworking as Manager Strategic Marketing for Du, thetelecommunication company. Despite being awayfrom Pakistan, he is easily the most informed personabout the activities and lives of other classmates. AndDubai’s resident for years, FFaahhaadd SSaallaamm is now man-aging his family run school system, Pristine PrivateSchool.

FFaarraazz SSiiddddiiqquuii recently joined Reckitt Benckiser as In-formation Services Manager and is based in Karachi.It is still not clear if SSyyeedd YYaawweerr RRaassooooll, who has been“powering” Marketing at Reckitt for six years, wasany inspiration for Faraz to join the company. Yawergot promoted to Category Manager this year and ishandling the biggest financial portfolio of brands inthe Reckitt Benckiser, West Asia.

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NNaaddiiaa WWiilllliiaammss is with SCB Pakistan and is based inKarachi as Head of Marketing Communications, Con-sumer Banking. MMaarriiaamm QQaaiisseerr has left her full timejob and is now a Consultant with the World Bank, op-erating from Islamabad. AAddiill HHaanneeeeff is now based inIslamabad as Mobilink’s Head of International Roam-ing. After getting married this year, it is still to beseen how much easily he can roam around, the wayhe used to do earlier! AAttiiff RRaazzaa is also a part of Mo-bilink Islamabad team as Head of Pricing and Strat-egy. No wonder the kind of price war thetelecommunication sector is witnessing, this Head ofPricing and Strategy considers keeping his job intactduring the year as his big achievement. KKhhuurrrraamm WWaarr--rraaiicchh is Senior Manager Business Analysis & Planning,Mobilink, Islamabad. HHaammzzaa AAlleeeemmii, at last decidedto leave Lahore, and joined Atif’s team as ManagerPricing and Strategy. UUssmmaann MMaahhmmoooodd BBuutttt is nowthe only classmate from MBA2004 left in MobilinkLahore, where he is working as Manager Trade Mar-keting.

IImmrraann FFaazzaall left Pakistan Tobacco Company andjoined Telenor. He is based in Islamabad as Trade Mar-keting Development Manager. Quite a few classmatesfrom MBA2004 are working in Islamabad for Telenor.MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAllii KKhhaann is the Manager PMO & Invest-ment Control; SSaaiimmaa KKhhaann is the Manager Pricing;SShhaahheerryyaarr IIddrreeeess is the Manager Products and Service;and UUssmmaann TTaarriiqq QQaazzii ((UUTTQQ)) is Manager Advanced An-alytics. Whether it was the effect of work or someother reason that we are not privy to, he decided tohug a living, breathing, active tiger somewhere inThailand some time ago. According to last reports hereturned unscathed. Physically. DDrr.. JJaavvaaiidd has goneback to health sector as Manager Diagnostics, Al RaziHealthcare, Lahore and has also got married.

MMuurraadd SSaallmmaann MMiirrzzaa has returned from Australia butis operating from Lahore as Senior Vice President(Client Advocacy & Organizational Effectiveness) EpicSoftware Corporation. Nadia Haseeb is still with Shelland is based in Karachi as Channel Offer Manager.YYaassiirr MMaalliikk is also with continuing to work for ShellPakistan and took over the position of Terminal Man-ager of Kaemari terminal, the most strategic supplypoint in the Shell system. It has been heard that TTaahhaaMMaagghhrraabbii is still working for Shell Pakistan.

RRiizzwwaann CChhuugghhttaaii left State Bank of Pakistan and isnow working for MCB as SVP and Divisional Head, FIPsand Market Risk Management Division. He is living inLahore, perhaps incognito. SSaallmmaann GGhhaannii BBuutttt is livingin the cool climes of Switzerland and working withP&G as Regional Brand Manager. SShhaakkiill MMeemmoonn isworking for Abu Dawood Distributers/P&G as UnitHead Karachi.

SSoohhaaiill MMuummttaazz BBaajjwwaa is still with National Transmis-sion & Despatch Company (formerly a part of WAPDA)and seems to have neither the intention of leavingthe company nor to do anything for reducing theload shedding. Joining him in the latter aim is WWaaqqaarr

AAhhmmaadd KKhhaann, his one-time colleague in WAPDA, whohas singularly failed to add a single watt to the en-ergy sector since leaving LUMS and joining an IPP, StarHydro Power Limited. He has recently been elected asthe representative on the Business School’s AlumniAssociation Board of Directors.

