TEDxYouth

Aitchison College

25.2.23

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Justice Mansoor Ali Shah
Rashid Rana
Zulfiqar Jabbar
Dr Ali Agha Raza
Afia Salam
Kamil Chima
Dr Sara Saeed Khurram

Speakers

Justice Mansoor Ali Shah

Mansoor Ali Shah is a Pakistani jurist, who is a judge for the Pakistani Supreme court. He was educated at Aitchison College, Punjab University, and Downing College Cambridge. He played a role in the Lawyers Movement working on repairing the judiciary. Ever since he became a judge for the Pakistani High Court in 2009, he’s established decisions on constitutional law, human rights, and judicial reform.

Rashid Rana

Rashid Rana is a Pakistani artist whos work has been included in various exhibitions in Pakistan and outside Pakistan. He received a bachelor of fine arts from NCA, Pakistan. His works go over everyday issues through the themes of tradition and urbanisation. He currently serves the head of fine art at the school of visual arts and design.

Zulifqar Jabbar

Zulfiqar “Xulfi” Jabbar is a Pakistani composer, singer-songwriter, producer and guitarist. He currently produces the famous series Coke Studio. He is part of the band “Call” as a composer, producer and guitarist. He has also been involved in the world of Bollywood working on songs such as “Laree Chooti” and “Yeh Pal”. Xulfi has worked with brands such as Nescafe Basement, Pepsi Battle Of The Bands, Coke etc.

Dr Ali Agha Raza

Dr Ali Agha Raza currently serves as the assistant professor in the department of computer science at LUMS. He received his PhD from the Language Technologies Institute, at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. He aspires to enable social access for the underprivileged and marginalised communities. His work has helped 300,000 people in Pakistan, India, West Africa.

Afia Salam

Afia Salam is the first Pakistani journalist and media development specialist. She completed her education at the University Of Karachi. She started her career by writing columns in both English and Urdu, and soon became a sports journalist. She later became trained as an air traffic controller and became the first member of Pakistan's female Air Traffic Controllers. She has also worked as a director of special projects for advertising projects.

Ali Ahsan

Ali Ahsan is one of the founders of Renaissance–a boutique consulting firm, and serves as the most senior advisor. Before he joined McKinsey (a global management company), he served as Special Assistant and Speechwriter to United Nations Secretaries-General Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon. Ali has a bachelor of arts in Economics with high honors, Phi Beta Kappa, from Harvard College and a Juris Doctor from Yale Law School.

Kamil Chima

Kamil Chima is a producer, writer, and director. He studied Political Theory at Harvard, graduating in 2015. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer for Nehr Ghar films, and is well known for his debut film, Laal Kabootar, which he co-wrote and produced. This project was selected for an Academy Award by the Pakistan Oscar Committee.

Dr Sara Saeed Khurram

Dr Sara Saeed Khurram is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer for Sehat Kahani, she got her education at Aga Khan University. Sehat Kahani is an all-women's health provider network intended at providing basic healthcare facilities. She has won many awards such as CRDF Global, Ashoka Changemakers, ISIF Asia, and the Unicef- Global Goal Campaigner Award 2016 for her role formerly with doctHERs.