Read Pakistan At A Glance
Read Pakistan is a Trust registered under the Trust Act, with a team of highly motivated professionals for an educated Pakistan moving ahead on creation of reading facilities accessible to all and to train teachers / librarians/ parents to develop a greater emphasis on reading habits in the children/youth and masses in coping up with present and future challenges with informed knowledge. Read Pakistan is now a globally recognized for its certification for readers community, a standard by which individuals may demonstrate their competence and professionalism in their respective fields/ professions in different walks of life.
Read Pakistan has been established with the sole objective of the revival of habit of reading for pleasure, knowledge, entertainment, wisdom, guidance, intercommunication, mediation and above all having a profound insight about the panorama known as life. As Francis Bacon says, “Reading maketh a full man”. It equips the humans with a better understanding how to accept live a meaningful and successful life. “According to Lucas (1998), for example, the higher the level of education of the work force the higher the overall productivity of capital because the more educated are more likely to innovate, and thus affect everyone’s productivity.”
Vision and Mission
Read Pakistan envisions a society in which all people have access to reading materials with equal opportunities of learning for personal and professional growth.
Organogram:
Patron in Chief
Air Mashal @ Masud Akhtar
PATRON IN CHEIF
Board of Trustees
Farrukh Dall
CHAIRMAN
Assistant Attorney General
Education Rights Activist
Syeda Fatima Hasan Gilani
CEO
Lawyer (Corporate Law Advisor & IP)
Writer/Linguist/Social Activist
Sher Afzal Khan
VICE CHAIRMAN
Professional Librarian/
President Koha Pakistan
Javeria Asad
Social Entrepreneur, Writer/Trainer, Blogger/Columnist, Mechanical Engineering, Media Correspondent
Umme Kulsoom Khan
President GB Pakistan
Consultant Educator
President ICT Pakistan Teachers Forum
Dr. Momina Talib
Doctor of Pharmacy
M. Hamdan Zulfiqar
Mechanical Engineering
Advisory Council
Dr. Ghulam Hussain
Medical Practitioner/Former Health Minister
Sweden
Capt. (R) Syed Mohammad Abid Qadri Gillani
Former IG Police/ DG FIA
Pakistan
Asma Rashid Khan
Entrpreneur/Director Art Gallery, Serena Hotel
Pakistan
Dr. Fateh Muhammad Chaudhary
Former Advisor World Bank, Washington
USA
Numera Mohsin Sherazi
Islamic Scholar/Psychogist
Saudi Arabia
Read Ambassadors
Read ambassadors are chosen on the basis of their profile. Their fundamental role is to coordinate different activities to raise the voice of Read Pakistan on various platforms.
Dr Khalid Ibrahim Al Dossary
Islamic Scholar/ Former Professional Learning Head
Saudi Arabia
Suzi Ismail
Author/ Educator/ Communication Intervention Specialist
USA
Barbara June Toye-Welsh
International Education and Development Consultant
Egypt
Dani Amirah Mundy
Freelance Elt Trainer/ Materials Writer
UK
Dr. Fatemeh Kamali
Iranian-German Political Scientist/journalist
Iran/Germany
Jessica J Lockhart
Humanologist/Linguist/ Writer
Switzerland
John Bishop
Painter, Writer, And Illustrator
Houston, Texas