Founding Members
A team of highly accomplished Pakistanis residing in Middle East and Pakistan laid the foundation of Diya Pakistan (originally Kaneez Fatima Welfare Foundation), in 1988. Read about our Heritage.
- Dr Khalid Qureshi
- Irfan Siddiqui
- Tariq Sadiq
- Qasim Kazmi
- Saleem Asghar Ali
- Mohammed Haroon
- Zafar Halim
- Noor Abid
- Javed Chaudhry
- Farooq Ladha
- Farrukh Seer
- Dr Zafar Islam Tariq
Board of Trustees
The Board of Trustees acts in a custodian capacity providing direction and oversight to Diya’s working. Specifically, the board develops strategic goals, reviews management performance, sets annual targets, and liaises with the donor community to enhance visibility and report performance of the organization.
Afaq Khan
ChairmanAfaq Khan is currently the Chairman of Board of Trustees of Diya and member of the Management Team. Afaq is a banker by profession, currently serving as Head of Islamic Banking in Habib Bank Limited. He also served as ex-CEO of Standard Chartered Saadiq, the global Islamic banking arm of SCB. Afaq is a member of several high profile professional bodies including Islamic Finance Advisory Council of DIFC, International Islamic Financial Market, and Islamic Finance Expert Group, UK. Afaq is based in UAE.
Mohammad Haroon
TrusteeMohammed Haroon is a banker by profession with more than 42 years experience in international banking. He serves as Advisor and Secretary to the Board of Directors of United Gulf Bank in Bahrain. Mohammed previously served as Acting CEO of UGB, up to March 2010, and is a director in a number of group companies at UGB.
Management Team
Management team is responsible for the execution of Diya’s mandate.
Brig (R) Aftab Ahmed
PresidentBrig (R) Aftab joined Diya Pakistan in September 2008 and has been a member of Management Team providing vision & guidance to build a result oriented organization. As President, he takes a hands on approach to oversee all aspects of Diya’s operations
Brig (R) Iftikhar Hussain Shah
Vice PresidentBrig (R) Iftikhar joined Diya Pakistan in 2013 and brings with him valuable experience in administration and information technology. As Vice President, he is actively involved in Diya’s operations and its functioning.