ZZaaiinnaabb NNaawwaazz is working in LUMS as Manager Corpo-rate Communications, Suleman Dawood School ofBusiness.

MBA 2005Coordinator

Zaineb Waheed zainebw@gmail.com

ZZaaiinneebb WWaahheeeedd is putting Julie and Julia to shamewith her food blog! Anyone look-ing to lose weight- stay away. TTaa--mmaanniiaa JJaaffffrrii, is working innon-profit organization man-agement and marketing, en-joying her little house in thePrairies & planning on writingthe next great Canadian novel.BBiillaall AAhhssaann MMaalliikk a.k.a BAM BAMtied the knot this year. He is find-ing it even harder to live amongMadrassa boys. OOmmaarr MMooeeeenn MMaalliikk is stillworking for Telenor as Business Managerof something called easypaisa and hasrealized that paisa is NOT easy at all.Inspired by the current financial cri-sis AAmmnnaahh AAjjmmaall is pursuing a de-gree in Finance at the LondonSchool of Economics and was re-cently moved to Hungary to wreckmore havoc. SSaallmmaann AAhhmmeedd aa..kk..aa..SSaallllyy has moved away to Singapore withhis wife Fatima. Other than that, he is totally missingin action. AAllii AAnnwweerrzzaaddaa is still chota.MMuuhhaammmmaadd UUmmeerr FFaarrooooqq aa..kk..aa FFooooqqii hasbeen deeply inspired by his stay in Califor-nia. He now insists to be called FooqiHendrix and hence the hairstyle. In anycase, he is back in Pakistan and every-body is confusing him of being a Makrani.ZZaaiinn TTaayyyyeebbii is getting younger on a dailybasis. Hollywood has made a movie on itbut changed Zain's name to Benjamin Buttonto keep his secret intact. AAllii ZZiiaa KKhhaann has beenposted to the global strategy and innovation divisionat Nestlé headquarters in Vevey, Switzerland for aperiod of three years. Ali, Mehr and baby Ayesha canlook forward to some good trekking excursions inthe Swiss Alps. AAddnnaann TTaarriiqq aa..kk..aa mmuunnsshhii has finallyfound a munshan! He and Sana got married in Nov

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2009 by the Grace of Allah. He also got promoted toBrand Manager so has a lot more authority at Nestlé.At home, of course, it's now a different story...

AAttiiff SSaaeeeedd once a theta always a theta, still studyingand having pledged to go on studying forever, he isbusy in his hi fi PhD somewhere in US. SSaallmmaann KKhhaalliiddhas shifted jobs and has recently joined BNP Parib-asPrivate Equity as an Assistant Vice President whichproves that there is hope out there for all thosetouched by the global financial crisis. Financial cri-sis did touch lots of lives by the way by deprivingpeople of a chance to meet Salman on his trips tovarious cities across the globe. TTaaiimmuurr CChheeeemmaa gotmarried! - enough shocking news for the day! Butgoing on to more shocking news, it was not with

Qazi! AAllii NNaawwaazz KKhhaann aa..kk..aa.. AANNKK continues to workfor Unilever based out of Dubai. OOmmeerr NNaazziirr has offi-

cially become a Cityboy after completing his sec-ond MBA from INSEAD and joining InvestmentBanking in London. He works day and night atDeutsche Bank to help raise finances for hisprivate weekend activities. We hope he savessome dough for his third MBA from Harvard.HHaammzzaa MMuuddaassssiirr left his beloved Mobilink forTelenor Pakistan, where Telenor instantly re-warded his disloyalty to his former masters bysending him to Thailand for some "work". After

pictures of Hamza and Amna on Facebook para-sailing on the sunny beaches of Phuket, Hamza is back

to his beloved Mobilink.

