PPAF Complements Government of Pakistan’s Efforts for Poverty Alleviation across Pakistan

  • Presence in 150 districts of the country through 158 partner organisations
  • Two decades of experience in delivering poverty alleviation programmes where they are most needed, ensuring neutrality and impartiality
  • Rigorous poverty mapping methodologies identify where the poorest communities are located and what they need
  • Using the multidimensional poverty index, districts have been ranked according to the highest poverty ratio, as per the Geography of Poverty Report rankings
  • Robust M&E mechanism, with advanced in-house MIS
  • Re-imagining The Future: Strategy 2021 – 2025

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    PPAF Values

    Inclusion

    Recognising demographic diversity - women, children, elderly, persons with disabilities, indigenous groups and religious minorities - and connecting different views, experiences, issues and vulnerabilities as a methodology to reducing poverty.

    Inclusion

    Inclusion

    Increasing community input by having a broad process of consultation so that decisions on contents of intervention, policies and programmes are not dominated by one group's perspective.

    Participation

    Inclusion

    Having in place legal and reporting framework, organisational structure, processes and procedures to make sure regularity and the efficiency of the use resources and personnel help responsible for their actions.

    Accountability

     
    Inclusion

    Substantiating achievements by evidence, clear reporting on activities, and financial proof that would reflect on implementation of strategies and adherence to mandates and outcomes; advancing the practice of downward accountability to beneficiaries; and upholding the democratic traditions by having community institution leadership elected and follow a structure and processes for governance.

    Transparency

    Inclusion

    Responsible management of that which has been entrusted to us in the ecosystems and communities we serve. As caretakers of the environment and its resources we believe in having a constructive effect on the ambit of our influence. We commit to fulfill our shared responsibility to our planet, our children, and our future.

    Stewardship

     

    Leadership

    Board of Directors

    Mr. Navid Ahmed Shaikh
    Secretary,
    Ministry of Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety,
    Ex-Officio Member

    Mr. Mohammad Tahseen
    Executive Director,
    South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-PK)
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Sabina Qureshi
    Additional Secretary,
    Ministry of Economic Affairs,
    Ex-Officio Member

    Dr. M. Suleman Shaikh
    Vice Chairman, SZABIST,
    Academia Category Member

    Ms. Mariam Kayani
    Joint Secretary (EFCB),
    Ministry of Finance,
    Ex-Officio Member

    Mr. Mahfooz Ali Khan
    Board Member, State Bank of Pakistan.
    Ex-Chief Secretary, Finance Secretary,
    AGPR (Balochistan),
    Business/Professional Category Member

    Ms. Farida Shaheed, CEO, Shirkat Gah
    (Women Resource Centre),
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Shabina Ayaz
    Executive Director, Aurat Foundation,
    NGO Category Member

    Mr. Sher Jehan Mir
    (Ex-Banker, Ex-Chief Minister, GB)
    Business/Professional Category Member

    Dr. Bashir-Ur Rehman Kant
    (Dean-Health Sciences, University of AJK)
    Academia Category Member

    Prof. Dr. Aijaz Ahmed Qureshi
    Professor, Karachi University
    Academia Category Member

    Mr. Nadir Gul Barech
    Chief Executive Officer (CEO),
    Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF)

    Mr. Salman Ahmad
    Secretary

    General Body

    Mr. Navid Ahmed Shaikh
    Secretary,
    Ministry of Poverty Alleviation & Social Safety,
    Ex-Officio Member

    Mr. Mohammad Tahseen
    Executive Director,
    South Asia Partnership Pakistan (SAP-PK)
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Sabina Qureshi
    Additional Secretary,
    Ministry of Economic Affairs,
    Ex-Officio Member

    Mr. Shoaib Sultan Khan
    Chairman - RSPN (Rural Support Programmes Network),
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Mariam Kayani
    Joint Secretary (EFCB),
    Ministry of Finance,
    Ex-Officio Member

    Ms. Khawar Mumtaz,
    Director, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy,
    Ex-Chairperson - NCSW (National Commission on Status of Women),
    Ex-Director - BISP,
    NGO Category Member

    Mr. Rafiullah Kakar
    Member (SSD) - Planning Commission,
    Ministry of Planning Development
    Ex-Officio Member

    Dr. Ijaz Nabi
    Member, Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council,
    Country Director, International Growth Center (Pakistan Program),
    Professor (Economics) LUMS,
    Director, Punjab Skill Development Fund,
    Academia Category Member

    Mr. Muhammad Ali Kemal
    Chief - SDGs Section, Ministry of Planning Development & Special Initiatives
    Ex-Officio Member

    Dr. Rashid Bajwa
    CEO, NRSP(National Rural Support Programme)
    NGO Category Member

    Dr. Rashida Panezai
    Chairperson, MEHAC Helping Council
    Ex-Officio Member

    Dr. M. Suleman Shaikh
    Vice Chairman, SZABIST,
    Academia Category Member

    Dr. Farah Masood
    Additional Secretary, PA&SS Division.
    Ex-Officio Member

    Mr. Sher Jahan Mir
    (Ex-Banker, Ex-Chief Minister, GB)
    Business/Professional Category Member

    Mr. Ahmad Jan Malik
    Joint Secretary, PA&SS Division.
    Ex-Officio Member

    Ms. Shabina Ayaz
    Executive Director, Aurat Foundation,
    NGO Category Member

    Mr. Kamal Hyat
    Development Sector Specialist
    Business/Professional Category Member

    Ms. Farida Shaheed
    CEO, Shirkat Gah (Women's Resource Centre),
    NGO Category Member

    Mr. Mahfooz Ali Khan
    Board Member, State Bank of Pakistan.
    Ex-Chief Secretary, Finance Secretary,
    AGPR (Balochistan),
    Business/Professional Category Member

    Dr. Naved Hamid
    Member, SBP Monetary Policy Committee,
    Economist/Professor, Lahore School of Economics (LSE)
    Academia Category Member

    Lt. General (R) Nadeem Ahmad
    Ex-CEO, National Disaster Risk Management Fund (NDRMF),
    Business/Professional Category Member

    Mr. Navaid Qureshi
    Chairman, Board of Trustees, Jamshed Akhtar Qureshi Education Trust,
    NGO Category Member

    Prof. Dr. Aijaz Ahmed Qureshi
    Professor, Karachi University
    Academia Category Member

    Dr. Bashir-Ur Rehman Kant
    (Dean-Health Sciences, University of AJK)
    Academia Category Member

    Mr. Mueen Afzal
    Ex-Secretary, Ministry of Finance, GOP,
    Director, Pakistan Centre for Philanthropy
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Roshan Khurshed Bharucha
    Member, Judicial Commission of Pakistan,
    Board Member - SOS Children Villages,
    Board Member - SDPI,
    Former - Senator, Ex-Chairperson PPAF,
    Former Board Member, NCHD,
    Academia/Professional Category Member

    Dr. Anis ur Rehman
    CEO, Himalayan Wildlife Foundation,
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Sadiqa Salahuddin
    CEO, Indus Resource Centre,
    NGO Category Member

    Ms. Zubeida Khatoon
    Chairperson, Khwendo Kor,