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q CIDA
Devolution Support Project
October 2004 to
March 2006
Position held:
Planning Consultant
q
International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)
June 2005 to
September 2005
Position held:
Planning Consultant
q Asian
Development Bank
May 2004 to July
2004.
Position held:
Institutional Specialist
q NESPAK/Asian
Development Bank
· Time
period: September 2003 to April 2004
Position held:
Institutional Development Specialist
q UNDP/Essential
Institutional Reforms Operationalization Programme (EIROP)
· Time
period: February 2003 to August 2003
· Position
held: Consultant for Drafting Zoning, Landuse and Development
Control Regulations.
q Asian
Development Bank
Time period:
February 2003 to May 2003.
· Position
held: Institutional Specialist-Rural Water Supply
q National
Engineering Services of Pakistan (NESPAK)
· Time
period: March 2002 to May 2003.
· Position
held : Urban Planning Expert
q Asian
Development Bank
Time period: June
2002 to August 2002
Position held:
Institutional Strengthening Specialist
q Innovative
Development Consultants
· Time
Period: May 2002 to October 2002
Principal
Investigator
q Child Care
Foundation of Pakistan
· Time
Period: March 2001 to Feb. 2002
· Position
held: Programme Manager
q Family
Planning Association of Pakistan (FPAP)
· Time
Period: May 2000 to March 2001
· Position
held: Project Manager
q NUDP
Consortium (ACC/AID in collaboration with M/s Carl Bro
International/COWI, Denmark)/Asian Development Bank
· Time
period: July 1998 to September 1999.
· Position
held :Urban Planner/ Deputy Team Leader
q Pakistan
Environmental Planning and Architectural Consultants Ltd. (PEPAC)
· Time
period: 1981-1998
Position held:
Principal Planner |
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Work Experience |
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Project |
Preparation
of Spatial Planning Manual for TMAs |
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Position |
Planning
Consultant |
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Client |
WSP-SA/World
Bank |
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Duties |
Review of existing spatial
planning documents, spatial planning related functions of TMAs under
LGO 2001, identification of voids between the two, situation
analysis about spatial planning practices in selected number of TMAs
in all the four provinces, preparation of a draft spatial planning
manual, consultations in stakeholders’ workshops and finalising the
Manual for use by TMAs. |
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Period |
May 2006
to-date |
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Project |
Punjab
Municipal Services Improvement Project (PMSIP) |
|
Position |
Planning
Consultant |
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Client |
Punjab
Municipal Development Fund Company |
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Duties |
Plan preparation including a
prioritised list of infrastructure and capacity building projects
for Chakwal and Pind Dadan Khan. More specifically, the tasks
included determining status of service delivery, identification of
required improvements and extensions, directions of growth and
implications for improved service delivery, existing landuse
pattern, identification of projects and their prioritisation through
stakeholders’ workshops. |
|
Period |
October
2005 to July 2006 |
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Project |
CIDA
Devolution Support Project |
|
Position |
Planning
and Database Consultant |
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Client |
Cowater
International Inc. /Canadian International Development Agency |
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Duties |
Preparation of Development Plans
for Districts Kasur and Lodhran, all 6 tehsils and 12 selected union
councils with active participation of the three tiers of local
governments, councillors and other stakeholders through discussions
and consultative workshops, establishment of priority projects,
preparation of digitised maps of the districts/tehsils, design and
supervision of planning surveys, situational analysis, assessment of
the status of service delivery, landuse surveys development of long
term (20 years) Strategic Plans as well as 5-years Rolling Plans for
the two districts and their sub-entities, Design and installation of
databases at the selected union councils, tehsils and at the
district level, and training relevant local government staff in
maintaining and updating the databases. |
|
Period |
October
2004 to March 2006. |
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Project |
Development
Plan for Union Council, Salhad, Abbottabad |
|
Position |
Planning
Consultant |
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Client |
IUCN |
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Duties |
Preparation of landuse map,
analysis of the available database, carrying out additional spot
surveys (where necessary), identification of areas of deficiencies
in terms of municipal services, organizing consultative sessions at
UC level involving the union council, communities, concerned tehsils/district
staff, civil society organizations and concerned citizens to