HHaassssaann MMuunniirr left China Mobile to join Te-lenor Pakistan yet again as Manager Salesand Distribution Planning. He can now beseen taking advantage of Telenor's casualwear culture by wearing the oldest pair ofjeans that some say was discovered in Mo-henjo-Daro. Hassan claims otherwise by in-

sisting that he bought it from the Lundabazaar. KKiirraann QQuurreesshhii is still using Nestlé to

fund her various underground activities. Fun neverseems to end! . FFaarrrruukkhh AAzziizz is now inTelenor as Head of Market Research. Ifyou want to get in touch, you can al-most always find Farrukh at Behraduring the weekends when he stopsduring his lengthy trips to Lahore andback. MMaalliihhaa SShhaahhiidd is missing in ac-tion, last it was heard that she finallyswitched jobs from MCB to another

bank much to the dismay of her boss,who had gotten used to her go-getter atti-

tude and passion for business. SSaarraahh PPeerrvveezz and SSuunneeeellSSaarrffaarraazz MMuunnjj were blessed with a beautiful daughterZainah. BBiillaall AAhhmmaadd has finally left Worldcall TelecomLimited and is now in England. If you had crossed hisex-office during the day, you could have seen himstaring out of the window the same way a lot of theCEOs did in the start of Harvard cases we did back at

LUMS. Truly living it up! MMuuhhaammmmaadd AAbbiidd is foundchanging destinations on his google chat status.KKhhiizzeerr BBiillaall UUssmmaannii aa..kk..aa KKBBUU has managed to keephis job so far in recession-hit Dubai. AAbbiiddoooonn NNaaddeeeemmnow runs Mindblaze Technologies and even after hav-ing three serious accidents, still continues to drive hisbike - brave soul. His son does not let him leave forthe office until he has driven him around the corner.His plans for 2011 include purchasing a Harley David-son, or maybe the Honda GoldWing, he is not sure yet!Despite the bomb blasts he continues to stick with La-hore and is determined on expanding his business, be-cause he really likes the Sprite 3G Ad. OOwwaaiiss QQaazzii is upto something in Dubai and it is definitely not TaimurCheema.

SSaajjiidd SShhaahhzzaadd SSuuffii has started a small business ventureknown as Shifu Oriental Cuisine and is trying to killtwo birds with one stone. RRaaoo MMuurrttaazzaa HHaasshhiimm hasshifted to London with his family. He is now workingas Global Product Manager for Retail at G4S. AAuunn HHuuss--ssaaiinn has moved to Toronto with his wife and nowmanages the messaging portfolio (SMS & MMS) of BellMobility. Some have confused messaging with Massag-ing but hey Potato/Potaatooo.. MMaahhaamm YYaassmmeeeenn hasshocked Servis with her consumer knowledge and per-spective. Hope they recover from the shock soon!SSaallmmaann TTaahhiirr is now self-employed at Intertrade Cor-poration, 'your reliable partner in purchase of indus-trial chemicals' - ST finds a lot of free time these daysso he also teaches BBA program at FAST in the morn-ings. This year brought another good news for him,as Saleha, his newly born daughter, came to completethe family picture. Life is now more beautiful withDua (wife), Ameen (son) and Saleha(daughter).WWaalleeeedd SSaaddiiqq continues his life time em-ployment aspirations with Telenor Pakistan, where heis working as Manager Channel Planning for the Per-sona side of the business. AAbbdduull MMooiizz PPeennkkaarr did notmove anywhere this year (wain!) and continued tostay put in load shedding heavy Karachi. Looks like

he is finally settling down fromhis crazy, party heavy, lifestyle.OOmmeerr BBiinn TTaarriiqq aakkaa OOBBTT haslanded back in Telenor after hav-ing 8 months vacations in TetraPak and is now the Segment Man-ager - Talkshalk. Other than workhe enjoys his life by playing golfon weekends with KKaasshhiiff CChheeeemmaa

and they both miss the other two partners Rao sb andSufi!! AAaammiirr AAllttaaff left China Mobile to join Mobily inSaudi Arabia where he looks after Retention and Loy-alty. The Saudi ladies are already swooning over hisPunjab-Da-Munda looks and designer wear.

JJaavveedd AAhhmmeedd has been promoted to Senior Vice Pres-ident and he is looking after Basel II implementation,market and operational risk in Meezan Bank. Havingsaid that, no one really knows what he is REALLYdoing at Meezan Bank which is proving to be great forJaved Sb (MashaAllah say). TTaallhhaa KKhhaalliidd is in Telenor'sVAS Department where he spends the day trying to in-crease revenues. In the night, however, he

