Development through empowerment: the AKDN way – Interview with Hafiz Sherali, Chairman Aga Khan Planning & Building Services Pakistan

Following the National Dissemination Seminar on Aga Khan Development Network’s (AKDN) Water and Sanitation Extension Programme (WASEP) in Gilgit-Baltistan and Chitral, BR Research sat down with Hafiz Sherali, the Chair of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan, an agency of AKDN.

He has been serving for two decades as a volunteer in various capacities in the institutions of the Aga Khan Development Network. Presently, he is the Chairman of the Aga Khan Planning and Building Service, Pakistan and is responsible for Governance of the institution. Hafiz received a Masters of Science in Architecture Studies from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where his focus was on the built environment in developing countries and research in traditional settlements. He has also been engaged with the Aga Khan Programme for Islamic Architecture as a lecturer at their ‘Evening with Series’ in fall 2011 and as a guest speaker at a course titled ‘Disaster Resilient Design’.

In this interview Hafiz talks about AKDN’s background, its experience in water and sanitation, and their future plans. Below are edited transcripts.

Click here to read the interview http://www.brecorder.com/company-news/235/1147891/
About Hafiz Sherali: http://www.budapestwatersummit.hu/contributors-profile/hafiz-sherali-426/
Ashden Awards 2011: https://ismailimail.wordpress.com/tag/ashden-awards-2011/

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