identify the priorities and their ranking, and accordingly,
preparation of a comprehensive Development Plan for Salhad Union
Council. |
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Period |
June 2005
to September 2005 |
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Project |
Multi-sector Rehabilitation Project for Azad Jammu and Kashmir
(TA-C40373) |
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Position |
Institutional Specialist |
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Client |
Asian
Development Bank |
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Duties |
During the long period of
conflict in AJK, infrastructure including roads, bridges, urban
services, health and education buildings have been damaged or
inadequately maintained, For their rehabilitation, ADB prepared
feasibility of a post-conflict fast track loan to AJK. As
Institutional Specialist, duties included institutional analysis of
the participating sectors, delivery of functions, strengths and
weaknesses, staffing, recommendations for improvement, measures to
improve financial sustainability, institutional development action
plan, policy reform agenda, and proposals for project
implementation. |
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Period |
May 2004 to
July 2004 |
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Project |
Rawalpindi
Environmental Improvement Project (TA-4098) |
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Position |
Institutional Development Specialist |
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Client |
NESPAK/Asian
Development Bank |
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Duties |
Institutional reporting and
legal framework under the Devolution Plan, delivery of urban basic
services related functions by Provincial Government and various
tiers of Local Governments including Rawalpindi District Government,
TMA and Cantonment Board, their Strengths and Weaknesses,
overlapping roles and responsibilities, staffing and resources,
status and performance of institutional strengthening measures
undertaken during phase-1, financial sustainability, trainings,
institutional development action plan, implementation framework and
schedule. |
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Period |
September
2003 to April 2004. |
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Project |
Preparation
of Zoning, Landuse and Development Control Regulations for Tehsil
Municipal Administrations in NWFP |
|
Position |
Consultant
for Drafting Regulations. |
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Client |
UNDP/EIROP |
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Duties |
Review of current and past
landuse and zoning regulations, spatial planning and control in
context of Local Government Ordinance 2001, proposed zoning/landuse
regulations for TMAs, procedure for approval of private housing
schemes, guidelines for protection of environmentally sensitive
areas, delimiting urban sprawl and ribbon developments, historic
buildings, antiquities and archaeological sites, building control
regulations, institutional mechanism and capacity building of TMAs.
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Period |
February
2003 to August 2003. |
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Project |
Sindh
Devolved Social Services Project (SSTA 4047-PAK) |
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Position |
Institutional Development Specialist-Rural Water Supply |
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Client |
Asian
Development Bank |
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Duties |
Review of role and performance
of the provincial and local governments (District/TMAs), analysis of
priority setting and planning by TMAs, preparation of rural water
supply project including rationale, objectives and scope, modality
for implementation and supporting local governments under the
devolved set-up, monitoring and evaluation arrangements and plan to
address capacity building requirements. |
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Period |
February
2003 to May 2003. |
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Project |
Integrated
Master Plan for Lahore |
|
Position |
Urban
Planning Expert |
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Client |
Lahore
Development Authority |
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Duties |
Analysis of existing situation
vis-à-vis housing, urban land, industry, education, health,
recreation and other landuses, socio-economic aspects, growth
strategies for Lahore, land allocation for urban growth for the next
20 years (2001-2021) based on the estimated spill-over incremental
population, planned distribution of allocated land for various
landuses and preparation of 20-years Integrated Master Plan
including Short-Term Plan for the First Five Years, Implementation
Framework and proposals for strengthening City District Government
and the six Town Municipal Administrations within the jurisdiction
of the City District. |
|
Period |
March 2002
to May 2003. |
|
Project |
Punjab
Community Water Supply and Sanitation Project (TA No. 3862)
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Position |