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is spoiling the younger generation by teaching supplychain in Szabist Islambad. We are sure Dr. Arif Ranawould be proud. UUssmmaann MMuunneeeerr has now moved fromshampoos to shower gels and soaps and Dubai. DDaanniisshhJJaabbbbaarr KKhhaann tries his best to be a family man butcan’t kill his oh-so-wild spirit. KKaasshhiiff IIrrffaann looks acrossthe London skyline and drinks coffee all day longfrom level 24 of Barclays Global Headquarters. In hisnot so free time, you can find him giving driving les-sons to his wife Aasiha. YYaassiirr SSaajjjjaadd QQuurreesshhii has finallyswitched jobs (after 4 and half years). Coming out ofthe fear of changing things in his life, he is now plan-ning to experiment with changing some of the otherthings in his life too. His wife, however, has nothingto worry about. BBiillaall KKhhaalliidd is enjoying his sevenmonths old son Emaad and is moving to StandardChartered, Riyadh in few months. UUssmmaann TTaallaatt isworking in Metro Cash and Carry Pakistan as the Headof its 'Services Companies and Offices' segment. Histwin boys are now four and half years old and gettingnaughtier by the day. His wife is due to complete herM.Phil. from Lahore School of Economics next yeararound March. Life is busy and good! AAssiimm MMeehhrr con-tinues to work at Telenor and be slave-driven by hisboss and wife (who may or may not be two differentpeople).

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AArrssaallaann and SSaannaaaa continue to work in Islamabad. Ar-salan has completed a year at IBM since moving fromTeradata, and Sanaa is continuing at Mobilink. Thiswas a busy year for them as they shifted house fromG-11 to E-11. They have recently taken up tennis onthe weekends.

MM.. IImmrraann SSaarrggaaaannaa is now working with PowerwaveTechnologies, Inc. as Regional Sales Manager for Gulf,PK & AF since moving from Ericsson about a year ago.He is still based out of Islamabad. HHaassaann KKaabbiirr has re-cently moved to Faysal Bank Limited after his threeyears stay at HBL. Hasan and his wife Huma have beenblessed with a baby daughter Zoya. These days, he isfound busy with his new job, babysitting and deco-rating his new house.

RRaajjaa IIsshhaaqq has moved from...well he hasn’t really leftNestlé Pakistan yet but, day by day, has started tofeel left out with almost everyone moving from ormoving to somewhere. In contrast, NNoosshheeeenn AAkkrraammhasn’t stopped moving around. She is currently a Mar-keting Manager at DirecTV in Los Angeles. She hasfallen in love with the great outdoors of Southern Cal-

ifornia and can be seen trekking about various hillsand mountains on weekends. In her free time, sheworks on a plan for yet another business, and is ac-tively seeking investors. Interested parties please con-tact her directly :)

SSaallmmaann AAhhmmaadd is still working in Alcatel-Lucent andfeels it’s time for a change yet he doesn’t do anythingabout it. So it seems he is going to stay there for awhile. HHaaffiizz JJaawwaadd AAhhmmaadd moved a step further inhis marriage CPS by solemnizing hismangni into a nikkah. The next step,rusksati, is planned before the endof the year. He’s still working withHBG holdings in Dubai. P&G re-warded SSaaaadd and SSaarroooopp’’s loyaltyby promoting them last year. Saadis now Brand Manager for PaperCategory and Saroop has movedonto being Logistics Manager forPakistan. In his free time, Saad triesto help improve Saroop’s bowling score and is happyto report an improvement from JUST 6to 68 :)

HHaassssaaaann MMuunniirr is still working withCitibank since graduation, how-ever he has now moved to War-saw, Poland as the Product Headfor Credit Cards Business after com-pleting stints in Cairo, Karachi andDubai. He wishes to return in thenear future and run for the next pres-idential elections and claim his rightful throne. YYaassiirrNNaaffeeeess is still with Ericsson and these dayshe is on assignment in Ghana. Yasir hasspent just over two years in Africa nowand settling well here. KKhhaalliidd FFaarreeeedd isstill happily working with P&G workingas a Brand Manager for Ariel and livinga happy married life.

MMaannssoooorr AAzziizz AAhhmmeedd has been out of thecorporate world for two years now, work-ing in the family business trying to sellsteel. Recently, he and his wife Mehreen cele-brated their first anniversary.WWaaqqaass ZZaaffaarr hasfallen for Shell and is continuing his careerwith it. After having pursued different rolesin Marketing and Network (Business Devel-opment) he is now on a developmental as-signment in sales, stationed in Karachi. He isalso doing volunteer work with TCF onweekends in their 'Rahbar' programme, try-ing to contribute a little in transforming thefuture youth to make them agents of positivechange. In his spare time he tries to go through oldLUMS pictures and aspires to get back into shape again:)MMuuhhaammmmaadd RReehhaann has been working in Arab Na-tional Bank, Riyadh-Saudi Arabia for the last twoyears and is now quite settled there. Atif Iqbal is atEmirates NBD (UAE) and hasn’t switched jobs in thelast two years. He was promoted during the year tothe role of Senior Manager in the Group Strategy

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SSiiddddiiqquuee AAhhmmaadd is the latest addition to the Kuwaitgang. He now works for Wataniya Telecom. He joinedthe ranks of fatherhood with the birth of his son henamed Zuhayr.

