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Providing technical advice to Pakistan and UK Government counterparts as part of a 3-year, GBP 8.7 million program funded by UK FCDO to improve bilateral cooperation on irregular migration, illicit finance, narcotics smuggling, sexual violence, and traveling high-risk individuals. I lead the data protection and sexual violence teams, managing four consultants, delivering new data protection legislation, and embedding data protection and human rights safeguards within law enforcement agencies in Pakistan to enable government-to-government data sharing. I also successfully led the development of a new integrated Sex Offender Management system in Pakistan to enable bilateral and multilateral information and evidence exchange. My work also includes developing and deploying the use of AI to triage intelligence on online child sexual exploitation and abuse and improving Pakistan’s response to child sexual exploitation and abuse.

Pakistan

Conducted primary research, including key informant interviews and field visits, and secondary research to identify demand and supply side gaps in women’s access to justice in Balochistan, Pakistan. Evaluated Gender Responsive Policing initiatives from South Asia to identify viable interventions for UN Women to support locally. Drafted a report with practical and policy recommendations for UN Women to consider while planning and implementing gender-responsive policing initiatives and specialized law enforcement services to improve access to justice for women.

Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Conducted qualitative research including key informant interviews across 4 countries to advise the Swiss Agency for Development Cooperation on how to remain engaged in countries with democratic backsliding or creeping authoritarianism.

Balochistan, Pakistan

Supported the development of an improved legislative framework for the criminal justice system in Balochistan, specifically through the development of the: Police Act, Levies Act, Prosecution Act, and Prisons Act for the province.

Lahore, Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan

Lahore, Pakistan

Pakistan

Development of data management protocol, Human Rights curriculum and institutional support to the Sindh Human Rights Commission.

Pakistan

Legal Empowerment, Community Outreach, Research, Training Design and Capacity Building

Sindh, Pakistan

Leading a US State Department funded project on promoting Alternative Dispute Resolution in the province of Sindh. Responsible for community outreach and awareness, training qualified mediators, proposing legislative reform and stakeholder engagement.

Pakistan

Managed strategy, content development, training and implementation for Community Outreach activities in three Districts as well as the Prison Paralegal Program in 9 prisons across the province of Sindh.

Pakistan

Designed and conducted multiple training programs, ToTs and Master Trainer Trainings for the Open Society Foundation (Clinical Legal Education), Legal Aid Society (Community Outreach and Paralegal Programs), Community Legal Services Forum (Paralegal Master Trainer Training), Insaf Network Pakistan (Paralegal Training), Sindh and Federal Judicial Academy (Judicial Training on Human Rights, Gender and Religious Minorities), Police Training Academy Saeedabad and Prison Staff Training Academy, Hyderabad.

Islamabad, Pakistan

• Authored a paper on International Best Practices in Community Paralegal Programs• Lead Consultant for National Paralegal Training Manual• Lead Trainer for Master Trainers for Paralegal Programs• Advised CLSF members on paralegal recruitment, training, monitoring and evaluation and support

Karachi, Pakistan

Designed and implemented a Clinical Legal Education Program comprising of Street Law Clinics and an Externship with the support of the Open Society Foundation.Also taught U.S. Constitution and Criminal Law.

Islamabad

Corporate and Regulatory Affairs

Master Of Arts - Ma, Governance, Development And Public Policy

Graduated with Distinction. Electives: Governance of violent conflict and (in) security, and Poverty, violence and conflict. Dissertation.

B.A./Llb., Law And Policy