Institutional Strengthening Specialist |
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Clients |
Asian
Development Bank |
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Duties |
Analysis of the institutional
set-up under the Devolution Plan, assessing the capacities of the
newly formed Tehsil Municipal Administrations (TMAs), focussing on
institutional reporting, legal, financial, and traditional
relationships between the Province, District Administration, TMAs
and UCs for water supply and sanitation projects; Workability of PMU
in the current institutional scenario and implementation framework
for PCWSS-Project. |
|
Period |
June
2002-August 2002 |
|
Project |
Desk Review
and Meta Analysis of safe drinking water and sanitary latrines
coverage in Pakistan |
|
Position |
Principal
Investigator |
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Clients |
Innovative
Development Consultants/UNICEF |
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Duties |
Collection, extraction, review
and trend analysis of data on safe drinking water and sanitary
latrines coverage in Pakistan; institutional set-up for water,
environment and sanitation (WES) sector at federal level and
provinces; and description of WES management system; preparation of
a dissemination strategy of the study for advocacy and increased
government and external supporting agencies, funding for safe
drinking water supply in most needy areas and sanitation in rural,
peri-urban and urban areas including katchi abadis. |
|
Period |
May 2002 to
October 2002 |
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Project |
Protecting
Working Children and Combating Child Labour in Carpet Weaving
Industry in Pakistan |
|
Position |
Programme
Manager |
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Clients |
ILO, CIDA,
PCMEA |
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Duties |
Child Care Foundation, a
national level NGO has the mandate to develop a multi-pronged
strategy to ensure prevention, elimination, and rehabilitation of
child labour in carpet industry of Pakistan. Duties included
planning, establishment and management of Non-Formal Education (NFE)
Centres, managing field teams, development of village appraisals,
creating linkages and networking with formal schools at the NFE
locations, planning and implementation of social mobilization
activities including organisation and activation of Village
Education Committees (VECs) and Family Education Committees (FECs);
assessing training needs and organizing trainings of concerned
staff, logistic and management
support, mapping of education
facilities data in AutoCAD, preparation of analytical, statistical,
and narrative reports, project implementation and monitoring and
evaluation of programme activities. |
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|
Period |
March 2001
to Feb. 2002. |
|
Project |
‘Reproductive Health and Family Planning Services at Doorsteps’
Project, District Narowal |
|
Position |
Project
Manager |
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Clients |
DFID,
UNICEF, OXFAM and IPPF. |
|
Duties |
The Programme Area included
major part of Tehsil Narowal, Punjab, covering 209 villages with an
aggregate population of around half a million. The Projects
pertained to Reproductive Health and Family Planning, Women
Empowerment, Adolescent Girls Project, World Population Fund
Project, Facts for Life Project and TBAs Project. As Project
Manager, duties included projects implementation, creating linkages
and networking with communities, public/private sectors and NGOs/CBOs
in the area, community mobilisation, preparation of analytical,
statistical, financial and narrative reports, monitoring and
supervision of projects, assessing training needs and organizing
training of Project Staff, logistic and management support to the
project, mapping of health and health-related facilities data in
AutoCAD. |
|
Period |
May 2000 to
March 2001. |
|
Project |
NWFP Urban
Development Project (TA-2940) |
|
Position |
Deputy Team
Leader / Urban Planner |
|
Client |
GoNWFP /
Asian Development Bank |
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Duties |
Updating the Structure Plans for
the 7 Project Towns (Charsadda, Swabi, Takht Bhai, Mansehra, Haripur,
Timargara and Hangu), identification of town-specific projects
through public hearings and discussions with (ex)-municipal
councillors, municipal officials, NGOs/CBOs and community
representatives, co-editor / author of planning / infrastructure and
socio-economic reports; assisting in the co-ordination of staff
members and establishment of stakeholders contacts. |
|
Period |
July 1998
to September 1999. |
|
Project |
Pakistan
National Report for Habitat-II Conference organised by UNCHS in
Turkey |
|
Position |
Principal
Planner |
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Client |
Ministry of
Environment, Urban Affairs and Local Government, Govt. of Pakistan |
|
Duties |
Study of relevant literature and
its incorporation in the National Report, trends in Shelter and
Urbanisation, provincial profiles, socio-economic indicators, Review
of efficacy of past policies and strategies, best practices,
priority issues, National Plan of Action and Policy Framework.