SSoohhaaiibb HHaasshhmmii is working with Habib Bank AG Zurich.Since life in Dubai isn't always as exciting - he madean adventurous trip to Switzerland all on his own!People looking for tourism info on the Swiss landplease contact Sohaib! His message to the batchthis year is "Life's good and must visit Switzer-land once in a life time!"

SSuurreesshh SShhrreessttrraa after working for the Depart-ment of Transport Management is now placed inWater and Energy Commission secretariat in Kath-

mandu. SSyyeedd AAaammiirr AAssiiff still continues to work forMashreq Bank and is having a nice time in

Dubai.SSyyeedd AAllii HHaaiiddeerr is working in CorporateBanking, Barclays UAE since October 2008. Hespends most of his time with family (wifeand daughter ‘Khadija’ who turned threethis Sept) and remains in contact withfriends, mostly over phone.

SSyyeedd AAmmmmaarr YYaassiinn after shuttling betweenLahore and Islamabad has finally accepted‘Isloo’ to be his home place at least for now.

He works for Telenor Pakistan and played aninstrumental role in launch of EasyPaisa; Pakistan’s

first Branchless Banking.

TTaaiimmuurr KKaarriimm cleared his CSP exam andwill be joining Pakistan’s bureaucracy.His training will be starting coming Jan-uary in Lahore. He also won an award inKESC for its turnaround. UUmmaaiirr SShhaabbbbiirrBBuutttt finally left Wateen and joined Mo-bilink in the Marketing division. He is one

of newly married people in our batch whospend his free time cross checking his elec-

tricity meter readings.

WWaassiiff SSiikkaannddeerr BBuutttt got married.YYaasshhrraahh MMaassoooodd won the perform-ance award this year at Servis at theannual business conference. She hasnow moved on to Mantaq Systemsas Supply Chain Consultant to Servisand other vendors. Yashrah says “wehad joy, we had fun, we had seasons

in the sun but the hills that we climbedwere just seasons out of time” and now

she so wants to go back to school and study Econom-ics.

YYaassiirr SSuulleemmaann MMeemmoonn got promoted as Manager in theModern Trade division at Unilever. He was found vaca-tioning in Thailand at the time this class note was

written. ZZeennuubbiiaa QQuurreesshhii has recently moved to Dubaifrom Bahrain. She has just finished setting up her newhome beautifully and plans to relax and enjoy somehomely time now.

And lastly, your class note coordinator AAhhmmeedd SShhiirraazzBBuutttt reports, “I have slowly become accustomed tolife here in Federal capital Islamabad. If Daewoo hadoffered travel reward points system, I would have wona trip to Korea by now; considering the number ofmiles I travelled last year. Telenor continues to be mychoice of employment.”

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A word of thanks to Mahvash Murad, Sumaira Ashfaq,Chaudhry and Baqa for their efforts in putting to-gether (and spicing up) these class notes…

AArrsshhaadd BBaajjwwaa started off in the family agri-businessbut in February joined Interwood as DevelopmentManager. MMuullllaa only has to say this for the past oneyear “Bitha Ke Yaar Ko Pehlu Mein Raat Bhar‘Ghalib’… Jo Loag Kuch Nahin Kerte Kamal KerteHain”. Next time we’ll ask him to tell us somethingwe can understand…

AAzzhhaaaarr is GMT at TRG and is successfully evading at-tempts by his family to get him married off… I guessthey don’t know about his ‘other marriage’.

