A social activist, avid researcher and aspiring lawyer fighting for the basic rights of the common citizens. In past, five years, she has not only counselled 8000+ students on personal development opportunities but also educated around 1000 kids on protection against harassment. Her core work is centered around poverty alleviation where she has taken remarkable initiatives in her community like the distribution of ration in 3000 households during the first wave of COVID’19. She also led a volunteer team under which they arranged and distributed 300 PPE suits among local doctors in Layyah. She founded a platform named KhudKaar under [...]

Muhammad Saad Shahbaz Khan is a Community Activist & Development Practitioner working for Transgender and other marginalized groups since 2017 with local, National and Global organizations. He has worked with organizations like Youth Lead, Commonwealth Youth Network for Gender Equality, YAN (Youth Advocacy Network), Wasaib Sanwaro, National AIDS Control Program, UNDP Pakistan, IYAFP (International Youth Alliance for Family Planning), SAYAN, Digital Rights Foundation etc. Saad has an M.Phil. in Computer science with specialization in  His initiative is  Pakistan first registered Transgender focused THINK TANK-CCRD (Center for Community Research & Development). CCRD (Center for Community Research & Development) is a research [...]

Yumna has over nine years of experience in the development sector, in areas of program development, project management and communications. She completed her master’s degree in public policy and governance in 2019, from Australian National University, Canberra, under the Australia Award Scholarship Program. She is a fellow of the Legislative Fellowship Program for India and Pakistan, organized by the U.S. Department of State, for policy makers and development practioners. She is a development consultant and is currently working as a researcher in Rozan- NGO that works on gender-based violence, women and children rights. Previously she has worked in different NGOs [...]

Mavra Ghaznavi is the founder of the Shumaar Project, an open data initiative that advocates for access to high-quality data and improved governance through data-driven decision-making. She is also currently working to eradicate gender-based violence and child marriage in Punjab as the Provincial Technical Expert on Gender and GBV with UNFPA for the Aawaz II project. Prior to this, she worked closely with the Punjab government to reform medico-legal practices and improve the investigation of heinous offences using data insights as part of the Justice System Support Programme (JSSP) implemented by Adam Smith International. As part of JSSP, she successfully [...]

Bhoora Lal is a young development practitioner, he is passionate to find out sustainable, innovative, and localized solutions with global impact. Lal is working on an entrepreneurial idea called “Data4all” it will collect raw data about government job opportunities and transform it into valuable information that serves everyone. They will collect all government schemes advertisement, announcements, procedures and transform them into easy-to-understand content or courses, then disseminate these opportunities to minority groups. It will be a social start-up. Our business model will be affordable fees for consultancy and paid preparations programs, particularly in rural areas that have not been privileged [...]

Nayyara Rahman is an award-winning author, researcher and Ethics At Work Advocate passionate about making workplaces more efficient, accountable and transparent. Her work in technology leadership focuses on better problem-solving, process improvement and efficiency, and business transparency—mainly achieved through technology internalization and making better use of data. Her interest areas are digital product development, brand management for technology products, data protection and technology ethics. As part of the incubator, she is planning to create a platform that holds the business and recruitment environment more accountable and promotes equal work for equal pay opportunities for deserving candidates. Follow her on LinkedIn.

Said Rassol is a young journalist from the tribal area of the Frontier region Tank and a Masters in Journalism and Mass Communication graduate from the university of Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He started his journalism career in 2012 as a radio broadcaster for the Global FM 91 Dera Ismail Khan. Beside education, he continued his journalist work with many media organizations. His incubator idea is to ensure dissemination of authentic information during the pandemic in Peshawar.

Sameer Khan is a Mass and Media Communication graduate with a strong portfolio working in the non-profit sector with different national and international organisations. He recently won a campaign to project soft images of minorities in Sindh by the US Embassy. He is interested in story telling and mobile journalism, particularly producing more creative content whilst highlighting social stories and local community issues. His incubator idea is to document local stories of minority groups and to promote local products.

Shumile Fatima is an environmentalist and freelance write. She writes on topics such as climate change and social sustainability and her articles have been featured on local media. She's got a knack for content creation and she's also a young aspiring entrepreneur working on outreach of SDGs on a community level. She has expertise in the fields of education for sustainable development, socio-economic, and environmental affairs. Her incubator project focuses on eliminating the issue relating to water outreach and citizens' access to safe and clean water. She hopes to raise awareness among the majority in order for them to know [...]

Ajeeba Aslam is a social development professional with over two decades of professional and volunteer experience of working on development and humanitarian issues in Pakistan, Malawi, Tajikistan, Syria and Jordan. She is the founding chairperson of Foundation for Ageing and Inclusive Development (FAID-Age Friendly Pakistan), an initiative working for the wellbeing of older people in Pakistan. As part of the  incubator, her  idea is to build  a platform for the inclusion of aging citizens in development processes and addressing their immediate issues.Follow her on Twitter.