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Period |
1995-96 |
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Project |
Baseline
Studies for Urban Basic Services (UBS) Project in selected slums of
Lahore, Sargodha, Gujrat and Kasur. |
|
Position |
Consultant |
|
Client |
UNICEF/NGOs |
|
Duties |
Data collection, collation and
report writing for the prevailing situation pertaining to
Demographic Particulars of the households, Health and Nutrition, the
Disabled Persons, Educational Levels (literacy rates, level of
education, out of school children, drop-outs, reasons for not
attending school, activities of out of school children, etc.),
Housing and Services, Community Participation and priorities as
perceived by people in a total of 30 slum areas in Lahore, Kasur,
Sargodha and Gujrat. |
|
Period |
1994-95 |
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Project |
Feasibility
Studies and Urban Master Planning of 10 Intermediate Towns in Punjab
(IDA Credit 1895-Pak) |
|
Position |
Senior
Urban Planner / Acting Team Leader |
|
Client |
Government
of Punjab / World Bank |
|
Duties |
Preparation
of Urban Master Plans with 25 years time horizon, including
action-oriented 5-years plans for Gujranwala, Sialkot, Sheikhupura,
Sargodha, Rahim Yar Khan, Bahawalpur, Sahiwal, Vehari, Burewala and
Mian Channu. The tasks conducted included review of existing
development plans for each city, urban planning strategies, landuse
disposition, projected requirements, institutional framework,
planning legislation and policy aspects. |
|
Period |
1993-94 |
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Project |
Shelter for
Low Income Communities: Project Preparation Study |
|
Position |
Planner |
|
Client |
National
Housing Authority / World Bank |
|
Duties |
Detailed
study and impact evaluation of the Government of Punjab's Matching
Grants Programme which aimed at physical development of
infrastructure in rural areas and small towns (mostly local level
drainage, local roads and small water supply schemes) through active
community participation in more than 26 thousand villages in
different districts of Punjab; also prepared working papers on
community participation in shelter-related activities in urban and
rural areas of the Province, including proposals for community
development through training programmes, village/scheme selection,
scheme preparation, measurement of community/Government inputs and
role of communities in operation and maintenance of completed
projects. |
|
Period |
1991-92 |
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Project |
Integrated
Area Development Projects for Galiyat / Kaghan Valley. |
|
Position |
Project
Manager / Principal Planner |
|
Client |
Planning
and Development Department, GoNWFP |
|
Duties |
The two
Project Areas comprised of an aggregate of around 1900 rural
settlements. The project components included appraisal of different
sectors such as tourism, environment, roads, water supply,
sanitation, education, health and assessment of level of community
participation and problem identification through household surveys
as well as group interviews (with women, ex-local councillors,
community prominents, shopkeepers, and farmers etc.), projected
requirements and preparation of Integrated Area Development Projects
for Kaghan Valley and the Galiyat Area. Also included were project
implementation strategy, institutional strengthening, and the role
of local communities/village organisations. Community participation
was the central feature of the identified projects to ensure
sustained involvement of the beneficiary communities. |
|
Period |
1991-93 |
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|
Project |
Impact
Evaluation of Punjab Sanitation Programme |
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|
Position |
Senior
Planner |
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Client |
UNICEF |
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Duties |
The
Programme involved introduction of sanitary technologies and linked
community development in selected rural areas of Punjab. Worked
particularly on evaluation of training aspects at Local Government
Training Institute, Lalamusa, job performance of sanitation
promoters and management structure for project implementation.