UUssmmaann SSaabbeerr aakkaa RRiiddeerr has been very loyal to Mobilinkand has been rewarded with being Product Managerfor BlackBerry and being part of Mobilink’s new initia-tive on the rural population. Plus he got engaged!Now how will he handle all that? :P

AAyyeesshhaa NNaawwaazz has been working in Rural Support Pro-gramme Network, which is based in Islamabad. Thepeaceful serenity of the capital has its own charm butnow she hoping to move back to her hometown i.e.Lahore. SSuummaaiirraa AA.. KKhhaann has been working in Mobilinkas a Business Analyst, and claims confidently that lifeis (thankfully) pretty uneventful so far. AAttiiqquuee SSiiddddiiqquuiijoined Telenor in October and has been there since.Passing time engrossed in his work, spending timewith friends and strolling on the roads of

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Islamabad looking for the ONE. Ed’s note: We’re coolwith that Atiq… as long as it’s not a street in KP!

SSyyeedd JJoohhaarr GGiillllaannii is working in Standard CharteredBank UAE as Strategy & Financial Manager for retailproduct, is happily married and trying to get a drivinglicense these days. IIrraamm AAqqddaass HHaammddaannii worked as aBDM in LSE till April, then moved to Guildford and nowis not doing anything...you can call it 'vacationing' ifyou may :)

BBaaqqaappuurrii is a Merchant of Death and has officially goneinto retirement after a career best paparazzi FB snap;) Baqa is now aiming for the conservation of endan-gered blind dolphins through the eradication of itsmain enemy… mankind… In the past one year, UUmmaarrZZaaffffaarr LLooddhhii has been searching for the perfect job(etc) through a cloud of smoke... ;) YYaammiinn is workingas Deputy Manager Finance at KESC…. He continuescapturing the moments, clicking pictures and now tar-geting 300 albums to be uploaded on Facebook by theend of this year ;)

AAllii TTaahhaawwaarr GGiillllaannii is fine, doing job in Dawood Groupand enjoying a happy married life. WWaaqqaass AAllii aakkaaTThheeeettaa says that there is no place like home…. is inDBX… and still single. Ed’s Note: and is happy that heis getting highest salary in the batch but sad that Joharis also taking same ;-) JJoohhnnnnyy has been working withKESC as DM for Distribution Strategy. He is part of aturnaround team which is working very closely withCOO-Distribution. Personally, he has started to likeKarachi where he has moved with his family. Ed’s Note:We still haven’t been able to get any stories from hissemester in India except the one about the rickshawride to the hospital…

JJaawwaadd MMuunnaawwaarr KKhhaann joined Interwood as MarketingManger and is hardly working…oops! I mean workinghard! SSaarrmmaadd dramatically got engaged in July and isworking in PTC…selling cigarettes to surpass NT sales…actually PMI sales ;). Close friends turned into rivalsafter joining two competing companies. TTaallhhaa is an-other Merchant of Death and still single… Any takers?;). Ed’s Note: Think thrice before ditching any friendthat means you OC.

MMoohhttaasshhiimm is gliding through the current of time… Heis currently working in KESC, working to climb his wayup the corporate arena, and seeking an entrepreneurialopportunity as well. He also managed to sell Chun acar without an engine! Singapore police has also re-ported the sighting of a Chun… could it be him? SSaarr--wwaann joined Telenor right after graduation and hasstuck with it for the past one year. He was working asa Business Analyst for the first 8 months here; but thenkeeping up with the LUMS tradition of hopping around:), he made an internal move to Micro Segmentation(Stealth Marketing). It’s been 5 months since the moveand is enjoying it here so far. Ed’s Note: He missesKorea ;)

KKaammrraann has been vociferously (and he adds duly) de-nouncing Karachi/Karachiites since he moved here

some 8 months ago as a result of joining BOC Pakistanas a Product Marketing Manager... On personal front,he has seen friends fall like dominoes left, right andcenter to the charms of nuptial companionship. Ed’sNote: Sounds like typical oxford dictionary notes… ormaybe the birds in Karachi are too slippery for Kami’sdesi Lahore vociferatewhateverthehellthatwas nuptialpickup lines. Good luck with dominoes! Like many ofO’Niners, AAllii UUssmmaann is also defying LUMS traditions bysticking to one job only. Let’s see when the urge(!) be-comes strong enough to make him move/choose anew company. AAssiimm is currently busy inplanning and devising business strate-gies for Asian and African telecommarkets, and striving hard to go forEuropean or at least Middle Easternmarket. Ed’s Note: that’s what hesays…

