Dr Asma Abbas is Professor of Politics and Philosophy, and Director of the Annex for Transdisciplinary and Experimental Studies, at Bard College at Simon’s Rock. In the recent past, she has also served as the Dean of Academics and Professor of Liberal Studies at the Indus Valley School of Art and Architecture in Karachi, Pakistan, and the Fulbright-Masaryk Distinguished Chair

An English language poet, writer, and columnist. Kureshi’s poems have appeared in anthologies such as Pieces of Eight; Legacy of the Indus; The Blue Wind; Dragonfly in the Sun; An Anthology; Journal of Postcolonial Writing; and a solo volume Landscapes of the Mind. Some of his poems and short stories have been published in the annual Pakistan Journal of Literature.

Khalilullah Shaikh is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountant of Pakistan (ICAP). He is associated with PIA as Chief Financial Officer. Previously, he remained associated with K-Electric Limited, a vertically integrated power utility for 12 years in various roles – as Director Finance, Head of Supply Chain and as Chief Internal Auditor. He was part of the

Farrukh Iqbal is the Chief Operating Officer and Co-Partner of The Little Book Company (www.littlebook.com), a start-up publisher and e-books digital platform for publishers, authors and booksellers. Farrukh Iqbal has fifteen years of experience in book printing at Ahmed Grafics and with the publishing house Scheherzade.

Kaif Ghaznavi is a Fulbright Scholar, who graduated with a Masters in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts, San Francisco. An alum of National College of Arts, Lahore and faculty for seven years at the same institution, she chose to exit the world of education and fine arts, braving and owning her love for acting and dancing. She

Momina Mela is a Lahore-based poet. Her work has appeared in the New Yorker, Poetry Magazine, and elsewhere.

Zeba Hasan Hafeez, MD, is a Board-certified psychiatrist at Kaiser Permanente, California. A well-known prize-winning poet (Jane Townsend Poetry Competitions; American Center, Karachi; Arts Council, Karachi; English Speaking Association of Pakistan) she has been nominated Poet of the Year (1997, 2000, 2002, 2003) by the International Society of Poets, USA. Her work has been published in anthologies and magazines of

Newal Osman is an Assistant Professor in the department of Social Sciences and Liberal Arts at the Institute of Business Administration (IBA, Karachi). She holds a PhD in History from Trinity College, Cambridge, and a Master’s degree in International History from the London School of Economics. A former visiting fellow at the University of Oxford, Newal’s main area of research

Fawad Hasan Fawad is a retired civil servant, a trained lawyer (LLM), poet, public-policy practitioner, and an expert on the socio-political and economic developments of Pakistan and the South Asia region. A former Director General of the Civil Services Academy, he served as a Principal Secretary to two prime ministers, Nawaz Sharif and Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.

Nasira Zuberi is a senior journalist and media person with twenty-five years’ experience of print as well as electronic journalism. She has worked for Business Recorder, Aaj News, Geo News, and News One. She is the only female journalist who has the successful launch of two news channels (Aaj News and NewsOne) to her credit. A former Controller, News of