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Period |
1986-1987 |
|
Project |
Impact
Evaluation of Community Basic Services (CBS) Project in Northern
Areas |
|
Position |
Project
Manager |
|
Client |
UNICEF /
Northern Areas Administration |
|
Duties |
Northern
Areas Administration in collaboration with UNICEF and Aga Khan
Foundation launched the CBS Programme in 150 villages of Northern
Areas (ex-Gilget Agency) during 1981-86. The Programme was based on
community involvement to meet the problems of drinking water,
sanitation, high infant and child mortality / morbidity and low
levels of functional education. Was responsible for study concept,
work methodology, project management, survey instruments, and report
writing including impact evaluation, evaluation of training
requirements, review of implementation framework and proposals for
future set-up and implementation methodology. |
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Period |
1989-1990 |
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|
Project |
Impact
Evaluation of Kohlu Development Project, Balochistan |
|
Position |
Project
Manager |
|
Client |
Department
of Planning and Development, Government of Balochistan |
|
Duties |
Evaluation
of Development Plans for tribal areas of Kohlu Agency. Planned
sectors included agriculture, irrigation, livestock, education,
health, roads and water supply. Responsible for Study concept, work
methodology, impact analysis, management structure, and proposals
for restructuring the development strategy. The evaluation was
carried out through comprehensive village-level group interviews,
household surveys and field observations. |
|
Period |
1986-1987 |
|
Project |
National
Human Settlements Policy Study |
|
Position |
Planner |
|
Client |
Ministry of
Environment and Urban Affairs, Government of Pakistan |
|
Duties |
Analysis of
population distribution data for all urban centres of the country,
including population size distribution, growth trends during
inter-censual periods, individual growth patterns of human
settlements; calculating intra-urban infrastructure costs for 293
settlements (above 10,000 population), development of future
population scenarios and preparation of National Human Settlements
Policy for Pakistan. |
|
Period |
1982-1983 |
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Project |
Second Urban Development Project
(SUDP), NWFP (TA-943 PK) |
|
Position |
Deputy Project Manager
(Planning) |
|
Client |
GoNWFP / Asian Development Bank |
|
Duties |
Socio-economic surveys & analysis, population, employment and
economy, community facilities including health and education,
existing and projected urban growth patterns, planning standards,
land requirements, Structure Plans and institutional framework for
Mingora, Mardan, Kohat, Bannu, Dera Ismail Khan, and Abbottabad |
|
Period |
1988 |
|
Project |
Master Plan for Greater
Hyderabad |
|
Position |
Senior Planner |
|
Client |
Hyderabad Development Authority |
|
Duties |
Demographic studies, housing, social facilities,
transportation, physical environment studies, spatial needs, growth
strategies, zoning regulations, master planning and implementation
framework. |
|
Period |
1987-1988 |
|
Project |
Quetta Structure Plan |
|
Position |
Planning Associate |
|
Client |
Quetta Development Authority |
|
Duties |
Provided planning inputs for the preparation of
Structure Plan, particularly for population and socio-economic
aspects, industry, housing, social facilities, landuse and slums. |
|
Period |
1979-1980 |
|
Project |
Ghubra South Planning Project,
Muscat |
|
Position |
Planner |
|
Client |
Ministry of Municipalities,
Government of Oman |
|
Duties |
The new community at Ghubra South was planned in the
context of Capital Area Structure Plan. The Project aimed at
providing dwelling units to satisfy requirements of various
categories of people, including internal relocation of on-site
residents. Conducted socio-economic and housing surveys of on-site
residents and participated in preparation of Master Plan including
design of the local centre, residential areas, circulation pattern
and community facilities. |
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Period |
1980-1981 |
Other Projects
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UMS Employees Cooperative
Housing Society (now Phase-V of Defence Housing Authority, Lahore),
1997-98. |
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Regi Lalma Township, Peshawar
(1995-96) |
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Special Industrial Zones at
Larkana, Windher and Rahim Yar Khan (1995-96) |
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Ch. Ghulam Abbas Housing Colony
for Kashmiri refugees near Muridke (1992-93) |
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Mehra Tanowli Housing Colony,
Muzaffarabad, Azad Kashmir (1989-90) |
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Mini Industrial Estates in
Balochistan (1987-88) |
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National Reference Manual for
Planning and Infrastructure Standards (1983-85). |
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