KKhhaawwaajjaa has been drilling holes inthe ground in search for black goldwhile being at ENI. Ed’s Note: We hearthat wedding bells are ringing for Khaja. One thing isfor sure…bhabi will have no troublewith handies and daigchies :) Profes-sionally, RRaattttuu doesn’t know whathappened in the last one year andwhy it happened, but it still contin-ues... [The same concept appliespersonally as well…. ;)]

SShhooaaiibb aa..kk..aa.. SScc22yy moved on from therice business at ENGRO to entrepreneur-ship (Ed’s Note: That’s what he says…peo-ple of ENGRO say otherwise) and is currently inthe process of setting it up, let’s hope it’sthe beginning of a culture of entrepre-neurship from Luminites. Ed’s Note:ENGRO also diversifying into Dabba’s sell-ing business. RRaahheeeell is settled with fam-ily life and enjoying his job at CocaCola. KKaannjjuu is another MOD who is ex-tremely worried about his ever-expand-ing tummy… Ed’s Note: Kanju has beenspotted philandering across the country byour moles.Over the last one year, AAyyeesshhaa ZZiiaa worked asResearch Associate at HighLink Capital, and is stillteaching undergraduates at LSE, but the mostimportant change in her life has been broughtabout by the apple of her eye, her son, Moosa.Ed’s Note: Investors are still wondering wherethe money went… NNaajjaamm is deprived of citylife, has gone through the “over workedunder paid syndrome”, and it still continues.Also, no two-day weekend. He misses friendsand ghar… Ed’s Note: He is also going to Aus-tralia for training and is getting engaged verysoon. Congratulations!

SSaannoobbeerr spent the first 2/3rd of the year hating herjob at TRG and the next 1/3rd loving it…. the only con-stant was the nostalgia for the time spent at LUMS. Forthe past one year, MMaahhvvaasshh been trying to return thelight to the City of Lights….:D

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JJaavveerriiaa worked at Colgate Palmolive as AssistantBrand Manager for Tang for 9 months, but then gotmarried and moved to Dubai to conquer new corpo-rate worlds…NNTT is working in PMI, Islamabad sinceJuly 2009 and got special NIKE shoes ;). He has beentrying for the last one year to move to Lahore andfulfill his Brand Manager prophecy. AAllii IIbbrraahhiimm hasbeen engaged with GTTZ, working on an education

reform programme in Punjab. On a more personallevel, he has been busy producing theatre plays,organizing corporate events and travelling todifferent parts of the country. BBuuddhhaannii is work-ing at Al-Shaheer one of the largest meat ex-porters from Pakistan. First Brand Launch fromscratch ‘Meat-One’…. Ed’s Note: Congratula-tions! The batch is proud!

This past year has been pretty happening & excit-ing for AAaammnnaa. She had a 7 month stint with Talk-

Shawk at Telenor, got married, moved toSwitzerland and been traveling all over Eu-rope. BBaabbaarr is working at BP in Procure-ment and Supply Chain Management as aBP Challenger and got married to RabiaFatima this February. Ed’s Note: At leastthe Merchants of Death can breathe a sighof relief after that recent oil spill. RRaabbiiaahas finally started working in KESC after

moving to Karachi. She also had short stintsin MTBC, TWA and a longer stint in Warid Tele-

com before getting married. BBiibbuu is working in Mar-keting Department, in Report and AnalysisUnit of Teliasonera.

FFaahhdd FF.. AAllaamm got married, securedJahez (new car, bed, TV, wardrobe andwashing machine) and moved to hisin-laws. He joined ZONG and thenswitched to Telenor. He launched thekeep phone ON campaign for Zong as

well as mummy daddy wala package :)Ed’s Note: Fahd has not been seen since his

marriage… if anybody finds him…please keep him ;)

OOmmeerr ‘‘AAddnnaann’’ CChhaauuddhhrryy is also atInterwood, turning around theirproduction department. He is alsoactively putting in the effort toget different ‘groups’ of Lahori09ers together each weekend. Forthe last one year he has also been

trying to think more and speak less.Ed’s Note: Forget it Chaudhry… He also recently se-cured his membership at the Royal Palm Golf & Coun-try Club. AAllii KKhhaann has stepped out of the bankingworld and is set to take Nishat Chunian, where he isManager Finance, to the next level! JJaazziibb as usualhas been all over the place. Being seen involved incounseling students at LGS, running an iphone appli-

cation development business and of course journal-ism! BBiillaall EEnnssaarrii joined Lahore Transport Companyand then later moved on to Telenor. He is sharing anapartment with Abid Bhai (not to mention here thathe is from Toba Tek Singh……..oops! :-I)

YYoouussrriiyyaahh MMuukkrryy is working in Interwood and for thelast one year still trying to teach people how to pro-nounce her name……YYYYYYousriya, its Yousriyah!NNaazziimm HHuussssaaiinn is working as Brand Manager in BATAPakistan. He will soon be launching new school shoesnamed “pyar dian gallan kero ji”…. We wish him allthe best for his new venture! He has been seen eval-uating chapals at various BATA outlets along with thishidden camera. KKhhuurraamm RRaasshhiidd is working with AlliedBank Limited and got new hair cut i.e. no hair!MMuubbaasshheerr CChhoohhaann worked in KESC for some time andthen (was forced to) start his own business ventureRoyal Pools (Pvt.) Ltd. Ed’s Note: During his stay inKarachi, he shared his apartment with UZL. They bothenjoyed their sojourn in Karachi.

SSyyeedd NNaauummaann AAllii has been to Kuwait a couple oftimes and is currently working as an RA at LUMS.IImmrraann HHuussssaaiinn MMuugghhaall is working as HR Strategist atPSO and just started his PhD in Strategic Management.SSaallmmaann ZZaaffaarr has nothing special to share in his per-sonal life. Professionally he is still working in MakroHead Office as Category Manager Commercial. UUmmaaiirrLLuuqqmmaann hates being away from family BUT loves thesmell of tobacco... :) MMaaiirraa HHaammeeeedd is enjoying'Good Food, Good Life' at Nestlé. UUssmmaann MMiirrzzaa is cur-rently working as a Management Trainee in NestléPakistan based in Lahore.

AAbbiidd BBhhaaii is busy working at easypaisa… and spendshis spare time writing poetry (Imamdin Jr.) andpreparing for his upcoming wedding. Ed’s Note: Healso shared apartment far far away with Raheel for

some time and got infected byhis habits. AAssiiff RRaaffiiqq enjoyed hisEU tour working for Guard Ricein the Marketing division. Hemissed his family and friendsfrom Karachi initially but hasbecome a fan of the hospitalityof Luminites in Lahore. Ed’snote: He also went to Paris butdidn’t go to Eiffel Tower be-cause it was quite high and dif-ficult for him to climb. He alsodrove an Audi at 120 on the Au-tobahn.

ZZaahhrraa AArrsshhaadd is working as a MT in Nestlé and is nowworking on Nesvita and another product launch… Onthe personal front, she got engaged and is InshaAllahgetting married in December this year. MMeehhrr MMaannzzoooorrjoined MGH as Global Trainee and was based in Dhakafor 5 months (later on MGH realized their mistake!).Now she is working in MGH Lahore office.

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Now I meet SShhaarriiqq every Friday at 6 am as our sonsare batch-mates at Aitchison. We catch up for half anhour while our sons have their riding lessons. Shariqseems to be grounded. He is working at ICI and con-siders everyday as a new beginning…..lage rahomunna bhai…….your pension starts next year ;-)AAhhssaann continues to direct UDL and has three schoolgoing kids….(at least someone hasprogressed)….Ahsan is always available to meet mewhenever I am in Karachi and spend time together.

I (SShheeiikkhh AAllii HHuussssaaiinn) am still working at LUMS butthe role and responsibility has changed. I am directingResource Development and Alumni Affairs department.It is interesting to set up functions at LUMS. Both mychildren are school going and time seems to pass veryquickly!

HHaarroooonn is working as Director International Coordina-tion in Ministry of IT. DDrr SSaauudd is has been moving alot ;-)……………..lately he has been transferred toKarachi. JJBB is back in Karachi after spending some-time in Lahore and trying to locate Paris. SSaammiieeis quite active on facebook and is based in Viet-nam. I see his children grow through cyber lens.

AAmmeerr EEhhssaann left Atlas Group after EMBA. He workedwith Millat Group for some time and he has recently

joined USAID…..in short he is the right guy thesedays….$$$$$BBrriigg SSaahhiibb has left Pak Army and is work-

ing at NLC these days. FFaaiissaall FFaarrooooqq,, AAmmeeeerr ZZaa--mmeeeerr,, JJaabbbbaarr,, SSaammiinnaa,, FFaarrrraahh and IImmrraann BBuutttt areout of the scene these days

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